Zixing (simplified Chinese: 资兴; traditional Chinese: 資興; pinyin: Zīxīng) is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City.
Zixing
资兴市 | |
|---|---|
 Tangdong Subdistrict | |
  Zixing Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 25°58′23″N 113°13′52″E / 25.973°N 113.231°E[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Chenzhou |
| Area | |
| 2,747.0 km2 (1,060.6 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 24.63 km2 (9.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
| 395,000 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 169,600 |
| Time zone | UTC 8 (China Standard) |
Located on the southeast of the province, it is near to the north of the Chenzhou city proper. The city is bordered to the northwest by Yongxing and Anren Counties, to the northeast by Yanling County, to the east by Guidong County, to the southeast by Rucheng County, to the southwest by Yizhang County, to the west by Suxian District. Zixing City covers 2,730.44 km2 (1,054.23 sq mi), as of 2015, It had a registered population of 378,400 and a resident population of 345,100.[3] The city has two subdistricts, nine towns and two townships under its jurisdiction, the government seat is Tangdong Subdistrict (唐洞街道).[4]
Administrative divisions
edit- 2 subdistricts
- 9 towns
- Bailang (白廊镇)
- Chukou (滁口镇)
- Huangcao (黄草镇)
- Liaojiang (蓼江镇)
- Qingjiang (清江镇)
- Sandu (三都镇)
- Tangxi (汤溪镇)
- Xingning (兴宁镇)
- Zhoumensi (州门司镇)
- 2 ethnic townships
- Yao Bamianshan (八面山瑶族乡)
- Yao Huilongshan (回龙山瑶族乡)
Climate
edit| Climate data for Zixing (1993–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.5 (83.3) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.1 (91.6) |
36.6 (97.9) |
37.1 (98.8) |
37.5 (99.5) |
42.0 (107.6) |
40.4 (104.7) |
38.5 (101.3) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
28.5 (83.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
34.5 (94.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
19.0 (66.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
23.3 (74.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
10.3 (50.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 88.3 (3.48) |
101.5 (4.00) |
172.8 (6.80) |
182.8 (7.20) |
189.8 (7.47) |
200.1 (7.88) |
128.7 (5.07) |
194.0 (7.64) |
79.0 (3.11) |
72.9 (2.87) |
89.6 (3.53) |
73.4 (2.89) |
1,572.9 (61.94) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.7 | 16.2 | 19.6 | 17.4 | 17.1 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 178.3 |
| Average snowy days | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 87 | 85 | 84 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 70 | 76 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 81 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 50.6 | 58.8 | 68.3 | 98.4 | 125.6 | 143.7 | 224.9 | 181.1 | 136.4 | 117.3 | 97.7 | 82.8 | 1,385.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 15 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 30 | 35 | 54 | 45 | 37 | 33 | 30 | 26 | 31 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Tangdong Residential Subdistrict" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
- ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 68. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ about the population of Zixing City in 2015, according to 资兴市2015年国民经济和社会发展统计公报. Zixing People's Government.
- ^ about the divisions of Zixing City (November 27, 2015), according to 《湖南省民政厅关于同意资兴市乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕94号) [result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Zixing City]. rednet.cn. 2015-12-04.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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