Pingxiang 凭祥市 ·Bingzsiengz Si | |
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  Pingxiang Location in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates:22°05′38″N106°45′58″E / 22.094°N 106.766°E /22.094; 106.766 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Chongzuo |
| Municipal seat | Pingxiang |
| Area | |
• Total | 650 km2 (250 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 129,843 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Pingxiang, Guangxi | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 凭祥市 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 憑祥市 | ||||||||||
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| Vietnamese name | |||||||||||
| Vietnamese | Thị xã Bằng Tường / Bằng Tường thị | ||||||||||
| Hán-Nôm | 市社憑祥/憑祥市 | ||||||||||
| Zhuang name | |||||||||||
| Zhuang | Bingzsiengz Si | ||||||||||
| 1957 orthography | Biŋƨsieŋƨ Si | ||||||||||
Pingxiang (凭祥市) is acounty-level city under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofChongzuo, in the southwest of theGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.
The city covers an area of 650 km2 (250 sq mi). It is bordered in the north byLongzhou County and in the east byNingming County, both in Chongzuo, and in the south and west by Vietnam'sLạng Sơn Province.
National Route 322 comes through the city centre, as does the railway which continues on toHanoi; a high-speed expressway, now also international, passes nearby.
Zhennan Pass, site of theBattle of Bang Bo during theSino-French War, is now named the "Friendship Pass" and is considered the gateway to Vietnam.
There are also plans to build ahigh-speed railway fromNanning to the Vietnamese border.[1]
Pingxiang has a population of approximately 106,400 (83.5% of the people belong to theZhuang ethnic group, 2010).[2] Ethnic groups includeZhuang,Han,Yao,Miao,Jing, and others.
Pingxiang is divided into 4 towns:[3]
| Climate data for Pingxiang, elevation 243 m (797 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) | 30.2 (86.4) | 36.1 (97.0) | 35.4 (95.7) | 38.6 (101.5) | 40.0 (104.0) | 37.7 (99.9) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.1 (98.8) | 36.7 (98.1) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.4 (92.1) | 30.8 (87.4) | 40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.3 (72.1) | 27.6 (81.7) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.8 (91.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 28.7 (83.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 26.8 (80.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.6 (65.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.8 (82.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 19.2 (66.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 22.0 (71.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.3 (75.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.8 (67.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 11.7 (53.1) | 18.9 (66.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 2.6 (36.7) | 3.3 (37.9) | 9.6 (49.3) | 14.1 (57.4) | 15.5 (59.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 15.5 (59.9) | 9.1 (48.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | 0.1 (32.2) | 0.1 (32.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 33.9 (1.33) | 30.0 (1.18) | 57.7 (2.27) | 83.0 (3.27) | 156.0 (6.14) | 201.5 (7.93) | 223.4 (8.80) | 239.6 (9.43) | 132.9 (5.23) | 59.3 (2.33) | 44.2 (1.74) | 28.5 (1.12) | 1,290 (50.77) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.7 | 11.9 | 15.1 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 11.5 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 150 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 80 | 82 | 82 | 80 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 77 | 80 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 66.1 | 60.4 | 51.3 | 88.9 | 146.9 | 146.6 | 172.6 | 169.0 | 166.8 | 154.5 | 134.9 | 111.0 | 1,469 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 20 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 43 | 41 | 33 | 33 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
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