Luoding
Luoding, alternately romanized as Loting,[lower-alpha 1] is a county-level city in the west of Guangdong province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu.
Luoding 罗定市 Loting | |
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County-level & Sub-prefectural city | |
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  Luoding Location in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 22°46′08″N 111°34′11″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Yunfu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,300 km2 (900 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | 959,067 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Luoding | |||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 罗定 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 羅定 | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Luódìng | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Loting | ||||||||||||
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History
As early as 10,000 years ago, there were ancient people inhabited within Luoding City. Famous monument is the rock carving called Long an yan (龍盦巖石窟)
Geography
Map including Luoding (labeled as LO-TING 罗定) (AMS, 1954)
Luoding borders Guangxi to the northwest.
Climate
| Climate data for Luoding (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.2 (100.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
39.3 (102.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
19.0 (66.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.9 (1.85) |
60.6 (2.39) |
73.3 (2.89) |
145.3 (5.72) |
207.0 (8.15) |
200.3 (7.89) |
187.1 (7.37) |
176.4 (6.94) |
158.6 (6.24) |
66.6 (2.62) |
38.3 (1.51) |
27.1 (1.07) |
1,387.5 (54.64) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 78 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- Also romanized as Lo-ting.[1]
References
- Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. (1878), Vol. V, "China".
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luoding City. |
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Luoding. |
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