Gucheng County 谷城县 Kucheng | |
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 Laohekou Binjiang Park (湖北老河口滨江公园) | |
  Gucheng Location of the seat in Hubei | |
| Coordinates (Gucheng government):32°15′50″N111°39′11″E / 32.264°N 111.653°E /32.264; 111.653 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Xiangyang |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,553 km2 (986 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
• Total | 483,293 |
| • Density | 189.3/km2 (490.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | hbgucheng |
Gucheng County (simplified Chinese:谷城县;traditional Chinese:穀城縣[3];pinyin:Gǔchéng Xiàn) is a county of northwesternHubei province, People's Republic of China, located in the eastern foothills of theDaba Mountains. It is under the administration ofXiangyang City, and is served byG70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway. As of 2004[update], it had a total population of 540,000 residing in an area of 2,552 square kilometres (985 sq mi).
The only township isZhaowan Township (赵湾乡)
Other areas:
| Climate data for Gucheng, elevation 120 m (390 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) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 35.0 (95.0) | 37.2 (99.0) | 40.6 (105.1) | 42.1 (107.8) | 41.7 (107.1) | 38.7 (101.7) | 33.8 (92.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 42.1 (107.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 11.2 (52.2) | 16.5 (61.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.7 (90.9) | 31.9 (89.4) | 28.1 (82.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 16.5 (61.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 21.7 (71.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) | 6.0 (42.8) | 10.9 (51.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 27.8 (82.0) | 27.1 (80.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 10.7 (51.3) | 5.3 (41.5) | 16.3 (61.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) | 2.1 (35.8) | 6.5 (43.7) | 12.2 (54.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.7 (74.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 12.9 (55.2) | 6.5 (43.7) | 1.8 (35.2) | 12.3 (54.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) | −10.7 (12.7) | −5.5 (22.1) | −0.3 (31.5) | 5.7 (42.3) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.2 (63.0) | 15.2 (59.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 1.6 (34.9) | −3.2 (26.2) | −13.7 (7.3) | −13.7 (7.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 26.8 (1.06) | 26.9 (1.06) | 54.9 (2.16) | 69.4 (2.73) | 103.8 (4.09) | 104.3 (4.11) | 121.7 (4.79) | 129.7 (5.11) | 59.9 (2.36) | 66.6 (2.62) | 43.5 (1.71) | 19.3 (0.76) | 826.8 (32.56) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.4 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 8.4 | 6.0 | 113.9 |
| Average snowy days | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 11.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 73 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 74 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 97.8 | 105.5 | 137.0 | 163.0 | 176.5 | 164.2 | 172.2 | 168.9 | 134.4 | 132.5 | 117.9 | 108.6 | 1,678.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 31 | 33 | 37 | 42 | 41 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 38 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8]all-time extreme temperature[9][10] | |||||||||||||
1996年，谷城县面积2553平方千米，{...}2010年第六次人口普查，谷城县常住总人口其中：523607人，城关镇178990人，石花镇108753人，盛土康镇56582人，庙滩镇42184人，五山镇26932人，茨河镇16550人，南河镇17447人，紫金镇17527人，冷集镇47288人，赵湾乡9567人，薤山林场1787人。
2016年，谷城县辖城关、冷集、石花、五山、紫金、南河、盛康、庙滩、茨河9个镇和赵湾乡，设谷城经济开发区和薤山旅游度假区，242个行政村、48个社区居民委员会。[permanent dead link]
统计用区划代码 名称 420625100000 城关镇 420625101000 石花镇 420625102000 盛康镇 420625103000 庙滩镇 420625104000 五山镇 420625105000 茨河镇 420625106000 南河镇 420625107000 紫金镇 420625108000 冷集镇 420625200000 赵湾乡 420625500000 薤山林场
𡐓 kāng 盛𡐓镇（Shèngkāng Zhèn）,地名,在湖北。
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