Dongfang 东方市 | |
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 Map showing entire Qionghai area within Hainan province | |
| Coordinates:19°06′N108°39′E / 19.100°N 108.650°E /19.100; 108.650 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Township-level divisions | 8 towns 2 townships |
| Municipal seat | Basuo |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,256 km2 (871 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 435,000 |
| • Density | 193/km2 (499/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 572600 |
| Area code | 0898 |
| Licence plates | 琼D |
| Website | dongfang |
Dongfang (simplified Chinese:东方;traditional Chinese:東方;pinyin:Dōngfāng;lit. 'the East') is one of the fivecounty-level cities ofHainan province, China. Althoughcalled a "city", Dongfang refers to a large land area in Hainan - an area which was once a county. Within this area is the main city, Dongfang City. It is located on the western coast of Hainan Island facingVietnam across theGulf of Tonkin, and in 2004 had a population of 435,000.
As all county-level units, Dongfang is administratively divided intotownship-level units (see thelist). The main urban area of Dongfang (i.e., what used to be called "the county seat", when Dongfang was a county) is the town ofBasuo.
The former county ofGanen (postal: Kumyan, Kanem or Kamyan) is now part of the city.
Dongfang has atropical wet and dry climate (KöppenAw).[1]Monsoonal influences are strong, and the two seasons are thewet season and thedry season (November to April), when very little rainfall occurs. Rainfall is heaviest and most frequent from August to October, whentyphoons may strike, and averages an annual total of 1,042.1 mm (41.0 in), far lower than much of the island. January through March features the highestrelative humidity levels of the year, while May through August is very sunny, consistently averaging above 60% of possible sunshine. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 50% in February to 67% in May, the city receives 2,574.3 hours of sunshine annually, a level not seen in thesouthern half of China outside of Tibet. The average low temperature remains above 26.0 °C (78.8 °F) from May to August，and the region has large tracts of virgin forest, gradually transitioning from desert steppe on the western coast to tropical seasonal forest in the eastern mountains.
| Climate data for Dongfang, elevation 8 m (26 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) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.1 (91.6) | 36.6 (97.9) | 36.6 (97.9) | 36.5 (97.7) | 36.4 (97.5) | 35.3 (95.5) | 35.3 (95.5) | 34.5 (94.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 30.9 (87.6) | 36.6 (97.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.5 (74.3) | 24.2 (75.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 30.1 (86.2) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.1 (89.8) | 31.9 (89.4) | 31.3 (88.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 24.7 (76.5) | 29.0 (84.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 26.7 (80.1) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 26.4 (79.5) | 23.9 (75.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 25.5 (78.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.9 (75.0) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.4 (79.5) | 25.3 (77.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 22.9 (73.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) | 8.7 (47.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.0 (71.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 18.7 (65.7) | 15.5 (59.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 6.4 (43.5) | 6.4 (43.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 8.1 (0.32) | 10.2 (0.40) | 20.1 (0.79) | 30.3 (1.19) | 76.6 (3.02) | 124.9 (4.92) | 188.0 (7.40) | 244.2 (9.61) | 179.1 (7.05) | 109.5 (4.31) | 33.9 (1.33) | 17.2 (0.68) | 1,042.1 (41.02) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 9.7 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 77.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 80 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 79 | 81 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 175.2 | 163.7 | 185.8 | 223.7 | 269.4 | 254.2 | 250.5 | 234.9 | 210.1 | 222.1 | 207.2 | 177.5 | 2,574.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 51 | 50 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 64 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 52 | 58 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3][4] | |||||||||||||
Dongfang administers eighttowns and twotownships:[5]
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