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Pengze County 彭泽县 | |
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 Location of Pengze County (red) within Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates (Longcheng government):29°53′46″N116°32′56″E / 29.896°N 116.549°E /29.896; 116.549 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiujiang |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,544 km2 (596 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 364,800 |
| • Density | 236.3/km2 (611.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 332700 |
Pengze County (simplified Chinese:彭泽县;traditional Chinese:彭澤縣;pinyin:Péngzé Xiàn) is acounty in the north ofJiangxiProvince, situated on the southeast (right) bank of theYangtze. The northernmostcounty-level division of the province, it is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofJiujiang.
Pengze county has a long history of written record. This county firstly established in the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu, Western Han dynasty (201 BCE)
Pengze County has ten towns and three townships.[1]
The ten towns of Pengze County are:
The three townships of Pengze County are:
Pengze is served byPengze railway station on theTongling–Jiujiang railway.
| Climate data for Pengze, elevation 99 m (325 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) | 21.6 (70.9) | 27.4 (81.3) | 32.6 (90.7) | 33.0 (91.4) | 35.1 (95.2) | 37.5 (99.5) | 39.7 (103.5) | 40.0 (104.0) | 36.8 (98.2) | 33.6 (92.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 40.0 (104.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 15.8 (60.4) | 22.1 (71.8) | 26.9 (80.4) | 29.4 (84.9) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.4 (90.3) | 28.4 (83.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 21.4 (70.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) | 7.1 (44.8) | 11.5 (52.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 24.2 (75.6) | 18.9 (66.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 6.8 (44.2) | 17.3 (63.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) | 4.3 (39.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 22.5 (72.5) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.2 (77.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.8 (60.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 4.0 (39.2) | 14.3 (57.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) | −5.1 (22.8) | −2.7 (27.1) | 3.2 (37.8) | 9.2 (48.6) | 14.9 (58.8) | 19.1 (66.4) | 17.9 (64.2) | 13.8 (56.8) | 4.5 (40.1) | −1.2 (29.8) | −6.5 (20.3) | −6.5 (20.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 79.8 (3.14) | 95.1 (3.74) | 135.7 (5.34) | 165.2 (6.50) | 199.6 (7.86) | 248.5 (9.78) | 219.8 (8.65) | 145.1 (5.71) | 64.0 (2.52) | 61.8 (2.43) | 72.0 (2.83) | 53.6 (2.11) | 1,540.2 (60.61) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.2 | 13.1 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 10.1 | 9.2 | 139.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.9 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 81 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 76 | 72 | 76 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 82.6 | 85.6 | 112.8 | 140.9 | 161.5 | 141.0 | 209.6 | 200.4 | 166.9 | 144.4 | 113.2 | 108.5 | 1,667.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 25 | 27 | 30 | 36 | 38 | 34 | 49 | 49 | 46 | 41 | 36 | 34 | 37 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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