Tunchang County
Tunchang County is one of four counties of Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. Its postal code is 571600, and in 1999 its population was 250,059 people. The administrative seat lies at Tuncheng.
Tunchang
屯昌县 | |
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.png.webp) Location in Hainan | |
| Coordinates: 19°21′58″N 110°9′54″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,231.5 km2 (475.5 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 250,059 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
There are four main attractions in this county: The Muse Lake, The Standard Model Deer Farm, Shi Xia Hairui Ancestral Home and the Wolong Mountain.
In 1983, a company from Guangxi moved to Tunchang and started raising geoemydid turtles on a farm.[1] They have since moved to a place near Sanya, which is closer to the ocean.
Tunchang deer farm
Climate
| Climate data for Tunchang (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.5 (92.3) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.8 (98.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.1 (102.4) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
36.8 (98.2) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
28.9 (83.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
3.8 (38.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 31.7 (1.25) |
40.2 (1.58) |
45.2 (1.78) |
118.8 (4.68) |
273.1 (10.75) |
201.7 (7.94) |
202.8 (7.98) |
295.6 (11.64) |
327.4 (12.89) |
300.5 (11.83) |
110.9 (4.37) |
55.5 (2.19) |
2,003.4 (78.88) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86 | 85 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 84 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 83 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
References
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2005.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) , page 15. Their source, with details and photos, is: Shi, Haitao; Parham, James Ford (2000), "Preliminary Observations of a Large Turtle Farm in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China", Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter, 3: 4–6
External links
Media related to Tunchang at Wikimedia Commons
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