Hukou County
Hukou County (simplified Chinese: 湖口县; traditional Chinese: 湖口縣; pinyin: Húkǒu Xiàn; lit. '(Poyang) lake mouth') is a county under the administration of Jiujiang City, in the north of Jiangxi Province, China, bordering Anhui province to the north. The total area is 669.33 km2 (258.43 sq mi), and the population is 285,242 as of 2007.[1]
Hukou
湖口县 | |
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 Location of Hukou County (red) in Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiujiang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 673.66 km2 (260.10 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 297,308 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal Code | 332500 |
"Hukoen or Hukeu". Nieuhof: L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665
Administrative divisions
Hukou County is divided to 5 towns and 7 townships.[2]
- 5 towns
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- 7 townships
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Transport
Hukou is served by the Tongling–Jiujiang Railway.
Climate
| Climate data for Hukou (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.3 (72.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.5 (94.1) |
36.6 (97.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
40.8 (105.4) |
37.4 (99.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.6 (85.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
40.8 (105.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
21.1 (69.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
12.5 (54.5) |
6.7 (44.1) |
17.1 (62.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
3.7 (38.7) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.3 (15.3) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
1.9 (35.4) |
9.7 (49.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
19.0 (66.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 71.3 (2.81) |
88.1 (3.47) |
132.4 (5.21) |
174.6 (6.87) |
186.6 (7.35) |
225.0 (8.86) |
162.8 (6.41) |
127.3 (5.01) |
77.4 (3.05) |
79.5 (3.13) |
71.3 (2.81) |
42.8 (1.69) |
1,439.1 (56.67) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 83 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 74 | 78 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Profile of Hukou" (in Chinese). Official website of Hukou County Government. May 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
- "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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