Lingchuan County, Guangxi
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Lingchuan County
灵川县 Lingchwan | |
|---|---|
  Lingchuan Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 25°25′N 110°20′E / 25.417°N 110.333°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Guilin |
| County seat | Lingchuan Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,288 km2 (883 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 153 m (502 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 385,200 |
| • Density | 168.4/km2 (436.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| 541200 | 541200 |
| Area code | 0773 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 桂C and 桂H |
| Website | www |
Lingchuan County (simplified Chinese: 灵川县; traditional Chinese: 靈川縣; pinyin: Língchuān Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Guilin city.
The Yao of Lingchuan County consist of the Pan Yao 盘瑶 (Guoshan Yao 过山瑶) and Red Yao 红瑶. The Pan Yao live in Haiyangping 海洋坪 and other locations, while the Red Yao live in Jiuwu 九屋, Lantian 蓝田, Gongping 公平, and other locations.[1]
Lingchuan County is divided into 7 towns, 3 townships and 2 ethnic townships:[2]
- towns
- Lingchuan Town 灵川镇
- Daxu Town 大圩镇
- Dingjiang Town 定江镇
- Sanjie Town 三街镇
- Tanxia Town 潭下镇
- Jiuwu Town 九屋镇
- Lingtian Town 灵田镇
- townships
- Chaotian Township 潮田乡
- Haiyang Township 海洋乡
- Gongping Township 公平乡
- ethnic townships
- Dajing Yao Ethnic Township 大境瑶族乡
- Lantian Yao Ethnic Township 兰田瑶族乡
Climate
| Climate data for Lingchuan, elevation 191 m (627 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) | 25.8 (78.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.9 (91.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.7 (103.5) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
30.6 (87.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
31.0 (87.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.8 (2.91) |
97.2 (3.83) |
160.2 (6.31) |
215.9 (8.50) |
351.9 (13.85) |
464.0 (18.27) |
277.0 (10.91) |
156.0 (6.14) |
73.1 (2.88) |
58.7 (2.31) |
88.3 (3.48) |
54.5 (2.15) |
2,070.6 (81.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.9 | 13.9 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 17.0 | 12.4 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 169.4 |
| Average snowy days | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 75 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 55.9 | 51.0 | 54.5 | 76.7 | 106.6 | 110.6 | 180.6 | 196.5 | 179.4 | 151.6 | 118.7 | 96.9 | 1,379 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 17 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 43 | 49 | 49 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 31 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
