Lingchuan County, Guangxi
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.
Lingchuan County 灵川县 Lingchwan | |
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County | |
  Lingchuan Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 25°25′N 110°20′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Guilin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,288 km2 (883 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 153 m (502 ft) |
| Population (2017) | 385,200 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| 541200 | 541200 |
| Area code(s) | 0773 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 桂C and 桂H |
| Website | www |
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]
Climate
| Climate data for Lingchuan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
31.5 (88.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
39.7 (103.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.5 (81.5) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
19.1 (66.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
16.1 (60.9) |
| 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) | 71.9 (2.83) |
109.8 (4.32) |
148.5 (5.85) |
216.6 (8.53) |
356.8 (14.05) |
415.9 (16.37) |
247.7 (9.75) |
158.6 (6.24) |
73.5 (2.89) |
67.0 (2.64) |
79.0 (3.11) |
47.3 (1.86) |
1,992.6 (78.44) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 72 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 76 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
Transport
Rail
Lingchuan has two railway stations, Guilin West Station and Lingchuan Station.
Guilin West Station is in Dingjiang Town, Lingchuan, on the Guiyang–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway and Hunan–Guangxi Railway Freight Ring Line. It's a Second-class Station and under China Railway Nanning Group's administration.
Lingchuan Station is a Forth-class station and is no longer handling passenger and freight business.
Bus
Lingchuan has a coach station. The coach line connecting all towns in Lingchuan and some other cities like Liuzhou, Hengyang. The bus service between Guilin and Lingchuan are Route 301, Route 302, Route 306. Route 301 and Route 302 is operating by Dingxiang Bus Service Co, Ltd (鼎翔巴士). Route 306 is operating by Tongda Bus Service Co, Ltd (通达公交).
Highways
G72 Quanzhou–Nanning Expressway and China National Highway 322 are the main highways in Lingchuan.