Linjiang 临江市 | |
|---|---|
 Location in Baishan City | |
  Linjiang Location of the city centre in Jilin | |
| Coordinates:41°49′N126°55′E / 41.817°N 126.917°E /41.817; 126.917 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jilin |
| Prefecture-level city | Baishan |
| Township-level divisions | 6 subdistricts 6 towns 1 township |
| Municipal seat | Jianguo Subdistrict (建国街道) |
| Area | |
| 3,009 km2 (1,162 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 170.84 km2 (65.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 341 m (1,119 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| 162,000 | |
| • Density | 53.8/km2 (139/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 97,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 134600 |
Linjiang (simplified Chinese:临江;traditional Chinese:臨江;pinyin:Línjiāng; listed as Linkiang on old maps) is acounty-level city inBaishan,Jilin,China. It is located to the east ofTonghua, and bordersNorth Korea along theYalu River.
During 1953–76, there was a total of twenty-one Chinese films being shot on location in Linjiang, includingVisitors on the Icy Mountain.[2]
Linjiang has amonsoon-influencedhumid continental climate (KöppenDwa), with long, very cold winters, and very warm, humid summers. Monthly average temperatures range from −15.3 °C (4.5 °F) in January to 22.3 °C (72.1 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 5.57 °C (42.0 °F). Though the annual total is generous, precipitation is quite low during the winter and rainfall is concentrated in the months of June through August. Sunshine is generous but falling far short of the central and western parts of Jilin; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 42% in July to 60% in February, there are 2,232 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Linjiang, elevation 380 m (1,250 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) | 13.0 (55.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 29.9 (85.8) | 33.4 (92.1) | 37.2 (99.0) | 37.9 (100.2) | 35.8 (96.4) | 30.6 (87.1) | 27.8 (82.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 9.5 (49.1) | 37.9 (100.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) | −1.9 (28.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.6 (81.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 15.0 (59.0) | 3.6 (38.5) | −6.0 (21.2) | 12.6 (54.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.8 (5.4) | −9.5 (14.9) | −1.0 (30.2) | 7.8 (46.0) | 14.4 (57.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.0 (59.0) | 7.1 (44.8) | −2.3 (27.9) | −12.0 (10.4) | 5.7 (42.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.3 (−4.5) | −15.7 (3.7) | −6.7 (19.9) | 1.2 (34.2) | 7.8 (46.0) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 1.3 (34.3) | −6.9 (19.6) | −16.8 (1.8) | 0.3 (32.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.5 (−28.3) | −29.4 (−20.9) | −21.7 (−7.1) | −10.6 (12.9) | −1.9 (28.6) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.5 (47.3) | 5.3 (41.5) | −2.3 (27.9) | −11.3 (11.7) | −24.5 (−12.1) | −29.5 (−21.1) | −33.5 (−28.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 10.0 (0.39) | 14.3 (0.56) | 23.7 (0.93) | 39.3 (1.55) | 84.3 (3.32) | 111.1 (4.37) | 196.2 (7.72) | 161.5 (6.36) | 67.0 (2.64) | 43.1 (1.70) | 37.4 (1.47) | 18.0 (0.71) | 805.9 (31.72) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.3 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 10.2 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 14.9 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 132.2 |
| Average snowy days | 10.4 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 55.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 69 | 64 | 59 | 56 | 63 | 73 | 79 | 81 | 78 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 69 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 165.9 | 175.9 | 205.7 | 200.3 | 216.6 | 198.9 | 191.5 | 187.2 | 179.5 | 188.0 | 142.4 | 141.6 | 2,193.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 56 | 58 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 44 | 42 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 49 | 50 | 50 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4][5] | |||||||||||||
There are sixsubdistricts, sixtowns and onetownships under the city's administration:[6]
Subdistricts
Towns:
The only township isMayihe Township (蚂蚁河乡)
