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Lin'an 临安区 Linan | |
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 Location of Lin'an District within Hangzhou | |
  Lin'an Location in Zhejiang | |
| Coordinates:30°14′10″N119°42′55″E / 30.23611°N 119.71528°E /30.23611; 119.71528 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| Sub-provincial city | Hangzhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,118.77 km2 (1,204.16 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Lin'an District (Chinese:临安区)is asuburban districtofHangzhou,Zhejiang, China. It is located in northwest Zhejiang as a separate urban area of Hangzhou, and bordersAnhui province to the west and northwest. Lin'an held a population of 573,100 in 2014, over an area of 3,124 km2 (1,206 sq mi). The postal code is 311300, and the phone area code 0571.
May 2015, Lin'an was listed as the Top 100 Economic Potential City/County, ranking 73. Lin'an also voted as No. 16 Innovative County. After the promotion ofFuyang District, Lin'an was converted into the 10th district of Hangzhou in August 2017.[1] The Lin'an government is located at 398 Yijin Street.
Lin'an is rich in natural resources, abundant in rainfall, and has a warm climate. It remains heavily forested, with 71.3% tree cover. Such an ecological environment breeds more than 4,700 biological species. Mountains, lakes, forest, hot springs, caves, and other ancient remains are everywhere. The district's Daming andTianmu Mountains are well-known attractions, andGongchen Pagoda and themausoleums of theQian dynasty ofWuyue are sites ofnational historical importance.
The climate in Lin'an istemperate andhumid subtropical monsoon[broken anchor]. The annual average temperature is 16.0 °C (60.8 °F) with 1,460 mm (57 in) of precipitation.
| Climate data for Lin'an, elevation 118 m (387 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) | 23.8 (74.8) | 29.4 (84.9) | 34.2 (93.6) | 35.9 (96.6) | 36.9 (98.4) | 39.7 (103.5) | 42.1 (107.8) | 41.8 (107.2) | 40.7 (105.3) | 35.1 (95.2) | 32.0 (89.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 42.1 (107.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) | 11.4 (52.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.2 (84.6) | 33.7 (92.7) | 33.1 (91.6) | 28.3 (82.9) | 23.4 (74.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 21.9 (71.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.2 (43.2) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.2 (70.2) | 24.2 (75.6) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 12.2 (54.0) | 6.3 (43.3) | 16.5 (61.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) | 2.4 (36.3) | 6.2 (43.2) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.6 (61.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.8 (74.8) | 19.7 (67.5) | 13.8 (56.8) | 8.1 (46.6) | 2.5 (36.5) | 12.5 (54.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.5 (13.1) | −8.3 (17.1) | −4.1 (24.6) | −0.9 (30.4) | 7.1 (44.8) | 11.5 (52.7) | 18.4 (65.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 8.6 (47.5) | 1.5 (34.7) | −4.3 (24.3) | −13.4 (7.9) | −13.4 (7.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 84.9 (3.34) | 89.0 (3.50) | 139.6 (5.50) | 126.2 (4.97) | 135.4 (5.33) | 264.2 (10.40) | 194.4 (7.65) | 190.8 (7.51) | 101.1 (3.98) | 63.3 (2.49) | 69.9 (2.75) | 58.6 (2.31) | 1,517.4 (59.73) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.3 | 11.8 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 11.8 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 151.9 |
| Average snowy days | 4.3 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 9.4 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 81 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 77 | 74 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 105.6 | 103.6 | 126.3 | 147.6 | 160.5 | 123.7 | 205.4 | 190.3 | 147.1 | 152.5 | 128.6 | 124.6 | 1,715.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 33 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 38 | 29 | 48 | 47 | 40 | 43 | 41 | 39 | 39 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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Lin'an is connected to the main urban area of Hangzhou throughLine 16 of theHangzhou Metro and theG56 Hangzhou–Ruili Expressway.
