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Yangshan County (postal: Yeungshan; simplified Chinese: 阳山县; traditional Chinese: 陽山縣; pinyin: Yángshān Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Guangdong Province, China, bordering Hunan province to the north. It is under the administration of the city of Qingyuan.
Yangshan
阳山县 Yeungshan | |
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 Location of Yangshan County in Qingyuan City (gray) and Guangdong (yellow) | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Qingyuan |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,372 km2 (1,302 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC 8 (China Standard) |
A military camp was established in the area in the late Qin dynasty. It was Emperor Han Wu Di who formally recognized Yangshan as a county. A Tang dynasty poet, Han You (Chinese: 韓愈), visited it and wrote a poem about his journey, "The Travel Diary of Swallow Pavilion" (Chinese: < 燕喜亭記>).
other information: according to local gazette of Guangdong ( 《 廣東史志> ), yangshan county is hometown of about six thousand overseas chinese, these overseas chinese settle in Malaysia, United States of America, etc.
In Popular Culture
editIn Grand Theft Auto V, according to Trevor Philips, Los Santos Triads leader Wei Cheng and his son Tao Cheng were born in Yangshan.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Yangshan (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) | 27.8 (82.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.8 (94.6) |
36.1 (97.0) |
38.1 (100.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.0 (104.0) |
38.8 (101.8) |
36.8 (98.2) |
34.3 (93.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
12.8 (55.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
12.6 (54.7) |
20.9 (69.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.0 (55.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.0 (3.07) |
90.2 (3.55) |
182.5 (7.19) |
220.0 (8.66) |
330.1 (13.00) |
341.3 (13.44) |
201.0 (7.91) |
178.0 (7.01) |
114.8 (4.52) |
68.0 (2.68) |
61.6 (2.43) |
50.5 (1.99) |
1,916 (75.45) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.0 | 13.5 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 19.7 | 20.3 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 10.9 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 169.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 76 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 83.7 | 67.1 | 58.2 | 78.0 | 116.6 | 134.9 | 196.0 | 191.4 | 172.8 | 175.8 | 143.8 | 127.9 | 1,546.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 49 | 44 | 39 | 35 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
24°30′44″N 112°41′25″E / 24.51222°N 112.69028°E
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