Tangyuan County (simplified Chinese: 汤原县; traditional Chinese: 湯原縣; pinyin: Tāngyuán Xiàn) is a county in the east of Heilongjiang province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Jiamusi.
Tangyuan County 汤原县 | |
|---|---|
 Tangyuan in Jiamusi | |
.png) Jiamusi in Heilongjiang | |
| Coordinates: 46°43′51″N 129°54′18″E / 46.7307°N 129.9051°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiamusi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,230 km2 (1,250 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 255,211 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Administrative divisions
Tangyuan County is divided into 4 towns and 6 townships.[1]
- 4 towns
- Xianglan (香兰镇), Heli (鹤立镇), Zhulian (竹帘镇), Tangyuan (汤原镇)
- 6 townships
- Tangwang (汤旺乡), Shengli (胜利乡), Jixiang (吉祥乡), Zhenxing (振兴乡), Taipingchuan (太平川乡), Yongfa (永发乡)
Demographics
The population of the district was 266,698 in 1999.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Tangyuan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 2.3 (36.1) | 8.6 (47.5) | 19.7 (67.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 33.2 (91.8) | 37.8 (100.0) | 38.0 (100.4) | 34.5 (94.1) | 31.0 (87.8) | 25.8 (78.4) | 15.5 (59.9) | 5.1 (41.2) | 38.0 (100.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) | −6.6 (20.1) | 2.1 (35.8) | 12.6 (54.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 11.6 (52.9) | −1.0 (30.2) | −11.1 (12.0) | 9.5 (49.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −18.5 (−1.3) | −13.6 (7.5) | −4.2 (24.4) | 6.1 (43.0) | 14.0 (57.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 20.4 (68.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 5.4 (41.7) | −6.2 (20.8) | −16.3 (2.7) | 3.6 (38.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −23.6 (−10.5) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −10.3 (13.5) | 0.0 (32.0) | 7.8 (46.0) | 14.5 (58.1) | 17.9 (64.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 8.6 (47.5) | 0.1 (32.2) | −10.8 (12.6) | −20.9 (−5.6) | −1.7 (28.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −38.8 (−37.8) | −33.8 (−28.8) | −28.9 (−20.0) | −12.1 (10.2) | −5.5 (22.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | −2.5 (27.5) | −12.9 (8.8) | −29.1 (−20.4) | −35.2 (−31.4) | −38.8 (−37.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.9 (0.15) | 4.0 (0.16) | 13.6 (0.54) | 26.8 (1.06) | 62.4 (2.46) | 98.6 (3.88) | 133.2 (5.24) | 134.6 (5.30) | 66.9 (2.63) | 27.6 (1.09) | 12.5 (0.49) | 8.2 (0.32) | 592.3 (23.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.3 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 104.9 |
| Average snowy days | 8.0 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 7.9 | 9.4 | 45.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 70 | 65 | 59 | 57 | 61 | 74 | 82 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 65 | 71 | 69 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 178.8 | 201.3 | 235.6 | 217.7 | 228.0 | 211.0 | 199.6 | 202.3 | 215.4 | 195.7 | 166.8 | 157.4 | 2,409.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 64 | 69 | 64 | 53 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 47 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 56 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Notes and references
External links
- (in Chinese) Government site - Google translation
