Hunyuan County 浑源县 Hun-yüan | |
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  Hunyuan Location in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates:39°41′N113°41′E / 39.69°N 113.68°E /39.69; 113.68 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Datong |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,965 km2 (759 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | 237,749 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 037400 |
| Website | www |
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 Yong'an Temple, Hunyuan | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 浑源县 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 渾源縣 | ||||||||||||
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| Guo County | |||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 崞县 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 崞縣 | ||||||||||||
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Hunyuan County is acounty under the administration ofDatong City, in the northeast ofShanxi province, China.
During theSpring and Autumn period ofChinese history, present-day Hunyuan County formed part of theBaidistate ofDai[1][2] to the north of theZhou Kingdom. It was conquered by theZhao clan ofJin.
Under theHan,Guo County was established and placed underYanmen Commandery andPingshu County was established and placed underDai Commandery.[3] Pingshu was later merged with Guo County, which was placed inHengshan Commandery. During theJianwu era of theEastern Han, Guo County was renamed. During theThree Kingdoms,Wei restored the name Guo. This was changed to Guoshan County by theNorthern Wei, who placed it under the administration ofSi Prefecture.[3] Under theTang, it was placed inYun Prefecture.[3]
| Climate data for Hunyuan, elevation 1,079 m (3,540 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) | 11.5 (52.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 25.6 (78.1) | 34.8 (94.6) | 35.1 (95.2) | 39.7 (103.5) | 37.7 (99.9) | 34.3 (93.7) | 33.9 (93.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 21.2 (70.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) | 2.5 (36.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.5 (83.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 22.4 (72.3) | 15.5 (59.9) | 6.7 (44.1) | −0.7 (30.7) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.9 (12.4) | −6.0 (21.2) | 1.5 (34.7) | 9.6 (49.3) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 7.4 (45.3) | −1.1 (30.0) | −8.6 (16.5) | 7.2 (44.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.5 (0.5) | −13.0 (8.6) | −5.6 (21.9) | 1.5 (34.7) | 8.1 (46.6) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 13.9 (57.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 0.8 (33.4) | −7.1 (19.2) | −14.7 (5.5) | 0.3 (32.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.4 (−24.5) | −29.0 (−20.2) | −25.1 (−13.2) | −12.3 (9.9) | −6.7 (19.9) | 2.3 (36.1) | 5.9 (42.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | −3.7 (25.3) | −12.0 (10.4) | −24.1 (−11.4) | −30.3 (−22.5) | −31.4 (−24.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.11) | 4.8 (0.19) | 8.0 (0.31) | 17.8 (0.70) | 38.9 (1.53) | 53.8 (2.12) | 95.5 (3.76) | 89.6 (3.53) | 57.2 (2.25) | 27.0 (1.06) | 9.5 (0.37) | 2.8 (0.11) | 407.6 (16.04) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 10.9 | 12.6 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 81.7 |
| Average snowy days | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 22.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 56 | 50 | 46 | 42 | 42 | 53 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 62 | 59 | 57 | 56 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 167.4 | 175.1 | 216.6 | 232.4 | 256.8 | 238.3 | 233.5 | 228.5 | 212.9 | 205.9 | 173.6 | 161.2 | 2,502.2 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 55 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 53 | 52 | 54 | 58 | 60 | 59 | 56 | 57 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
The 1,500-year-oldHanging Temple is an important and unique structure within the Datong area.
In 2010 the population of the district was 343,486 inhabitants.
