Shimen County 石门县 Shihmen | |
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Location of Shimen County within Changde | |
| Coordinates:29°41′56″N111°01′01″E / 29.699°N 111.017°E /29.699; 111.017[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Changde |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,970.13 km2 (1,532.88 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 559,500 |
| • Density | 140.9/km2 (365.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Shimen County (simplified Chinese:石门县;traditional Chinese:石門縣;pinyin:Shímén Xiàn) is the northernmost county ofHunan Province, China, borderingHubei Province to the north. It is under administration of theprefecture-level city ofChangde.
Located on the northern margin of Hunan and the west of Changde, Shimen County is bordered to the south and southwest byTaoyuan,Cili andSangzhi Counties, to the west byHefeng County ofHubei, to the north byWufeng County of Hubei, to the east bySongzi City of Hubei,Li andLinli Counties. Shimen is a mountainous county located on theWuling Mountains, Mount Huping (壶瓶山) which, at 2,098.7 metres (6,885 ft) on the northwest of the county, is the highest point of Hunan.[2] Shimen is also the home of theTujia people, the descendant of Chinese ancientBa People, theTujia people shares 50.9% of the population in the county.[3]
The county has an area of 3,973 kilometres (2,469 mi) with 669,741 of registered population and 601,100 of permanent population (as of 2015).[4] It is divided into 19 towns and townships, five units of State-owned farms (as of 2016).[5][6]

According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Shimen County in January 2016 and May 29, 2015, Shimen County has four subdistricts, 11 towns, six townships and management area of five state-owned farms under its jurisdiction.[7][8] They are:
The highest point in Shimen County isHuping Mountain, which is at 2,098.7 metres (6,885 ft) above sea level.[9]: 202 [10]: 195 [11]: 219
| Climate data for Shimen, elevation 117 m (384 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) | 22.2 (72.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 35.1 (95.2) | 36.6 (97.9) | 36.6 (97.9) | 38.5 (101.3) | 39.8 (103.6) | 40.7 (105.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 34.7 (94.5) | 30.6 (87.1) | 24.9 (76.8) | 40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.5 (61.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.9 (85.8) | 32.8 (91.0) | 32.5 (90.5) | 28.4 (83.1) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 11.3 (52.3) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.8 (53.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 23.7 (74.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 12.6 (54.7) | 7.3 (45.1) | 17.3 (63.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) | 4.5 (40.1) | 8.3 (46.9) | 13.6 (56.5) | 18.2 (64.8) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 20.3 (68.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 9.4 (48.9) | 4.4 (39.9) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | −3.9 (25.0) | −1.8 (28.8) | 2.1 (35.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 11.1 (52.0) | 3.7 (38.7) | −1.1 (30.0) | −4.8 (23.4) | −4.8 (23.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 47.9 (1.89) | 57.0 (2.24) | 88.6 (3.49) | 140.4 (5.53) | 179.9 (7.08) | 220.9 (8.70) | 237.3 (9.34) | 143.3 (5.64) | 92.8 (3.65) | 87.8 (3.46) | 64.5 (2.54) | 29.9 (1.18) | 1,390.3 (54.74) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.1 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 138.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 10.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 73 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 74.9 | 75.7 | 104.0 | 131.2 | 142.8 | 141.8 | 198.8 | 199.0 | 145.7 | 124.5 | 108.9 | 93.4 | 1,540.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 23 | 24 | 28 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 47 | 49 | 40 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 34 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[12][13] | |||||||||||||