Yuqing County (simplified Chinese: 余庆县; traditional Chinese: 餘慶縣; pinyin: Yúqìng Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi.
Yuqing County 余庆县 Yuking; Yüking | |
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 Yuqing is the division at the southeastern corner of this map of Zunyi | |
.png) Zunyi in Guizhou | |
| Coordinates: 27°12′54″N 107°54′22″E / 27.2151°N 107.9060°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture-level city | Zunyi |
| County seat | Ziying |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,623.67 km2 (626.90 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 234,681 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Administrative divisions
Yuqing County is divided into 1 subdistrict, 8 towns and 1 ethnic township:[1]
- subdistricts
- Ziying Subdistrict 子营街道
- towns
- Baini Town 白泥镇
- Longxi Town 龙溪镇
- Goupitan Town 构皮滩镇
- Dawujiang Town 大乌江镇
- Aoxi Town 敖溪镇
- Longjia Town 龙家镇
- Songyan Town 松烟镇
- Guanxing Town 关兴镇
- ethnic township
- Huashan Miao Ethnic Township 花山苗族乡
Climate
| Climate data for Yuqing, elevation 622 m (2,041 ft), (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) | 24.7 (76.5) | 33.0 (91.4) | 35.0 (95.0) | 34.5 (94.1) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.6 (96.1) | 38.1 (100.6) | 37.7 (99.9) | 37.0 (98.6) | 32.9 (91.2) | 28.9 (84.0) | 24.6 (76.3) | 38.1 (100.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 12.1 (53.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.4 (83.1) | 31.1 (88.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 27.9 (82.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 21.3 (70.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.8 (74.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.5 (77.9) | 22.2 (72.0) | 17.3 (63.1) | 12.7 (54.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 16.5 (61.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.2 (41.4) | 8.7 (47.7) | 13.5 (56.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.6 (70.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 14.3 (57.7) | 9.7 (49.5) | 4.9 (40.8) | 13.3 (56.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −4.5 (23.9) | −4.8 (23.4) | 3.3 (37.9) | 6.7 (44.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 10.5 (50.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | −1.4 (29.5) | −4.9 (23.2) | −4.9 (23.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27.3 (1.07) | 28.7 (1.13) | 56.0 (2.20) | 105.5 (4.15) | 178.2 (7.02) | 191.4 (7.54) | 162.4 (6.39) | 120.4 (4.74) | 92.0 (3.62) | 89.6 (3.53) | 43.8 (1.72) | 23.7 (0.93) | 1,119 (44.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.3 | 12.0 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 16.3 | 13.5 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 14.4 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 163.3 |
| Average snowy days | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 82 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 27.6 | 40.1 | 60.9 | 81.2 | 96.0 | 88.1 | 153.4 | 167.0 | 115.3 | 72.5 | 64.4 | 45.3 | 1,011.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 8 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 36 | 42 | 31 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 22 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||