Lianhua County
Lianhua County (simplified Chinese: 莲花县; traditional Chinese: 蓮花縣; pinyin: Liánhuā Xiàn) is a county in the west of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pingxiang.
Lianhua County
莲花县 Lienhwa | |
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 Lianhua is the southernmost division in this map of Pingxiang | |
 Pingxiang in Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 27°07′40″N 113°57′41″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Pingxiang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,072 km2 (414 sq mi) |
| Population ((2018)) | 279,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 337100 |
Geography
Lianhua lies in the Luoxiao Mountains, somewhat north of Jinggangshan.
Revolutionary History
Hard on the Hunan border, Lianhua was the headquarters of the (South-)Eastern Hunan Red Army Independent Division, and thus the administrative centre for the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet, a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic of the early 1930s.
Administrative divisions
Lianhua County has 5 towns and 8 townships.[1]
- 5 towns
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- 8 townships
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Climate
| Climate data for Lianhua (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) |
30.6 (87.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
40.5 (104.9) |
41.1 (106.0) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
25.5 (77.9) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
30.5 (86.9) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
19.3 (66.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
23.0 (73.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
17.8 (64.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
4.1 (39.4) |
14.2 (57.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.4 (22.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 85.0 (3.35) |
112.4 (4.43) |
180.8 (7.12) |
229.8 (9.05) |
234.3 (9.22) |
244.2 (9.61) |
122.4 (4.82) |
131.8 (5.19) |
81.8 (3.22) |
75.9 (2.99) |
76.0 (2.99) |
51.5 (2.03) |
1,625.9 (64.02) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 82 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 78 | 78 | 80 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- "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 20 October 2018.
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