Xupu County 溆浦县 Supu; Süpu | |
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 Location of Xupu County within Huaihua | |
  Xupu Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates:27°54′40″N110°35′38″E / 27.911°N 110.594°E /27.911; 110.594[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Huaihua |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,437.93 km2 (1,327.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
• Total | 741,014 |
| • Density | 215.541/km2 (558.248/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 4193XX |
Xupu County (simplified Chinese:溆浦县;traditional Chinese:溆浦縣;pinyin:Xùpǔ Xiàn) is a county ofHunan Province, China. It is under the administration ofHuaihua Prefecturel-level City.
Located on the west central Hunan, the county is bordered to the north byYuanling County, to the northeast byAnhua County, to the east byXinhua andLonghui Counties, to the south byDongkou County, and to the west byHongjiang City,Zhongfang andChenxi Counties. Xupu County covers an area of 3,440.10 km2 (1,328.23 sq mi), and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 932,400 and a resident population of 752,400.[4] Xupu County has 18towns under its jurisdiction, thegovernment seat is the town ofLufeng (卢峰镇).[5]
The Xu River (溆水) flows through the built-up area where it is joined by the Sandu River (三都河). Some kilometers downstream it joins theYuan River.
According to theXupu County Gazetteer (1993:641), the following three subgroups ofYao live in over 41 villages and number about 2,600 people.
| Climate data for Xupu, elevation 204 m (669 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) | 24.7 (76.5) | 29.5 (85.1) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.8 (96.4) | 36.5 (97.7) | 37.9 (100.2) | 39.2 (102.6) | 39.4 (102.9) | 39.9 (103.8) | 37.9 (100.2) | 31.5 (88.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 39.9 (103.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.9 (53.4) | 16.4 (61.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.9 (85.8) | 33.1 (91.6) | 33.0 (91.4) | 29.3 (84.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 11.8 (53.2) | 22.1 (71.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.8 (53.2) | 17.5 (63.5) | 21.9 (71.4) | 25.2 (77.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.5 (81.5) | 23.8 (74.8) | 18.4 (65.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.7 (45.9) | 17.3 (63.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) | 4.9 (40.8) | 8.5 (47.3) | 13.8 (56.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.6 (49.3) | 4.6 (40.3) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.3 (24.3) | −3.4 (25.9) | −1.0 (30.2) | 3.2 (37.8) | 8.8 (47.8) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.6 (61.9) | 12.0 (53.6) | 4.3 (39.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | −5.2 (22.6) | −5.2 (22.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 61.9 (2.44) | 66.4 (2.61) | 120.4 (4.74) | 159.9 (6.30) | 221.5 (8.72) | 268.6 (10.57) | 206.2 (8.12) | 103.5 (4.07) | 72.1 (2.84) | 83.9 (3.30) | 73.8 (2.91) | 41.8 (1.65) | 1,480 (58.27) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.5 | 13.0 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 10.8 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 152.3 |
| Average snowy days | 4.8 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 10.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 83 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 51.0 | 55.5 | 73.1 | 101.6 | 120.6 | 120.3 | 192.9 | 194.7 | 145.2 | 110.1 | 95.5 | 75.0 | 1,335.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 16 | 18 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 46 | 48 | 40 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 30 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[6][7]All-time Oct extreme[8] | |||||||||||||
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