Quỳ Châu district
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Quỳ Châu District Huyện Quỳ Châu | |
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Country | Vietnam |
Region | North Central Coast |
Province | Nghệ An |
Capital | Tân Lạc |
Area | |
• Total | 415 sq mi (1,074 km2) |
Population (2003) | |
• Total | 52,403 |
Time zone | UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time) |
Quỳ Châu is a rural district of Nghệ An province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 52,403.[1] The district covers an area of 1,074 km2. The district capital lies at Tân Lạc Town.[1]
A 200-page book in an ancient Tai script was discovered in Mường Dan Village in February 2007.[2]
Subdivisions
[edit]Quỳ Châu has one town and 11 townships or communes (xã).
- Tân Lạc (formerly named Quỳ Châu)
- Châu Bính
- Châu Thuận
- Châu Hội
- Châu Nga
- Châu Tiến
- Châu Hạnh
- Châu Thắng
- Châu Phong
- Châu Bình
- Châu Hoàn
- Diễn Lâm
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Quỳ Châu | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 36.3 (97.3) | 38.0 (100.4) | 39.8 (103.6) | 42.0 (107.6) | 43.2 (109.8) | 40.6 (105.1) | 41.0 (105.8) | 39.7 (103.5) | 37.9 (100.2) | 36.3 (97.3) | 36.5 (97.7) | 32.8 (91.0) | 43.2 (109.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) | 23.1 (73.6) | 26.1 (79.0) | 30.8 (87.4) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.1 (93.4) | 32.9 (91.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 26.2 (79.2) | 23.1 (73.6) | 28.9 (84.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 24.9 (76.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.3 (79.3) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 23.5 (74.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.4 (57.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.2 (64.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.3 (75.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 21.0 (69.8) | 18.0 (64.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 20.3 (68.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) | 4.8 (40.6) | 4.2 (39.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 20.7 (69.3) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 4.6 (40.3) | 0.4 (32.7) | 0.4 (32.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19.4 (0.76) | 13.8 (0.54) | 29.8 (1.17) | 83.3 (3.28) | 221.8 (8.73) | 200.6 (7.90) | 208.7 (8.22) | 288.5 (11.36) | 316.6 (12.46) | 221.0 (8.70) | 55.8 (2.20) | 19.5 (0.77) | 1,680.4 (66.16) |
Average rainy days | 8.4 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 16.8 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 19.8 | 15.6 | 12.6 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 150.5 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 87.4 | 86.9 | 86.0 | 84.4 | 83.3 | 84.2 | 84.3 | 87.3 | 87.7 | 87.6 | 87.2 | 86.8 | 86.1 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 80.3 | 64.9 | 80.0 | 128.5 | 186.9 | 165.4 | 178.8 | 154.3 | 150.6 | 138.8 | 117.3 | 104.5 | 1,549.2 |
Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[3] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ Sample text [dead link]
- ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- Hum-phân-Lattanavông. 1998. Quỳ Châu script (in Vietnamese). Văn hóa và lịch sử người Thái ở Việt Nam [Culture and history of the Thai people of Vietnam], ed. by Cãm Trong, Hoàng LùÒng, Lê Si Giáo, VùÒng Toàn, Ma Khánh BAng and Nguyèn Van Hòa, Hà Nội, Việt Nam: Nhà Xuất Bản Văn Hóa Dân Tộc.
- Lattanavong, H. 1999. "Quy Chau script of the Lao-Tay: a change from Chinese ideograms to the Indian system of writing", in Vietnamese Studies, no. 134.
- Thang, L.C. 1999. "A glimpse of the Thai in Quy Chau", in Vietnamese Studies, no. 134.
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