Tongcheng County
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Tongcheng County 通城县 Tungcheng | |
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  Tongcheng Location of the seat in Hubei | |
| Coordinates: 29°14′43″N 113°49′01″E / 29.2453°N 113.8170°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Xianning |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Tongcheng (Chinese: 通城; pinyin: Tōngchéng) is the governmental seat and the name of a county in Xianning City, Hubei, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi (to the east) and Hunan (to the south and west).
History[edit]
The Red 16th Army, stationed at the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Soviet annihilated an entire regiment of the Guomindang/Nationalist army here in December 1930, disrupting its planned siege of the Red base.
Administration[edit]
Nine towns:[1]
- Junshui (隽水镇), Maishi (麦市镇), Tanghu (塘湖镇), Guandao (关刀镇), Shadui (沙堆镇), Wuli (五里镇), Shinan (石南镇), Beigang (北港镇), Magang (马港镇)
Two townships:
Climate[edit]
| Climate data for Tongcheng (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) | 29.3 (84.7) | 32.7 (90.9) | 34.8 (94.6) | 36.0 (96.8) | 37.2 (99.0) | 40.1 (104.2) | 40.3 (104.5) | 38.0 (100.4) | 35.9 (96.6) | 31.5 (88.7) | 24.4 (75.9) | 40.3 (104.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.6 (61.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.5 (81.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 33.5 (92.3) | 33.1 (91.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 22.4 (72.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.4 (72.3) | 25.7 (78.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.0 (82.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 18.4 (65.1) | 12.4 (54.3) | 6.8 (44.2) | 17.3 (63.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 4.0 (39.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 13.5 (56.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.3 (75.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 8.4 (47.1) | 3.2 (37.8) | 13.6 (56.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) | −6.7 (19.9) | −2.6 (27.3) | 0.9 (33.6) | 8.5 (47.3) | 12.3 (54.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.2 (63.0) | 9.1 (48.4) | 1.1 (34.0) | −3.1 (26.4) | −9.9 (14.2) | −9.9 (14.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 77.2 (3.04) | 88.5 (3.48) | 154.2 (6.07) | 208.4 (8.20) | 230.5 (9.07) | 276.0 (10.87) | 231.4 (9.11) | 136.8 (5.39) | 86.9 (3.42) | 70.9 (2.79) | 80.0 (3.15) | 47.4 (1.87) | 1,688.2 (66.46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.0 | 12.8 | 16.7 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 14.7 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 9.6 | 152.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 8.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 78 | 82 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 80.0 | 80.3 | 99.4 | 124.9 | 146.3 | 140.8 | 208.5 | 203.5 | 161.3 | 143.7 | 125.2 | 114.0 | 1,627.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 49 | 50 | 44 | 41 | 39 | 36 | 36 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tongcheng County.
Look up Tongcheng in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- ^ 通城县行政区划 (in Chinese). Tongcheng County People's Government. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
通城县辖隽水、麦市、塘湖、关刀、五里、北港、石南、沙堆、马港9镇，大坪、四庄乡。
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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