Xinxing County
Xinxing County, alternately romanized as Sunhing,[lower-alpha 1] is a county of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu in the west of Guangdong province, China.
Xinxing 新兴县 Sunhing | |
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County | |
  Xinxing Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 22°41′46″N 112°13′30″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Yunfu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,520 km2 (590 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | 428,410 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Xinxing County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 新興 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 新兴 | ||||||||
| Postal | Sunhing | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Newly Flourishing | ||||||||
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History
xin xing county formally established in the third year of da ye era, sui dynasty (隋大業三年) ( a.d 607 ) Under the Qing (清朝), Xinxing County was administered as part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Xinxing (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.9 (102.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.2 (93.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
38.9 (102.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
29.2 (84.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
20.9 (69.6) |
26.9 (80.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.6 (67.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
18.4 (65.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
1.2 (34.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 43.4 (1.71) |
64.8 (2.55) |
84.9 (3.34) |
160.8 (6.33) |
256.4 (10.09) |
261.7 (10.30) |
226.1 (8.90) |
244.1 (9.61) |
190.5 (7.50) |
78.9 (3.11) |
47.5 (1.87) |
27.4 (1.08) |
1,686.5 (66.39) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 83 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
Notes
References
Citations
- Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
- Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. (1878), Vol. V, "China".
- Gützlaff, Charles, China Opened, p. 527.
Bibliography
- Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, reprinted 2000.
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