Xinxing
新兴县 Sunhing | |
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  Xinxing Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 22°41′46″N 112°13′30″E / 22.696°N 112.225°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Yunfu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,520 km2 (590 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | 428,410 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Xinxing County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 新興 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 新兴 | ||||||||
| Postal | Sunhing | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Newly Flourishing | ||||||||
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Xinxing County, alternately romanized as Sunhing,[a] is a county of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu in the west of Guangdong province, China.
History
xin xing county formally established in the third year of da ye era, Sui dynasty (隋大業三年) (607 CE). Under the Qing (清朝), Xinxing County was administered as part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[1]
Notable people:
- Huineng (惠能) (638–713): sixth ancestor of Chan
- Cheung Chu (張珠) (1892–1950): entrepreneur of Malaysia
- Gabriel Suen Shou Kin (孫秀乾): grew up in Hong Kong, now is an entrepreneur of Australia，。 and is also a freelancer of Kwangsi cultural quarterly.
- Su Shuhui (苏树辉)(1951–): Macao politician also a calligrapher
- Lau, leong wah( 劉亮華 )： hong kong actress, she left the entertainment industry and migrated to canada at 1971.
Climate
| Climate data for Xinxing (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.9 (102.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.2 (93.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
38.9 (102.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
29.2 (84.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
22.0 (71.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
1.2 (34.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52.3 (2.06) |
50.4 (1.98) |
77.0 (3.03) |
156.7 (6.17) |
224.9 (8.85) |
266.0 (10.47) |
230.7 (9.08) |
255.4 (10.06) |
190.8 (7.51) |
71.6 (2.82) |
43.1 (1.70) |
37.4 (1.47) |
1,656.3 (65.2) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.6 | 10.2 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 18.5 | 20.4 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 12.5 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 154.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 83 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 102.8 | 81.2 | 64.5 | 86.3 | 127.8 | 145.5 | 184.8 | 175.0 | 162.4 | 175.7 | 150.0 | 132.3 | 1,588.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 30 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 31 | 36 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 46 | 40 | 36 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Notes
References
Citations
- ^ a b Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
- ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
- ^ Gützlaff, Charles (1838), China Opened, p. 527.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Bibliography
- Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, ISBN 9780415243971, reprinted 2000.
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