Chenxi County 辰溪县 Chenki | |
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 Location of Chenxi County within Huaihua | |
  Chenxi Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates:28°00′22″N110°11′06″E / 28.006°N 110.185°E /28.006; 110.185[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Huaihua |
| Seat | Chenyang |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,976.81 km2 (763.25 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
• Total | 453,565 |
| • Density | 229.443/km2 (594.254/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 4195XX |
Chenxi County (simplified Chinese:辰溪县;traditional Chinese:辰谿縣;pinyin:Chénxī Xiàn) is acounty inHunan Province, China. It is under the administration ofHuaihua prefecture-level City.
Located on the north of the province, it is adjacent to the north of the city proper of Huaihua. The county is bordered to the north byYuanling County, to the east byXupu County, to the south byZhongfang County andHecheng District, to the west byMayang andLuxi Counties. Chenxi County covers an area of 1,990.3 km2 (768.5 sq mi). As of 2015, it had a registered population of 530,000 and a resident population of 461,400.[4] The county has ninetowns and 14townships under its jurisdiction, and thecounty seat isChenyang (辰阳镇).[5]
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During theSecond Sino-Japanese War, as part of theThird Front strategy, Chengxi developed into an industrial center. Many government offices and public services moved from Japanese occupied areas to Chengxi and the population increased from 5,000 to over 100,000. Japanese air raids caused hundreds of deaths and burned much of the old city.[6]
On 15 July 1996 the county was hit hard by floods.[6]
| Climate data for Chenxi, elevation 153 m (502 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) | 26.2 (79.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 33.7 (92.7) | 35.0 (95.0) | 36.9 (98.4) | 37.6 (99.7) | 40.0 (104.0) | 39.5 (103.1) | 38.9 (102.0) | 37.4 (99.3) | 31.2 (88.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 11.8 (53.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 26.9 (80.4) | 29.9 (85.8) | 33.2 (91.8) | 33.2 (91.8) | 29.3 (84.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 17.5 (63.5) | 11.6 (52.9) | 22.0 (71.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.0 (46.4) | 12.0 (53.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.1 (82.6) | 24.3 (75.7) | 18.6 (65.5) | 13.1 (55.6) | 7.8 (46.0) | 17.6 (63.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 14.3 (57.7) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.1 (50.2) | 5.2 (41.4) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | −4.0 (24.8) | −0.5 (31.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 8.7 (47.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 4.6 (40.3) | −0.4 (31.3) | −3.5 (25.7) | −4.2 (24.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 54.1 (2.13) | 60.4 (2.38) | 104.2 (4.10) | 150.4 (5.92) | 223.1 (8.78) | 251.6 (9.91) | 224.8 (8.85) | 122.3 (4.81) | 83.9 (3.30) | 89.5 (3.52) | 67.9 (2.67) | 39.1 (1.54) | 1,471.3 (57.91) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.0 | 13.0 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 12.1 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 151.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 8.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 81 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 53.2 | 57.9 | 80.4 | 110.7 | 135.2 | 139.1 | 221.4 | 225.5 | 164.1 | 115.6 | 95.4 | 75.4 | 1,473.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 16 | 18 | 22 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 52 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 30 | 23 | 32 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8]All-time Oct extreme[9] | |||||||||||||
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