Gaocheng 藁城区 | |
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.jpg) Liangcun railway station | |
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  Gaocheng Location in Hebei | |
| Coordinates:38°01′19″N114°50′49″E / 38.022°N 114.847°E /38.022; 114.847 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Shijiazhuang |
| Township-level divisions | 13 towns 1 ethnic township |
| Municipal seat | Lianzhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 836 km2 (323 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 775,100 |
| • Density | 930/km2 (2,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 052100 |
| Area code | 0311 |
| Website | www |
Gaocheng (simplified Chinese:藁城区;traditional Chinese:藁城區;pinyin:Gǎochéng Qū;lit. 'Straw City') is one of eightdistricts of theprefecture-level city ofShijiazhuang, the capital ofHebei Province,NorthChina, on the upper reaches of theHutuo River (滹沱河). The city has a total area of 836 square kilometres (323 sq mi) and in 2010 had a population of 743,000.[1]
In 113 BCE, during theWestern Han Dynasty, Cheng County (城縣) was established, and renamed as Gaocheng County (藁城縣) during theYuan Dynasty. The present county-level was established in July 1989.
There are 13 towns and 1 township.[2]
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Gaocheng, elevation 54 m (177 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) | 16.5 (61.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 31.6 (88.9) | 32.8 (91.0) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.9 (105.6) | 41.9 (107.4) | 37.2 (99.0) | 37.1 (98.8) | 33.7 (92.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 41.9 (107.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.7 (45.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 21.6 (70.9) | 27.4 (81.3) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.7 (90.9) | 30.9 (87.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 20.8 (69.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 4.7 (40.5) | 19.6 (67.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) | 1.3 (34.3) | 8.1 (46.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.5 (81.5) | 25.8 (78.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | 14.4 (57.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | −0.8 (30.6) | 13.6 (56.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) | −3.7 (25.3) | 2.4 (36.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.0 (73.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.3 (61.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 1.2 (34.2) | −4.9 (23.2) | 8.5 (47.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −18.1 (−0.6) | −8.5 (16.7) | −1.8 (28.8) | 4.4 (39.9) | 11.0 (51.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 6.0 (42.8) | −3.0 (26.6) | −14.6 (5.7) | −23.4 (−10.1) | −23.4 (−10.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 2.3 (0.09) | 5.0 (0.20) | 9.0 (0.35) | 25.4 (1.00) | 34.9 (1.37) | 63.7 (2.51) | 118 (4.6) | 121.4 (4.78) | 42.6 (1.68) | 26.0 (1.02) | 14.4 (0.57) | 3.1 (0.12) | 465.8 (18.29) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 64.8 |
| Average snowy days | 2.4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 10.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 58 | 53 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 73 | 77 | 72 | 66 | 67 | 62 | 63 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 147.1 | 162.9 | 211.3 | 237.8 | 267.0 | 234.2 | 196.2 | 197.3 | 193.6 | 184.1 | 152.6 | 143.2 | 2,327.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 48 | 53 | 57 | 60 | 60 | 53 | 44 | 47 | 53 | 54 | 51 | 49 | 52 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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