Yushan County
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Yushan
玉山县 | |
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 Location in Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 28°40′33″N 118°14′20″E / 28.67583°N 118.23889°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Shangrao |
| Seat | Bingxi town |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,728 km2 (667 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 594,800 |
| • Density | 344.2/km2 (891.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 334700 |
| Area code | 0793 |
| Vehicle registration | 赣E |
| Website | www |
Yushan (Chinese: 玉山; pinyin: Yùshān; lit. 'Jade Mountain') is a county in the northeast of Jiangxi province, China. The county is Jiangxi's gateway to bordering Zhejiang province. It covers 1,731 km2 (668 sq mi) and the population now reaches 560,000.
The climate is temperate there with abundant rainfall in the monsoon season, and has clearly differentiated summers and winters.
Yushan has been a county for over 1,300 years. Administratively the county is part of the prefecture-level city Shangrao. The county administers 21 townships.
At present, Yushan County has 1 subdistrict, 11 towns and 6 townships.[1]
- 1 subdistrict
- Fenglin (枫林街道)
- 11 towns
- 6 townships
Climate
| Climate data for Yushan, elevation 116 m (381 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
28.4 (83.1) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.9 (94.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
37.4 (99.3) |
40.9 (105.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
39.1 (102.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
13.1 (55.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
13.1 (55.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
28.7 (83.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
18.2 (64.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
4.6 (40.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
2.9 (37.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
12.9 (55.2) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 95.4 (3.76) |
113.3 (4.46) |
210.1 (8.27) |
236.9 (9.33) |
235.9 (9.29) |
408.9 (16.10) |
171.8 (6.76) |
128.9 (5.07) |
79.0 (3.11) |
49.9 (1.96) |
98.7 (3.89) |
76.2 (3.00) |
1,905 (75) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.6 | 13.7 | 18.2 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 18.0 | 11.3 | 12.5 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 158.7 |
| Average snowy days | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 5.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 83.4 | 84.5 | 94.5 | 117.2 | 133.8 | 119.1 | 220.0 | 208.6 | 171.8 | 160.7 | 125.9 | 114.7 | 1,634.2 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 26 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 52 | 52 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 36 | 37 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Over the last fifty years, the county has harnessed its eight major rivers for power. It has three large hydropower stations with installed capacity of about 1.2 megawatts.
The county is relatively a lagger in economic development. But it boasts affluent mining resources, like flagstones and limestones.
