Minhou 闽侯县 Minhow | |
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 Minhou County withinFuzhou | |
  Minhou Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates:26°09′00″N119°07′55″E / 26.150°N 119.132°E /26.150; 119.132 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,136 km2 (825 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 988,200 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Minhou County (simplified Chinese:闽侯;traditional Chinese:閩侯;pinyin:Mǐnhòu[1]; inFuzhounese,Foochow Romanized:Mìng-âu,IPA: /miŋ˨˩ŋɑu˨˦˨/) is acounty in easternFujian Province,China. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofFuzhou, the provincial capital, and lies to the south and to the west of the urban area of Fuzhou. TheMin River flows in a southeast direction through the center of the county, and then to the urban area of Fuzhou and into theTaiwan Strait.
The county has one subdistrict, 8 towns and 6 townships.
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In August 2014, 396 villagers from Qingpuling (青布岭村) of Qingkou Town won a court case against a waste management company.[2] They were awarded 6,000,000 RMB in compensation.[2][3] The waste company set up their medical waste incineration facility back in 2000.[3][4] The pollution caused black dust or ash to contaminate the surrounding environment trees, plants, waterways and households.[5] Residents had long suspected the cancer rates was due to the environmental pollution from the incineration plant.[5] The government has offered relocation for the affected residents.[5]
| Climate data for Minhou, elevation 58 m (190 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) | 27.3 (81.1) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.2 (90.0) | 34.8 (94.6) | 38.2 (100.8) | 37.9 (100.2) | 41.5 (106.7) | 39.5 (103.1) | 38.9 (102.0) | 36.0 (96.8) | 33.4 (92.1) | 29.2 (84.6) | 41.5 (106.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.4 (66.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 27.9 (82.2) | 31.1 (88.0) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.9 (93.0) | 31.2 (88.2) | 27.1 (80.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 25.2 (77.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.3 (52.3) | 12.0 (53.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 19.0 (66.2) | 23.1 (73.6) | 26.6 (79.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 26.4 (79.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 18.2 (64.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 20.4 (68.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) | 8.9 (48.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 25.1 (77.2) | 23.1 (73.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 10.2 (50.4) | 17.0 (62.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) | −1.3 (29.7) | 0.8 (33.4) | 5.7 (42.3) | 11.6 (52.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | −1.9 (28.6) | −1.9 (28.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 57.9 (2.28) | 80.5 (3.17) | 132.3 (5.21) | 145.6 (5.73) | 191.0 (7.52) | 239.8 (9.44) | 153.3 (6.04) | 174.2 (6.86) | 122.8 (4.83) | 51.9 (2.04) | 53.2 (2.09) | 47.3 (1.86) | 1,449.8 (57.07) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.8 | 13.7 | 17.5 | 15.9 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 12.1 | 14.8 | 11.2 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 155.1 |
| Average snowy days | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 80 | 82 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 99.2 | 87.8 | 99.2 | 119.8 | 125.6 | 135.5 | 226.3 | 202.9 | 163.8 | 154.4 | 117.8 | 111.7 | 1,644 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 30 | 28 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 54 | 51 | 45 | 44 | 36 | 34 | 37 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[6][7] | |||||||||||||
闽侯(Mǐnhòu)，地名，在福建。Note that this differs intone from the pronunciation of the second character侯 in isolation or in other compound words, which ishóu inStandard Mandarin Chinese.
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