Cili County 慈利县 Tzeli | |
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 Location of Cili County within Zhangjiajie | |
  Cili Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates:29°22′44″N110°57′22″E / 29.379°N 110.956°E /29.379; 110.956[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhangjiajie |
| Seat | Lingyang |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,492.02 km2 (1,348.28 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 684,300 |
| • Density | 196.0/km2 (507.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Cili (simplified Chinese:慈利县;traditional Chinese:慈利縣;pinyin:Cílì Xiàn) is a county inHunan Province, China under administration of theprefecture-level city ofZhangjiajie. Located in the north of Hunan and the east of Zhangjiajie, Cili County is bordered to the southeast byTaoyuan County, to the south and the southwest byYongding District, to the west and the northwest bySangzhi County, and to the north and northeast byShimen County. Cili is also the home of theTujia people. The County has an area of 3,492 square kilometres (1,348 sq mi) with 703,452 of registered population and roughly 613,000 permanent population (as of 2015).[2] It is divided into 25 township-level divisions (November 27, 2015), and itscounty seat isLingyang Town (零阳镇).
Recently[when?] a tomb was discovered around Cili that was 2,200 years old. Among the items discovered was abronze cooking vessel that contained fish. The tomb was that of an ancient senior official.[citation needed]
According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Cili County on November 27, 2015, it has 15 towns and 10 townships (7 of which areethnic townships of theTujia people) under its jurisdiction. Itscounty seat isLingyang (零阳镇).[3] They are:
| Climate data for Cili, elevation 174 m (571 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) | 22.4 (72.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 34.7 (94.5) | 37.7 (99.9) | 37.0 (98.6) | 38.8 (101.8) | 41.2 (106.2) | 40.7 (105.3) | 38.8 (101.8) | 35.2 (95.4) | 30.1 (86.2) | 24.4 (75.9) | 41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.4 (54.3) | 17.2 (63.0) | 23.4 (74.1) | 27.6 (81.7) | 30.6 (87.1) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.4 (92.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 22.6 (72.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.0 (46.4) | 12.3 (54.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 28.6 (83.5) | 28.3 (82.9) | 24.2 (75.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.8 (46.0) | 17.7 (63.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 4.8 (40.6) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 22.3 (72.1) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.6 (76.3) | 20.7 (69.3) | 15.2 (59.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 4.7 (40.5) | 14.2 (57.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.2 (20.8) | −4.6 (23.7) | −2.5 (27.5) | 3.2 (37.8) | 8.9 (48.0) | 12.5 (54.5) | 18.2 (64.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 12.3 (54.1) | 3.6 (38.5) | −1.1 (30.0) | −4.8 (23.4) | −6.2 (20.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 46.4 (1.83) | 57.7 (2.27) | 89.2 (3.51) | 141.1 (5.56) | 178.0 (7.01) | 218.6 (8.61) | 248.3 (9.78) | 151.4 (5.96) | 85.1 (3.35) | 90.3 (3.56) | 60.2 (2.37) | 28.5 (1.12) | 1,394.8 (54.93) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.2 | 10.7 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 11.4 | 8.8 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 139.5 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 9.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 73 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 72 | 75 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 61.2 | 62.8 | 89.3 | 113.8 | 125.6 | 122.2 | 187.0 | 184.5 | 134.8 | 110.5 | 97.1 | 80.2 | 1,369 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 19 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 44 | 46 | 37 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 30 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
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