Hui'an County 惠安县 Hweian, Hweianhsien | |
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 Walled city ofChongwu | |
 Hui'an County in Quanzhou | |
  Hui'an Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates:24°59′N118°48′E / 24.983°N 118.800°E /24.983; 118.800 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Quanzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Hui'anⓘ (Chinese:惠安;pinyin:Huì'ān;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Hūi-oaⁿ) is acounty under the jurisdiction of theprefecture-level city ofQuanzhou,Fujian,People's Republic of China. It is situated in the middle of theFujian coast, betweenQuanzhou andMeizhou Bay. The county has a population of 921,794, as of late 2003, with a non-agricultural population of 289,396 people. The dialect isHui'an dialect, related toHokkien.
The county is divided into fifteentowns and oneethnic township. The only township in the county isBaiqi Hui Ethnic Township.
Towns:
Hui'an people have long been engaged in quarrying localgranite and using it for construction purposes. Traditional houses and other structures in the region are constructed from long narrow blocks of granite.
These days, Hui'an's stone workers have built on their experience by becoming manufacturers of stone statuary for China's temples, public places, businesses, and private residences. These days, the 25 km-long (16 mi) road (Huichong Highway) between the Hui'an County seat and the town ofChongwu is practically lined up with production plants and showrooms of stone-working companies, statues of all kinds displayed in front of them.
Footwear manufacturing is developed in a number of towns in the western part of the county, closer to Quanzhou.
Dali Foods Group has its headquarters in Hui'an County.[1][2]
TheHui'an Railway Station, on theFuzhou-Xiamen Railway, is located about 8 km (5.0 mi) northwest of Hui'an's county seat, and is connected to it by a new divided highway (that passes through the 1,680 m-long [1 mi] Dalingtou Tunnel [大嶺頭隧道]), with frequent local bus service. Although a lot fewer trains stop at Hui'an than at major stations such asQuanzhou, there is a train in each direction every hour or two during the day. There is no night service.
The freight-onlyZhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo Railway runs south of the county seat.
| Climate data for Chongwu Town, elevation 22 m (72 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) | 25.2 (77.4) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.6 (87.1) | 32.5 (90.5) | 34.7 (94.5) | 36.7 (98.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 33.7 (92.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 36.7 (98.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.2 (70.2) | 25.2 (77.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 23.2 (73.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) | 12.4 (54.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.7 (72.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 23.4 (74.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.6 (69.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.3 (61.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 24.9 (76.8) | 21.4 (70.5) | 17.6 (63.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 18.6 (65.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 2.9 (37.2) | 2.0 (35.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 11.4 (52.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 12.9 (55.2) | 7.7 (45.9) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.0 (35.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 38.5 (1.52) | 65.5 (2.58) | 93.3 (3.67) | 99.0 (3.90) | 156.6 (6.17) | 182.4 (7.18) | 104.7 (4.12) | 135.0 (5.31) | 96.1 (3.78) | 44.0 (1.73) | 36.1 (1.42) | 37.2 (1.46) | 1,088.4 (42.84) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.6 | 9.0 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 6.5 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 102.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 74 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 84 | 89 | 86 | 84 | 77 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 79 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 131.4 | 106.5 | 120.0 | 130.9 | 144.1 | 176.8 | 268.7 | 248.0 | 216.1 | 204.5 | 157.7 | 141.6 | 2,046.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 39 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 43 | 64 | 62 | 59 | 57 | 48 | 43 | 46 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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