Binyang County 宾阳县 ·Binhyangz Yen Pinyang | |
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Binyang County in June 2015 | |
Location in Nanning | |
| Coordinates:23°12′54″N108°51′14″E / 23.215°N 108.854°E /23.215; 108.854[1] | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Nanning |
| County seat | Binzhou (宾州镇) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,314 km2 (893 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
• Total | 782,255 |
| • Density | 338.1/km2 (875.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 5304XX |
Binyang County (simplified Chinese:宾阳县;traditional Chinese:賓陽縣;pinyin:Bīnyáng Xiàn;Standard Zhuang:Binhyangz Yen) is acounty ofGuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,China. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofNanning, the capital of Guangxi, with a permanent population of 782,255 and ahukou population of 1,051,373[4] as of the2010 Census. It borders theprefecture-level cities ofLaibin to the northeast andGuigang to the east. The main highways passing near the county seat areChina National Highways 322 and324. The local economy is based mostly on industry and services. The county seat is Binzhou Town, known as one of the oldest towns in Guangxi which has population over 200,000 people. People speak Binyanghua in Binyang, which is a branch of Cantonese.
There are 16 towns in the county:[5]
Binzhou (宾州镇),Litang (黎塘镇),Xinqiao (新桥镇),Xinxu (新圩镇),Daqiao (大桥镇),Zouxu (邹圩镇),Gantang (甘棠镇),Gula (古辣镇),Luxu (露圩镇),Yangqiao (洋桥镇),Wangling (王灵镇),Wuling (武陵镇),Zhonghua (中华镇),Silong (思陇镇),Heji (和吉镇),Chenping (陈平镇)
| Climate data for Binyang, elevation 128 m (420 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) | 28.1 (82.6) | 34.5 (94.1) | 35.1 (95.2) | 37.6 (99.7) | 37.3 (99.1) | 37.2 (99.0) | 38.3 (100.9) | 38.4 (101.1) | 37.2 (99.0) | 35.7 (96.3) | 32.5 (90.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 38.4 (101.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 20.5 (68.9) | 26.2 (79.2) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.7 (90.9) | 32.8 (91.0) | 31.2 (88.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 25.7 (78.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.4 (83.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 13.9 (57.0) | 21.6 (70.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 14.6 (58.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.9 (51.6) | 18.7 (65.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 1.5 (34.7) | 3.0 (37.4) | 8.0 (46.4) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 15.1 (59.2) | 10.7 (51.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | 1.1 (34.0) | 1.1 (34.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 66.2 (2.61) | 49.5 (1.95) | 93.0 (3.66) | 96.8 (3.81) | 220.2 (8.67) | 247.2 (9.73) | 252.0 (9.92) | 201.4 (7.93) | 123.7 (4.87) | 93.1 (3.67) | 67.1 (2.64) | 46 (1.8) | 1,556.2 (61.26) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.5 | 12.0 | 17.1 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 18.7 | 17.4 | 15.6 | 10.1 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 156.6 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 79 | 82 | 79 | 79 | 82 | 80 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 62.3 | 53.0 | 47.9 | 87.1 | 129.8 | 132.6 | 169.5 | 182.0 | 175.0 | 164.8 | 125.5 | 110.6 | 1,440.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 19 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 32 | 33 | 41 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 38 | 33 | 32 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[6][7] | |||||||||||||