Wengyuan 翁源县 Yungyun | |
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 Location in Shaoguan and Guangdong | |
| Coordinates:24°21′01″N114°07′49″E / 24.3503°N 114.1303°E /24.3503; 114.1303 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Shaoguan |
| Area | |
• County | 2,234 km2 (863 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation [1] (Qixingdun peak (七星墩)) | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Lowest elevation [1] (Guangdu town) | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Population (2019) | 421,756 |
| • Urban | 123,685 |
| • Rural | 298,071 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Wengyuan (postal: Yungyun;Chinese:翁源;pinyin:Wēngyuán) is a county in the north ofGuangdong Province, China, borderingJiangxi to the northeast. It is under the administration ofShaoguan City. It has a population of 421,756 in 2019, 99.55% of whom speakHakka.Yao languages are spoken in some parts of the county. 0.616% of the population belongs tominority ethnic groups, most of themYao.[2]
The name means 'source of the Weng River', which is a tributary of theBei River.
Wengyuan is noted for its plum blossoms[3] andorchidfloriculture, which account for 70% of China's orchid production.[4][5]
The county is responsible for the administration of eighttowns:[6]
| Climate data for Wengyuan, elevation 184 m (604 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) | 28.3 (82.9) | 30.7 (87.3) | 33.1 (91.6) | 34.1 (93.4) | 36.1 (97.0) | 38.3 (100.9) | 39.5 (103.1) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.1 (100.6) | 36.7 (98.1) | 34.5 (94.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 29.6 (85.3) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.8 (92.8) | 33.6 (92.5) | 31.8 (89.2) | 28.1 (82.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 26.1 (79.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.4 (52.5) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 24.8 (76.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.3 (79.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 20.9 (69.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.5 (56.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.0 (48.2) | 17.4 (63.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) | −0.6 (30.9) | −0.8 (30.6) | 6.8 (44.2) | 11.5 (52.7) | 15.6 (60.1) | 19.8 (67.6) | 21.1 (70.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 1.2 (34.2) | −2.3 (27.9) | −2.3 (27.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 67.0 (2.64) | 81.9 (3.22) | 163.9 (6.45) | 227.3 (8.95) | 273.4 (10.76) | 323.4 (12.73) | 171.0 (6.73) | 181.0 (7.13) | 126.1 (4.96) | 38.8 (1.53) | 47.2 (1.86) | 47.1 (1.85) | 1,748.1 (68.81) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.3 | 11.0 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 18.7 | 19.0 | 16.0 | 16.2 | 11.5 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 155.3 |
| Average snowy days | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 72 | 76 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 100.6 | 81.2 | 67.5 | 83.4 | 116.3 | 134.3 | 198.0 | 185.4 | 171.2 | 173.7 | 147.4 | 137.3 | 1,596.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 30 | 25 | 18 | 22 | 28 | 33 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 49 | 45 | 42 | 36 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
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