Hengshan County 衡山县 | |
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 Location in Hengyang | |
  Hengshan Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates:27°13′49″N112°52′06″E / 27.2302343467°N 112.8683120136°E /27.2302343467; 112.8683120136 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Hengyang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Hengshan County (Chinese:衡山县;pinyin:Héngshān Xiàn;lit. 'Mount Heng') is acounty in theProvince ofHunan, China and it is under the administration ofHengyang prefecture-level city. Located in the north of Hengyang and the east-central part of Hunan province, the county is bordered to the north byXiangtan County, to the northwest byShuangfeng County, to the southwest and south byHengyang County,Nanyue District andHengnan County, to the east byHengdong County. The county of Hengshan covers 934 km2 (361 sq mi) with a population of 449,500 (as of 2015). It has five townships and seventowns under its jurisdiction, thecounty seat isKaiyun Town (开云镇).[1]
The county of Hengshan was named after theHengshan Mountain, the place name of Hengshan was described in theBook of Documents (one of theFive Classics of ancientChinese literature). It was belonged to the territory ofChu State in theSpring and Autumn period, it was part ofChangsha Commandery (长沙郡) in theQin period and part ofXiangnan County (湘南县) ofChangsha State (长沙国) in theHan period. The county of Hengyang (not modernHengyang County) was created in 257 AD, its seat was located in modern Yonghe Township and the county of Hengyang was renamed to Hengshan in 290 AD.[2] TheNational Teacher's College was located in the county in the late 1940s.[3]
| Climate data for Hengshan, elevation 159 m (522 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.6 (79.9) | 30.8 (87.4) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.1 (97.0) | 37.4 (99.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 39.9 (103.8) | 41.2 (106.2) | 38.6 (101.5) | 35.2 (95.4) | 32.0 (89.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) | 12.3 (54.1) | 16.4 (61.5) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 18.5 (65.3) | 12.4 (54.3) | 22.8 (73.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.2 (54.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 26.7 (80.1) | 29.9 (85.8) | 29.0 (84.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 13.8 (56.8) | 8.1 (46.6) | 18.3 (65.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.8 (42.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.6 (78.1) | 21.6 (70.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 10.6 (51.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 15.2 (59.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) | −7.7 (18.1) | −1.0 (30.2) | 3.1 (37.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 12.7 (54.9) | 3.6 (38.5) | −1.1 (30.0) | −9.8 (14.4) | −9.8 (14.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 77.3 (3.04) | 83.3 (3.28) | 164.1 (6.46) | 163.2 (6.43) | 213.7 (8.41) | 207.9 (8.19) | 133.3 (5.25) | 105.2 (4.14) | 70.4 (2.77) | 59.7 (2.35) | 80.6 (3.17) | 60.3 (2.37) | 1,419 (55.86) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.6 | 14.8 | 18.8 | 16.9 | 16.5 | 15.3 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 156 |
| Average snowy days | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 7.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 81 | 81 | 83 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 54.0 | 56.3 | 67.6 | 96.0 | 127.8 | 132.7 | 228.8 | 193.3 | 147.2 | 123.7 | 105.9 | 88.0 | 1,421.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 16 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 31 | 32 | 54 | 48 | 40 | 35 | 33 | 27 | 31 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, thegross domestic product of Hengshan County in 2017 was 16,722 millionyuan (2,477 millionUS dollars), up by 8.6 percent over the previous year. Of this total, thevalue added of the primary industry was 3,210 million yuan (475 million US dollars), up by 3.3 percent, that of the secondary industry was 4,634 million yuan (686 million US dollars), up by 6.6 percent and that of the tertiary industry was 8,878 million yuan (1,315 million US dollars), up by 11.8 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 19.20 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 27.71 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 53.09 percent. The per capita GDP in 2017 was 43,416 yuan (6,430 US dollars).[6]
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