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Changjiang 昌江县 Ch'ang-chiang, Cheongkong | |
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| 昌江黎族自治县 Changjiang Li Autonomous County | |
  Changjiang Location in Hainan | |
| Coordinates:19°21′58″N109°2′32″E / 19.36611°N 109.04222°E /19.36611; 109.04222 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,617 km2 (624 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
• Total | 225,131 |
| • Density | 139.2/km2 (360.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
Changjiang Li Autonomous County (formerly known by its Cantonese romanization nameCheongkong) is an autonomous county inHainan, China. It is one of the sixcounties of Hainan. Its postal code is 572700, and in 1999 its population was 225,131 people, largely made up of theLi people.
The county seat is inShilu Town. Shilu is known for a major iron ore deposit (the Shilu Iron Ore Mine,石碌铁矿), which has been worked since the Japanese occupation of the island in the early 1940s.[1]
Changjiang has atropical savanna climate (Aw). The monthly high temperature exceeds 25 °C (77 °F). The rainy season is from May to October, and the monthly precipitation exceeds 170mm (6.7inches). The Bawangling National Nature Reserve within the territory is home to endangered Hainan gibbons.
| Climate data for Changjiang, elevation 98 m (322 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.9 (94.8) | 37.4 (99.3) | 39.9 (103.8) | 41.6 (106.9) | 39.1 (102.4) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.8 (101.8) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.2 (95.4) | 34.2 (93.6) | 32.9 (91.2) | 41.6 (106.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 32.8 (91.0) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.5 (94.1) | 33.9 (93.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.3 (86.5) | 28.2 (82.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 30.5 (86.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 26.8 (80.2) | 28.6 (83.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 28.9 (84.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 25.2 (77.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.7 (67.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 22.6 (72.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 21.8 (71.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) | 8.5 (47.3) | 6.5 (43.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 17.6 (63.7) | 19.6 (67.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.0 (66.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 10.8 (51.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 5.4 (41.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 7.5 (0.30) | 10.8 (0.43) | 27.7 (1.09) | 73.1 (2.88) | 171.1 (6.74) | 180.9 (7.12) | 295.6 (11.64) | 407.6 (16.05) | 330.7 (13.02) | 175.0 (6.89) | 52.1 (2.05) | 16.2 (0.64) | 1,748.3 (68.85) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.1 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 14.8 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 12.5 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 114.4 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 75 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 81 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 75 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 162.4 | 158.2 | 179.6 | 201.9 | 223.6 | 219.7 | 214.4 | 198.4 | 166.3 | 185.0 | 174.9 | 152.7 | 2,237.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 47 | 49 | 48 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 51 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 45 | 50 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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