Xindu 新都区 | |
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| District of Xindu, City of Chengdu | |
 Location of Xindu in Chengdu | |
  Xindu Location in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates:30°48′45″N104°10′25″E / 30.8125°N 104.1735°E /30.8125; 104.1735[1] | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Sub-provincial city | Chengdu |
| District seat | Guihu Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 497 km2 (192 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
• Total | 1,558,466 |
| • Density | 3,140/km2 (8,120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 6105XX |
Xindu District (Chinese:新都区;pinyin:Xīndū Qū;lit. 'new metropolis district') is asuburban district of theCity of Chengdu,Sichuan, China. It covers part of the city's northern suburbs.
The Xindu District borders theprefecture-level city ofDeyang to the north. The population of the district is 600,000, residing in an area of 481 square kilometres (186 sq mi), only 32.6 km2 (12.6 sq mi) of which is part of the city's urban area. Xindu District was founded as an administrative district in 2001. It is a historical and cultural region encompassing 13 towns and 255 villages.
TheSichuan Conservatory of Music and the associatedChengdu Academy of Fine Arts have a campus here.[3]
Xindu District is known as the "Tianfu Pearl" (天府明珠) and "Fragrant City" (香城).
Xindu District administers 7 subdistricts and 2 towns:[4]
| Climate data for Xindu, elevation 515 m (1,690 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) | 18.7 (65.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 31.6 (88.9) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.3 (97.3) | 35.8 (96.4) | 37.0 (98.6) | 37.3 (99.1) | 36.1 (97.0) | 30.3 (86.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 18.4 (65.1) | 37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 27.1 (80.8) | 29.0 (84.2) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.3 (86.5) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.1 (70.0) | 16.4 (61.5) | 10.9 (51.6) | 21.2 (70.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) | 8.5 (47.3) | 12.7 (54.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.7 (54.9) | 7.4 (45.3) | 16.9 (62.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.3 (48.7) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 15.1 (59.2) | 10.1 (50.2) | 4.9 (40.8) | 13.8 (56.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −2.7 (27.1) | −1.9 (28.6) | 4.1 (39.4) | 5.7 (42.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 16.5 (61.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.7 (54.9) | 2.6 (36.7) | 0.7 (33.3) | −4.6 (23.7) | −4.6 (23.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 7.8 (0.31) | 9.7 (0.38) | 20.4 (0.80) | 41.8 (1.65) | 66.8 (2.63) | 109.1 (4.30) | 195.1 (7.68) | 200.3 (7.89) | 110.5 (4.35) | 38.9 (1.53) | 14.1 (0.56) | 5.6 (0.22) | 820.1 (32.3) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.9 | 7.1 | 10.3 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 14.6 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 135 |
| Average snowy days | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 80 | 77 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 76 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 48.8 | 53.8 | 85.6 | 112.5 | 117.4 | 105.2 | 121.3 | 130.6 | 71.2 | 56.5 | 58.8 | 44.2 | 1,005.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 15 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 28 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 22 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
