Wugong County
County in Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
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Wugong County is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xianyang in the central part of Shaanxi Province, China.
Wugong County
武功县 Wukung | |
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Wugong in Xianyang | |
.png) Xianyang in Shaanxi | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shaanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xianyang |
| Area | |
• Total | 397.8 km2 (153.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 414,800 |
| • Density | 1,043/km2 (2,701/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
| Postal Code | 712200 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 武功縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 武功县 | ||||||||
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History
Wugong County is the site of several settlements of prehistoric China. According to Chinese legend, under the Xia, the city or state of Tai in Wugong was the ancestral home of the Ji family, the royal line of the Zhou dynasty, before the clan relocated to Bin.
Administrative divisions
As of 2016, this county is divided to 8 towns.
- Towns
- Puji (普集镇)
- Sufang (苏坊镇)
- Wugong (武功镇)
- Youfeng (游风镇)
- Zhenyuan (贞元镇)
- Changning (长宁镇)
- Xiaocun (小村镇)
- Dazhuang (大庄镇)
Climate
| Climate data for Wugong, elevation 471 m (1,545 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) | 18.4 (65.1) |
18.9 (66.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
32.3 (90.1) |
37.7 (99.9) |
40.3 (104.5) |
39.6 (103.3) |
39.3 (102.7) |
36.8 (98.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
40.3 (104.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
9.3 (48.7) |
15.2 (59.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
31.3 (88.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
29.9 (85.8) |
24.9 (76.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
19.6 (67.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.8 (67.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
1.3 (34.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.5 (49.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.0 (6.8) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
13.1 (55.6) |
7.2 (45.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.2 (0.24) |
9.5 (0.37) |
25.1 (0.99) |
39.6 (1.56) |
56.7 (2.23) |
69.3 (2.73) |
83.8 (3.30) |
110.5 (4.35) |
101.4 (3.99) |
55.2 (2.17) |
19.6 (0.77) |
4.4 (0.17) |
581.3 (22.87) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.4 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 87 |
| Average snowy days | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 11.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 74 | 67 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 104.6 | 114.6 | 149.8 | 177.0 | 195.6 | 190.7 | 194.5 | 165.1 | 127.1 | 113.6 | 115.6 | 110.1 | 1,758.3 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 33 | 37 | 40 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 40 | 35 | 33 | 38 | 36 | 39 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
