Fanshi County
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Fanshi County 繁峙县[1] Fansze | |
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Coordinates: 39°11′20″N 113°15′58″E / 39.189°N 113.266°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
Population (2020[2]) | 250,409 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | fsx |
Fanshi County | |||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 繁峙县 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 繁峙縣 | ||||||||
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Fanshi County, is a county in Xinzhou City, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the southeast. It is the easternmost county-level division of Xinzhou.
History[edit]
Fanshi County was one of the divisions of Yanmen Commandery under the Qin and Han.
Geography[edit]
Fanshi is located north of Mount Wutai and east of Daixian.
Climate[edit]
Climate data for Fanshi, elevation 934 m (3,064 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 17.4 (63.3) | 26.4 (79.5) | 35.7 (96.3) | 36.7 (98.1) | 40.9 (105.6) | 38.4 (101.1) | 35.6 (96.1) | 34.6 (94.3) | 28.5 (83.3) | 20.6 (69.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | 40.9 (105.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) | 4.1 (39.4) | 10.8 (51.4) | 18.9 (66.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 27.6 (81.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 16.6 (61.9) | 7.9 (46.2) | 1.1 (34.0) | 16.1 (60.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) | −3.8 (25.2) | 3.2 (37.8) | 11.1 (52.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 8.9 (48.0) | 0.6 (33.1) | −6.2 (20.8) | 8.8 (47.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) | −9.6 (14.7) | −3.2 (26.2) | 3.9 (39.0) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.9 (58.8) | 17.6 (63.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 9.9 (49.8) | 3.1 (37.6) | −4.6 (23.7) | −11.4 (11.5) | 2.8 (36.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −25.7 (−14.3) | −23.1 (−9.6) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −8.1 (17.4) | −2.2 (28.0) | 4.9 (40.8) | 8.0 (46.4) | 5.9 (42.6) | −2.3 (27.9) | −9.5 (14.9) | −24.9 (−12.8) | −25.1 (−13.2) | −25.7 (−14.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.2 (0.05) | 3.3 (0.13) | 7.4 (0.29) | 18.1 (0.71) | 33.7 (1.33) | 61.0 (2.40) | 108.8 (4.28) | 83.7 (3.30) | 57.1 (2.25) | 25.1 (0.99) | 9.1 (0.36) | 1.4 (0.06) | 409.9 (16.15) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 75.7 |
Average snowy days | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 17.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 46 | 43 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 55 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 54 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.6 | 180.7 | 222.2 | 244.0 | 264.0 | 237.9 | 229.5 | 228.8 | 210.7 | 203.5 | 176.1 | 167.9 | 2,547.9 |
Percent possible sunshine | 60 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 59 | 53 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] |
Economy[edit]
The primary industry of Fanshi county is gold mining.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Fanshi County People's Government
- ^ Shānxī: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.