Hongze, Huai'an
County in Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Hongze (simplified Chinese: 洪泽; traditional Chinese: 洪澤; pinyin: Hóngzé) is one of four districts (a former county) of the prefecture-level city of Huai'an, Jiangsu Province, China. Occupying the southeastern shores of Lake Hongze, it borders the prefecture-level cities of Suqian to the northwest and Yangzhou (briefly) to the east.
Hongze
洪泽区 Hungtze | |
|---|---|
Commercial area in Hongze District | |
  Hongze Location in Jiangsu | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′26″N 118°49′34″E[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangsu |
| Prefecture-level city | Huai'an |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,394 km2 (538 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 285,097 |
| • Density | 204.5/km2 (529.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 223100 |
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the New Fourth Army established Huaibao and Hongze counties around Lake Hongze, in 1940 and 1941 respectively. Both counties were dissolved in 1950. The new Hongze county, within a wider area around the lake, was founded to implement the guiding principle of "reshuffling administrative divisions by the lake" in 1956.[2]
Administrative divisions
Climate
| Climate data for Hongze, elevation 11 m (36 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
35.1 (95.2) |
36.3 (97.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.6 (99.7) |
36.7 (98.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
38.0 (100.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.9 (57.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.7 (87.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
0.7 (33.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
6.6 (43.9) |
0.7 (33.3) |
11.7 (53.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.4 (1.20) |
34.4 (1.35) |
52.7 (2.07) |
52.0 (2.05) |
75.4 (2.97) |
134.8 (5.31) |
231.4 (9.11) |
172.4 (6.79) |
75.6 (2.98) |
45.0 (1.77) |
44.8 (1.76) |
25.9 (1.02) |
974.8 (38.38) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 13.0 | 12.8 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 101.5 |
| Average snowy days | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 77 | 75 | 72 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 148.5 | 142.1 | 174.2 | 194.6 | 204.6 | 171.5 | 186.2 | 198.8 | 184.1 | 184.8 | 156.5 | 155.8 | 2,101.7 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 47 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 40 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 50 | 51 | 48 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
