Pucheng County 浦城县 | |
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 Location of Pucheng County within Nanping City | |
  Pucheng Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates:27°54′N118°31′E / 27.900°N 118.517°E /27.900; 118.517 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Nanping |
| Government | |
| • CPC County Committee Secretary | Zhou Yonghe |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,383 km2 (1,306 sq mi) |
| • Water | 100 km2 (39 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 297,719 |
| • Density | 88.00/km2 (227.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 353400 |
| Website | www.pc.gov.cn |
Pucheng County (simplified Chinese:浦城县;traditional Chinese:浦城縣;pinyin:Pǔchéng Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of themunicipality ofNanping, in northernFujian province, People's Republic of China, borderingJiangxi to the northwest andZhejiang to the east; it is the northernmostcounty-level division of Fujian.
The county is named for the Nanpu Brook, a major tributary to theMin River.
Pucheng comprises 3,383.02 square kilometres (1,306.19 sq mi) in theWuyi Mountains which separates Fujian andJiangxi provinces. It bordersSongxi County to the southeast,Jianyang District to the south andWuyishan City (location of the famousUNESCO park) to the west, all within Nanping. The municipality ofShangrao, Jiangxi, borders to the northwest; those ofQuzhou, to the north, andLishui, to the east, are inZhejiang.
| Climate data for Pucheng, elevation 277 m (909 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) | 27.8 (82.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 34.1 (93.4) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.2 (97.2) | 42.0 (107.6) | 41.1 (106.0) | 39.3 (102.7) | 37.3 (99.1) | 33.0 (91.4) | 26.0 (78.8) | 42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.1 (64.6) | 23.8 (74.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 29.8 (85.6) | 33.7 (92.7) | 33.6 (92.5) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 20.5 (68.9) | 14.8 (58.6) | 23.8 (74.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 12.6 (54.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.9 (76.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.3 (81.1) | 24.3 (75.7) | 19.5 (67.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | 8.6 (47.5) | 17.9 (64.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.8 (47.8) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.2 (64.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 4.5 (40.1) | 14.0 (57.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) | −5.0 (23.0) | −4.5 (23.9) | 2.4 (36.3) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.3 (52.3) | 2.3 (36.1) | −2.9 (26.8) | −7.6 (18.3) | −7.6 (18.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 77.1 (3.04) | 97.0 (3.82) | 201.3 (7.93) | 213.8 (8.42) | 252.3 (9.93) | 403.5 (15.89) | 154.8 (6.09) | 134.4 (5.29) | 84.5 (3.33) | 46.7 (1.84) | 76.1 (3.00) | 60.9 (2.40) | 1,802.4 (70.98) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.7 | 13.2 | 18.7 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 13.6 | 14.7 | 10.4 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 163 |
| Average snowy days | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 79 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 98.5 | 93.8 | 98.2 | 124.0 | 135.9 | 127.1 | 224.4 | 209.8 | 178.8 | 173.0 | 133.1 | 127.9 | 1,724.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 30 | 30 | 26 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 53 | 52 | 49 | 49 | 42 | 40 | 39 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
ThePucheng dialect shares some features withWu, but is classed among the SouthernChinese varieties. It is however not demonstrably a member of theMin subgroup (which covers almost all of Fujian), and pending further research must stand as an isolate - the sole exemplar of thePucheng group of Southern Chinese.[3] SomeWu dialects and theNorthern Min dialect of Shibei are also spoken in Pucheng.
The county administers 2street offices, 9towns and 8townships. The county executive, legislature andjudiciary are in Nanpu Street Office, together with theCPC andPSB branches.[4]
In 2006 mound tombs of theWuyue Kingdom were discovered in Guanjiu village. (The kingdom was contemporary with theSpring and Autumn period andWarring States period of theYellow River-centredHans). Considered a strongly significant element of Wuyue culture, these are the first such tombs discovered in Fujian Province. 72 bronze funerary articles were excavated from the tombs, making the excavation the largest harvest of bronze items in Fujian archaeological history.
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