Jia County 郏县 | |
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  Jiaxian Location of the seat in Henan | |
| Coordinates:33°58′19″N113°12′47″E / 33.972°N 113.213°E /33.972; 113.213 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture-level city | Pingdingshan |
| Area | |
• Total | 727 km2 (281 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 577,600 |
| • Density | 790/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 467100 |
Jia County orJiaxian (simplified Chinese:郏县;traditional Chinese:郟縣;pinyin:Jiá Xiàn) is a county under the administration ofPingdingshan City, in south-centralHenan Province, China.
Jia county is famous forheluo noodles, the Three-Su Temple and Linfeng village.
Three-Su Temple is the place where the famous poetsSu Xun,Su Shi andSu Zhe are buried.
Linfeng village's traditional red stone architecture has high historical and cultural value with distinctive local characteristics.
As 2012, this county is divided to 6 towns, 7 townships and 1 ethnic township.[3]
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| Climate data for Jiaxian, elevation 184 m (604 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) | 19.7 (67.5) | 24.4 (75.9) | 28.5 (83.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 41.3 (106.3) | 40.7 (105.3) | 40.0 (104.0) | 37.7 (99.9) | 40.0 (104.0) | 34.4 (93.9) | 27.6 (81.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 41.3 (106.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.6 (60.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 27.5 (81.5) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.1 (89.8) | 30.7 (87.3) | 27.1 (80.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 14.9 (58.8) | 8.8 (47.8) | 20.8 (69.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 25.8 (78.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 3.2 (37.8) | 15.1 (59.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) | −0.4 (31.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 9.9 (49.8) | 15.5 (59.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 4.5 (40.1) | −0.9 (30.4) | 10.3 (50.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.8 (1.8) | −16.7 (1.9) | −9.3 (15.3) | −2.1 (28.2) | 3.4 (38.1) | 11.2 (52.2) | 15.4 (59.7) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.8 (46.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | −7.3 (18.9) | −12.6 (9.3) | −16.8 (1.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 11.8 (0.46) | 13.7 (0.54) | 24.1 (0.95) | 38.2 (1.50) | 61.8 (2.43) | 84.5 (3.33) | 149.7 (5.89) | 108.3 (4.26) | 80.9 (3.19) | 41.3 (1.63) | 30.7 (1.21) | 9.8 (0.39) | 654.8 (25.78) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.9 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 3.7 | 85 |
| Average snowy days | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 11.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 61 | 62 | 64 | 67 | 65 | 65 | 79 | 82 | 77 | 70 | 67 | 61 | 68 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 130.7 | 139.1 | 177.4 | 205.7 | 218.2 | 205.5 | 196.8 | 190.4 | 164.3 | 162.6 | 147.6 | 143.7 | 2,082 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 41 | 45 | 48 | 52 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 47 | 48 | 47 | 47 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
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