Ninghua County 宁化县 Ninghwa | |
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  Ninghua Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates:26°15′43″N116°39′14″E / 26.262°N 116.654°E /26.262; 116.654 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Sanming |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,381 km2 (919 sq mi) |
| Population ([when?]) | |
• Total | 340,000 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Ninghua (simplified Chinese:宁化县;traditional Chinese:寧化縣;pinyin:Nínghuà Xiàn) is a county of theprefecture-level city ofSanming, in westernFujian province, People's Republic of China, borderingJiangxi to the west. The town ofShibi of Ninghua is well known as the cradle of theHakka. Ninghua is also marked as the starting place of the famous massiveLong March undertaken by theRed Army of theChinese Communist Party in 1934.
The county government is located in Cuijiang town (翠江镇). There are four other towns, namely Quanshang (泉上镇), Hucun (胡村) andShibi (石壁镇) Caofang (曹坊镇). All four lie along a single east-west highway which transects Ninghua and connects theMingxi County withNational Highway 206 inJiangxi Province.
There are twelve sub-townships, making a total of 16 township-level divisions in Ninghua: Chengjiao (adjoining Cuijiang, the county seat), Anyuan, Shuixi, Helong, Zhongsha, Jicun, Huaitu, Fangtian, Zhiping, Caofang, Anle and Chengnan.
| Climate data for Ninghua, elevation 359 m (1,178 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) | 27.9 (82.2) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.9 (91.2) | 33.8 (92.8) | 35.3 (95.5) | 44.4 (111.9) | 38.4 (101.1) | 38.6 (101.5) | 36.5 (97.7) | 35.1 (95.2) | 32.2 (90.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 44.4 (111.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.7 (65.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 27.9 (82.2) | 30.3 (86.5) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.6 (90.7) | 30.1 (86.2) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.2 (70.2) | 15.6 (60.1) | 24.1 (75.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.4 (56.1) | 18.7 (65.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 19.7 (67.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 18.3 (64.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.9 (73.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 20.3 (68.5) | 15.2 (59.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 4.9 (40.8) | 14.3 (57.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.1 (19.2) | −4.8 (23.4) | −4.6 (23.7) | 1.5 (34.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 12.4 (54.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 10.6 (51.1) | 1.7 (35.1) | −2.8 (27.0) | −9.0 (15.8) | −9.0 (15.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 75.2 (2.96) | 104.1 (4.10) | 210.9 (8.30) | 201.2 (7.92) | 286.2 (11.27) | 327.8 (12.91) | 154.5 (6.08) | 182.2 (7.17) | 84.4 (3.32) | 63.5 (2.50) | 70.5 (2.78) | 60.3 (2.37) | 1,820.8 (71.68) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.8 | 13.5 | 18.5 | 17.1 | 18.6 | 18.4 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 10.3 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 161.6 |
| Average snowy days | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.4 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 81 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 79 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 81 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 95.2 | 90.5 | 82.7 | 107.3 | 125.0 | 129.8 | 224.5 | 202.2 | 171.7 | 166.9 | 141.0 | 129.0 | 1,665.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 29 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 31 | 54 | 50 | 47 | 47 | 44 | 40 | 38 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
The area is served byNinghua railway station.
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