Shehong 射洪市 | |
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Location of Shehong County (red) within Suining City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Coordinates:30°52′16″N105°23′17″E / 30.871°N 105.388°E /30.871; 105.388 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Suining |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,497 km2 (578 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 732,380 |
| • Density | 489.2/km2 (1,267/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Shehong (Chinese:射洪;pinyin:Shèhóng) is acounty-level city in the east ofSichuan province, China, located in the central part of theSichuan Basin. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofSuining.
The city seat is the town ofTaihe, which itself had a population of 732,380 in 2020 census.[1]
TheFu River flows through the city seat as well as the towns of Jinhua and Liushu, along which hydropower stations provide electricity for the county and neighboring areas.
Shehong comprises 2 subdistricts and 21 towns:[2]
| Climate data for Shehong, elevation 383 m (1,257 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) | 17.1 (62.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.3 (93.7) | 37.0 (98.6) | 36.9 (98.4) | 40.0 (104.0) | 41.0 (105.8) | 39.3 (102.7) | 31.2 (88.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 19.1 (66.4) | 41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 13.2 (55.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.6 (85.3) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 26.5 (79.7) | 21.3 (70.3) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.1 (52.0) | 21.9 (71.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) | 8.9 (48.0) | 13.7 (56.7) | 18.3 (64.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 24.8 (76.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.9 (80.4) | 22.3 (72.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 17.3 (63.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) | 5.9 (42.6) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 19.7 (67.5) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.3 (50.5) | 5.3 (41.5) | 14.2 (57.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) | −1.2 (29.8) | −1.8 (28.8) | 3.6 (38.5) | 7.7 (45.9) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 2.2 (36.0) | 1.0 (33.8) | −4.4 (24.1) | −4.4 (24.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 13.5 (0.53) | 14.5 (0.57) | 26.8 (1.06) | 59.2 (2.33) | 87.6 (3.45) | 147.0 (5.79) | 195.9 (7.71) | 163.8 (6.45) | 137.5 (5.41) | 57.5 (2.26) | 21.5 (0.85) | 11.0 (0.43) | 935.8 (36.84) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.8 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.0 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 7.2 | 6.0 | 125.1 |
| Average snowy days | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 82 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 79 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 54.8 | 62.6 | 106.4 | 143.8 | 151.6 | 135.1 | 178.9 | 185.0 | 108.2 | 77.1 | 65.5 | 45.8 | 1,314.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 17 | 20 | 28 | 37 | 36 | 32 | 42 | 46 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 29 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Shehong has one national model secondary school, Shehong Secondary School. And three other provincial model secondary schools, Liushu Secondary School, Taihe Secondary School and Jinhua Secondary School.