Yangchun
Yangchun, formerly romanized as Yeungchun,[a] is a county-level city in southwestern Guangdong, China, administered as a part of the prefecture-level city of Yangjiang. Yangchun has an area of 4,055 km2 (1,566 sq mi) and had approximately 1.05 million inhabitants in 2003.
Contents
1 History
2 Administrative divisions
3 Climate
4 Notes
5 References
5.1 Citations
5.2 Bibliography
History
Under the Qing, Yangchun County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[1]
Administrative divisions
Yangchun is divided into the urban quarter Chuncheng (春城街道) and fifteen towns (镇).[4]
The municipalities are:
- 河塱镇 Helang Town
- 松柏镇 Songbai Town
- 石望镇 Shiwang Town
- 春湾镇 Chunwan Town
- 合水镇 Heshui Town
- 陂面镇 Baimian Town
- 圭岗镇 Kyu Kong Town
- 永宁镇 Yongning Town
- 马水镇 Mashui Town
- 岗美镇 Gangmei Town
- 河口镇 Hekou Town
- 潭水镇 Tanshui Town
- 三甲镇 Sanjia Town
- 双滘镇 Shuangjiao Town
- 八甲镇 Bajia Town
Climate
Climate data for Yangchun (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 28.6 (83.5) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 33.1 (91.6) | 35.1 (95.2) | 36.9 (98.4) | 37.4 (99.3) | 38.4 (101.1) | 37.4 (99.3) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.9 (93) | 30.0 (86) | 38.4 (101.1) |
Average high °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) | 18.9 (66) | 22.0 (71.6) | 26.1 (79) | 29.8 (85.6) | 31.5 (88.7) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.7 (90.9) | 31.5 (88.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 21.6 (70.9) | 26.7 (80.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.8 (58.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.7 (65.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.3 (82.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 24.2 (75.6) | 20.0 (68) | 16.0 (60.8) | 22.4 (72.3) |
Average low °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.0 (77) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 23.9 (75) | 20.8 (69.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 12.2 (54) | 19.4 (67) |
Record low °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 3.5 (38.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.6 (58.3) | 18.9 (66) | 21.6 (70.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 4.9 (40.8) | 1.4 (34.5) | 1.4 (34.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 41.9 (1.65) | 85.0 (3.346) | 84.5 (3.327) | 205.5 (8.091) | 333.4 (13.126) | 430.6 (16.953) | 373.8 (14.717) | 316.2 (12.449) | 240.8 (9.48) | 102.8 (4.047) | 56.9 (2.24) | 30.8 (1.213) | 2,302.2 (90.639) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 84 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 81 |
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center |
Notes
^ Yangchun has also been romanized as Yang Chun,[1]Yung-chun,[2] and Yang-chuen.[3]
References
Citations
^ ab Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
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^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. (1878), Vol. V, "China".
^ "阳春市 (Yangchun [index])" (in Chinese).
Bibliography
"阳春市概况地图 (Yangchun overview map)".
Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, reprinted 2000.
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