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Wanning 万宁市 | |
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 Wancheng Town, the seat of Wanning | |
 Map showing entire Qionghai area within Hainan province | |
| Coordinates:18°47′0″N110°23′0″E / 18.78333°N 110.38333°E /18.78333; 110.38333 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,443 km2 (1,715 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,883.5 km2 (727.2 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2,550 km2 (980 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 545,597 |
| • Density | 289.67/km2 (750.25/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 萬寧 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 万宁 | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Manning | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Uncountably Long Peace | ||||||||||||
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Wanning, or in localHainanese dialect asBan Ning, is acounty-level city in the southeast ofHainan Province,China. Althoughcalled a "city", Wanning refers to both the county seat and to the entire county as a whole. The county-wide area has an estimated population of 65,871 (2006).
Wanning (万宁) first got its current name during the SouthernSong dynasty, after being renamed from Wan'an (万安县). Wanning was later renamed back to Wan'an in 1143 until its name was changed to Wanzhou (万州) in 1370, but subsequently reverted to its present name after the Communist takeover in the 1950s. It was promoted from a county to a city on August 5, 1996.
Tourism plays a vital role in the city. Famous for its tropical scenery, Wanning proper lies approximately half an hour's drive from the beach and has several five-star hotels. The city of Wanning producescoffee,black pepper,rubber,rice,bananas, andsugarcane.
Wanning is served by theWanning Railway Station, part of theHainan East Ring Intercity Rail.
Wanning has atropical monsoon climate (Köppen:Am), falling just short of atropical rainforest climate, as it is hot and very rainy most of the year. Only January and February have rainfall barely below 60 millimetres or 2.4 inches. The rainfall is more pronounced during the monsoon season, which runs through late June to early November. At times, it can become cold with temperatures between 5 and 8 degrees Celsius.
| Climate data for Wanning, elevation 40 m (130 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) | 30.3 (86.5) | 30.7 (87.3) | 32.4 (90.3) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.9 (96.6) | 37.1 (98.8) | 36.7 (98.1) | 37.1 (98.8) | 35.7 (96.3) | 35.5 (95.9) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.6 (87.1) | 37.1 (98.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.7 (85.5) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.4 (90.3) | 31.4 (88.5) | 29.3 (84.7) | 26.8 (80.2) | 23.8 (74.8) | 28.8 (83.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.4 (74.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.9 (84.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.4 (81.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 25.1 (77.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) | 18.4 (65.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.6 (78.1) | 24.7 (76.5) | 23.2 (73.8) | 21.2 (70.2) | 18.3 (64.9) | 22.6 (72.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 8.7 (47.7) | 7.4 (45.3) | 15.2 (59.4) | 17.1 (62.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.4 (72.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 11.7 (53.1) | 7.2 (45.0) | 7.2 (45.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 46.5 (1.83) | 47.3 (1.86) | 66.8 (2.63) | 124.7 (4.91) | 172.1 (6.78) | 182.0 (7.17) | 233.4 (9.19) | 211.3 (8.32) | 372.1 (14.65) | 453.2 (17.84) | 181.2 (7.13) | 129.8 (5.11) | 2,220.4 (87.42) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.9 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 154.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 84 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 84 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 107.9 | 114.8 | 144.4 | 182.0 | 220.7 | 216.7 | 226.1 | 214.3 | 168.1 | 153.3 | 113.5 | 94.3 | 1,956.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 31 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 55 | 46 | 43 | 34 | 28 | 44 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
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18°48′N110°24′E / 18.800°N 110.400°E /18.800; 110.400
