Pengze County
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Pengze County
彭泽县 | |
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 Location of Pengze County (red) within Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates (Longcheng government): 29°53′46″N 116°32′56″E / 29.896°N 116.549°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiujiang |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,544 km2 (596 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 364,800 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 332700 |
Pengze County (simplified Chinese: 彭泽县; traditional Chinese: 彭澤縣; pinyin: Péngzé Xiàn) is a county in the north of Jiangxi Province, situated on the southeast (right) bank of the Yangtze. The northernmost county-level division of the province, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang.
Pengze county has a long history of written record. This county firstly established in the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu, Western Han dynasty (201 BCE)
Administrative divisions
[edit]Pengze County has ten towns and three townships.[1]
Towns
[edit]The ten towns of Pengze County are:
Townships
[edit]The three townships of Pengze County are:
- Taipingguan (太平关乡)
- Huangling (黄岭乡)
- Haoshan (浩山乡)
Transport
[edit]Pengze is served by Pengze railway station on the Tongling–Jiujiang railway.
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Pengze (1996–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
35.1 (95.2) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.7 (103.5) |
40.0 (104.0) |
36.8 (98.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
15.8 (60.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
21.4 (70.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
7.1 (44.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
18.9 (66.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
6.8 (44.2) |
17.3 (63.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
14.3 (57.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.9 (58.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 79.8 (3.14) |
95.1 (3.74) |
135.7 (5.34) |
165.2 (6.50) |
199.6 (7.86) |
248.5 (9.78) |
219.8 (8.65) |
145.1 (5.71) |
64.0 (2.52) |
61.8 (2.43) |
72.0 (2.83) |
53.6 (2.11) |
1,540.2 (60.61) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.2 | 13.1 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 139.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 81 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 72 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 82.6 | 85.6 | 112.8 | 140.9 | 161.5 | 141.0 | 209.6 | 200.4 | 166.9 | 144.4 | 113.2 | 108.5 | 1,667.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 34 | 49 | 49 | 46 | 41 | 36 | 34 | 37 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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