Beizhen 北镇市 | |
|---|---|
 Location in Jinzhou | |
  Beizhen Location in Liaoning | |
| Coordinates:41°36′N121°48′E / 41.600°N 121.800°E /41.600; 121.800 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Prefecture-level city | Jinzhou |
| Area | |
| 1,782.0 km2 (688.0 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 78.80 km2 (30.42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 422,289 | |
| • Density | 236.97/km2 (613.76/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 152,033 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Beizhen (simplified Chinese:北镇;traditional Chinese:北鎭;pinyin:Běizhèn) is a city in west-centralLiaoning province ofNortheast China. It is under the administration ofJinzhou City.
In 1123, theJin Dynasty setGuangning County (Chinese:廣寧縣) in nowadays Beizhen. InMing Dynasty, the town of Guangning became a base of the Ming troops in Liaotung and a prosperous border trading center. In 1913, the name was changed to Beizhen, which is an alternative name of theYiwulü Mountain, literally meaning "the guarding mountain of the North".[2]In 1995, Beizhen County became Beining City (北寧市), the name of which is later changed to the current name.
There are threesubdistricts, 14towns, and sixtownships under the city's administration.[3]
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| Climate data for Beizhen, elevation 114 m (374 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 15.3 (59.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 32.1 (89.8) | 35.4 (95.7) | 38.2 (100.8) | 37.5 (99.5) | 36.2 (97.2) | 34.1 (93.4) | 30.1 (86.2) | 21.0 (69.8) | 12.5 (54.5) | 38.2 (100.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) | 1.1 (34.0) | 8.0 (46.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 23.6 (74.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.5 (83.3) | 24.7 (76.5) | 16.9 (62.4) | 6.4 (43.5) | −1.2 (29.8) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) | −4.4 (24.1) | 2.4 (36.3) | 10.8 (51.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 23.8 (74.8) | 18.9 (66.0) | 11.1 (52.0) | 1.3 (34.3) | −6.2 (20.8) | 9.4 (49.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) | −9.1 (15.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 12.1 (53.8) | 17.2 (63.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 19.8 (67.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 5.9 (42.6) | −3.1 (26.4) | −10.4 (13.3) | 4.7 (40.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −27.3 (−17.1) | −23.2 (−9.8) | −13.6 (7.5) | −5.4 (22.3) | 3.5 (38.3) | 7.0 (44.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | 3.5 (38.3) | −5.2 (22.6) | −16.8 (1.8) | −22.7 (−8.9) | −27.3 (−17.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 2.6 (0.10) | 3.2 (0.13) | 8.2 (0.32) | 26.2 (1.03) | 52.6 (2.07) | 88.3 (3.48) | 172.4 (6.79) | 142.6 (5.61) | 44.5 (1.75) | 29.6 (1.17) | 13.9 (0.55) | 2.8 (0.11) | 586.9 (23.11) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.8 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 67.4 |
| Average snowy days | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 13.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 48 | 46 | 43 | 45 | 52 | 68 | 79 | 77 | 64 | 56 | 52 | 50 | 57 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 209.0 | 205.7 | 247.4 | 244.1 | 271.6 | 229.5 | 202.5 | 223.7 | 237.6 | 225.0 | 187.8 | 189.9 | 2,673.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 70 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 60 | 51 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 66 | 64 | 67 | 61 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] October all-time Record[6] | |||||||||||||
