Fengkai County
Fengkai County is a county in western Guangdong Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaoqing. It was formed in 1961 from the merger of Fengchuan and Kaijian Counties, which were formerly romanized as Fungchuan (Fungchun, Fungshun) [lower-alpha 1] and Hoikin[lower-alpha 2] respectively.
Fengkai
封开县 | |
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  Fengkai Location in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 23.424°N 111.512°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhaoqing |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,723 km2 (1,051 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Fengkai | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 封開 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 封开 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Sealed-&-Open Fengchuan-&-Kaijian | ||||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||
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| Fengzhou | |||||||
| Chinese | 封州 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Seal(ed) Prefecture | ||||||
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| Fengchuan | |||||||
| Chinese | 封川 | ||||||
| Postal | Fungchun | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Seal(ed) River | ||||||
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| Kaijian | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 開建 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 开建 | ||||||
| Postal | Hoikin | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Open(ing) Establishment | ||||||
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History
Fengkai (as Fengzhou) on the 1136 Yuji Tu
Feng Prefecture or Fengzhou was a prefecture of the Tang and Song empires.
Under the Qing, Fengchuan and Kaijian made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[1]
Administrative divisions
| Name | Chinese (S) | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2010)[2] | Area (km2) |
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| Jiangkou town | 江口镇 | Jiāngkǒu Zhèn | 65,160 | 177 |
| Jiangchuan town | 江川镇 | Jiāngchuān Zhèn | 8,286 | 120.08 |
| Baigou town | 白垢镇 | Báigòu Zhèn | 12,125 | 142.3 |
| Dazhou town | 大洲镇 | Dàzhōu Zhèn | 12,514 | 161.84 |
| Yulao town | 渔涝镇 | Yúlào Zhèn | 18,187 | 118 |
| He'erkou town | 河儿口镇 | Hé'erkǒu Zhèn | 21,483 | 368 |
| Liandu town | 莲都镇 | Liándū Zhèn | 24,838 | 256 |
| Xinghua town | 杏花镇 | Xìnghuā Zhèn | 23,277 | 156.3 |
| Luodong town | 罗董镇 | Luōdǒng Zhèn | 21,205 | 136.83 |
| Changgang town | 长岗镇 | Chánggǎng Zhèn | 20,497 | 152.64 |
| Pingfeng town | 平凤镇 | Píngfèng Zhèn | 16,901 | 107.67 |
| Nanfeng town | 南丰镇 | Nánfēng Zhèn | 71,479 | 306 |
| Dayukou town | 大玉口镇 | Dàyùkǒu Zhèn | 11,279 | 129 |
| Duping town | 都平镇 | Dōupíng Zhèn | 8,913 | 130.54 |
| Jinzhuang town | 金装镇 | Jīnzhuāng Zhèn | 27,247 | 127.08 |
| Chang'an town | 长安镇 | Cháng'ān Zhèn | 34,867 | 139.04 |
Climate
| Climate data for Fengkai (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.1 (84.4) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.7 (96.3) |
36.6 (97.9) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.4 (102.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.6 (96.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
30.0 (86.0) |
39.4 (102.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
29.1 (84.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
21.2 (70.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
19.1 (66.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
17.7 (63.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) |
0.3 (32.5) |
0.4 (32.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.8 (2.24) |
74.4 (2.93) |
89.1 (3.51) |
176.5 (6.95) |
244.9 (9.64) |
258.0 (10.16) |
178.9 (7.04) |
170.1 (6.70) |
105.5 (4.15) |
55.5 (2.19) |
42.7 (1.68) |
31.9 (1.26) |
1,484.3 (58.45) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 81 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
Notes
References
Citations
- Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
- shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.
Bibliography
- Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, reprinted 2000.
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