Lixin 利辛县 | |
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 Location of Lixin in Bozhou | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Bozhou |
| County seat | Chengguan |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,950 km2 (750 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,236,000 |
| • Density | 634/km2 (1,640/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 236700 |
| Area code | 0558 |
| Website | www |
Lixin (Chinese:利辛;pinyin:Lìxīn) is a county located in north-easternAnhui province, China, under the jurisdiction ofBozhou City. It is a county famous for its education system and beef production. An agricultural county, the people of Lixin have depended onfarming (mainlywheat) for hundreds of years.
Lixin county is a fairly young geopolitical entity among those that have been many thousands of years in China. The creation of the county did not occur until the People's Republic of China was established in 1949. In the late 1960s, Lixin was created by the combination of parts from three neighbouring counties:Guoyang,Mengcheng andFuyang.
A county part ofFuyang city, Lixin was recently joined by six other counties to form the prefecture-level city,Bozhou.
Lixin County has 19towns and 4townships.[1]
| Climate data for Lixin, elevation 28 m (92 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) | 19.9 (67.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.2 (91.8) | 37.2 (99.0) | 39.6 (103.3) | 40.7 (105.3) | 38.4 (101.1) | 37.9 (100.2) | 34.3 (93.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.5 (43.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 21.6 (70.9) | 26.9 (80.4) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.1 (88.0) | 27.6 (81.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 15.4 (59.7) | 8.8 (47.8) | 20.7 (69.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.2 (70.2) | 25.8 (78.4) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.8 (80.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 16.9 (62.4) | 10 (50) | 3.8 (38.8) | 15.5 (59.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | 0.5 (32.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 10.7 (51.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.4 (75.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 5.8 (42.4) | 0.0 (32.0) | 11.4 (52.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.3 (6.3) | −16.8 (1.8) | −6.0 (21.2) | −1.1 (30.0) | 4.9 (40.8) | 12.3 (54.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 8.8 (47.8) | 0.6 (33.1) | −8.7 (16.3) | −19.8 (−3.6) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 25.3 (1.00) | 31.5 (1.24) | 48.5 (1.91) | 49.6 (1.95) | 75.8 (2.98) | 138.7 (5.46) | 221.4 (8.72) | 141.1 (5.56) | 83.3 (3.28) | 51.4 (2.02) | 38.8 (1.53) | 21.2 (0.83) | 926.6 (36.48) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 12.7 | 11.1 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 98 |
| Average snowy days | 4.3 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 10.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 71 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 82 | 84 | 78 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 74 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 125.0 | 126.6 | 160.0 | 191.2 | 197.5 | 177.6 | 182.5 | 171.9 | 155.4 | 156.6 | 141.6 | 132.8 | 1,918.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 39 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 46 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 45 | 46 | 43 | 43 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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