Xingning 兴宁市 Hinnên | |
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 Xingtianyi Road (兴田一路), Xingning | |
  Xingning Location in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates:24°8′5″N115°43′48″E / 24.13472°N 115.73000°E /24.13472; 115.73000 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Meizhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,104.85 km2 (812.69 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 779,411 |
| • Density | 370.293/km2 (959.054/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 514500 |
| Area code | 0753 |
| Website | http://www.xingning.gov.cn/ |
Xingning (postal:Hingning;simplified Chinese:兴宁;traditional Chinese:興寧;pinyin:Xīngníng, Hakka: Hinnên) is acounty-level city, under the jurisdiction ofMeizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. The second largest city in eastern Guangdong, Xingning has an area of 2,104.85 square kilometres (812.69 sq mi) and a population of 779,411 (2020).[1]
Xingning was formerly known asQichang (齐昌;齊昌).
Xingning county was established in 331 CE, later becoming the capital of the 10th-centurySouthern Han Dynasty.
From its previous long-established status a county, in 1991 Xingning was upgraded to a county-level city within the municipal jurisdiction of Meizhou.
Xingning is located in the north eastern part of Guangdong province and borders the counties ofPingyuan,Meixian,Fengshun andWuhua in Meizhou City,Longchuan inHeyuan City andXunwu inGanzhou City,Jiangxi Province.
Xingning is noted for its largeHakka population.
The city governs threesubdistricts and 17towns:[2]
| Climate data for Xingning, elevation 124 m (407 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) | 28.9 (84.0) | 31.9 (89.4) | 34.2 (93.6) | 35.9 (96.6) | 36.1 (97.0) | 38.3 (100.9) | 38.5 (101.3) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.4 (99.3) | 35.4 (95.7) | 34.2 (93.6) | 29.3 (84.7) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.9 (64.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 26.5 (79.7) | 29.7 (85.5) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.9 (93.0) | 33.5 (92.3) | 31.9 (89.4) | 29.0 (84.2) | 24.9 (76.8) | 19.7 (67.5) | 26.8 (80.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.8 (71.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 27.3 (81.1) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 26.7 (80.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 13.5 (56.3) | 21.4 (70.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) | 10.5 (50.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.8 (76.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 19.0 (66.2) | 14.3 (57.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 17.7 (63.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) | 0.2 (32.4) | 1.2 (34.2) | 7.5 (45.5) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 19.2 (66.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 7.7 (45.9) | 1.9 (35.4) | −3.5 (25.7) | −3.5 (25.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 52.0 (2.05) | 70.7 (2.78) | 132.0 (5.20) | 175.4 (6.91) | 228.2 (8.98) | 244.9 (9.64) | 161.6 (6.36) | 187.2 (7.37) | 111.4 (4.39) | 40.2 (1.58) | 37.1 (1.46) | 43.5 (1.71) | 1,484.2 (58.43) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.5 | 10.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 15.5 | 17.2 | 11.3 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 145.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 74 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 76 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 134.4 | 107.0 | 101.4 | 115.8 | 139.2 | 157.7 | 222.2 | 207.6 | 197.6 | 202.6 | 172.3 | 158.3 | 1,916.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 40 | 33 | 27 | 30 | 34 | 39 | 54 | 52 | 54 | 57 | 53 | 48 | 43 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
The majority of Xingning's residents areHakka people.
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