Pingnan County 屏南县 | |
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  Pingnan Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates:26°54′29″N118°59′10″E / 26.908°N 118.986°E /26.908; 118.986 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Ningde |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,487 km2 (574 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 139,815 |
| • Density | 94.02/km2 (243.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Pingnan County (simplified Chinese:屏南县;traditional Chinese:屏南縣;pinyin:Píngnán Xiàn) is an inland county in northeasternFujian province, People's Republic of China. It is located in the cultural region ofMindong (闽东), and lies in the west ofNingde City.
The population of Pingnan stands at 139,815 residents, of whom 68,975 are urban resident. (2020)[1]
The county covers an area of 1,485 square kilometres (573 sq mi), divided into four towns (镇;zhèn) and seven townships (乡;xiāng). The county executive, legislature andjudiciary are seated atGufeng Town (古峰镇), together with theCPC andPSB branches.
| Climate data for Pingnan, elevation 870 m (2,850 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.3 (55.9) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.0 (84.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 18.1 (64.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 21.0 (69.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.7 (51.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 19.1 (66.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 24.4 (75.9) | 23.8 (74.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 16.9 (62.4) | 12.6 (54.7) | 7.9 (46.2) | 15.7 (60.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | 6.8 (44.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 19.1 (66.4) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.4 (68.7) | 17.9 (64.2) | 13.1 (55.6) | 8.9 (48.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | 12.1 (53.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 76.1 (3.00) | 106.4 (4.19) | 198.7 (7.82) | 182.3 (7.18) | 252.3 (9.93) | 338.8 (13.34) | 190.9 (7.52) | 212.1 (8.35) | 133.9 (5.27) | 58.2 (2.29) | 69.0 (2.72) | 59.2 (2.33) | 1,877.9 (73.94) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.1 | 15.6 | 19.1 | 18.0 | 19.7 | 20.3 | 15.3 | 18.5 | 14.2 | 9.4 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 186 |
| Average snowy days | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 82 | 83 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 82 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 110.3 | 97.8 | 105.5 | 122.8 | 125.8 | 126.5 | 208.2 | 174.8 | 149.2 | 158.2 | 126.3 | 131.3 | 1,636.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 33 | 31 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 50 | 43 | 41 | 45 | 39 | 41 | 37 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Pingnan was established as a county by court of theQing Dynasty in 1735.[4]
Local historical monuments include theWan'an Bridge, located in the appropriately named Changqiao ("long bridge") Township. The bridge, described as the "longest woven timber bridge in China", was originally built in 1648, and rebuilt a number of times since.[5]
Pingnan is "the capital of summer mushrooms", and the annual produce of Xiangu mushrooms is more than 6,000 tons. It is the largest export base of summer mushrooms in China. Pingnan is also famous for fruits such as Younai plums, seedless persimmons, chinquapis, yangtaos, and Wuyan peas.[6]
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