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Yingde 英德市 Yingtak | |
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  Yingde Location of the city center in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates:24°12′36″N113°24′04″E / 24.21°N 113.401°E /24.21; 113.401 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Qingyuan |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,627 km2 (2,173 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Yingde (postal: Yingtak;Chinese:英德;pinyin:Yīngdé) is a historical city in the north ofGuangdong Province, China. The city is on theBei River, a tributary of thePearl River. Administratively, it is part of theQingyuanprefecture-level city.
The principalvarieties of Chinese spoken areHakka (64%),Cantonese (29%) and others (7%).Mandarin is rarely spoken except in teaching.
It is famous for itsYingde Stone andYingdehong tea. In 1963, the British royal family popularized Yingde'sblack tea worldwide after offering the tea to guests at the Queen's Banquet.[1] Yingde's tea history dates back to over 1,200 years ago. It is considered to be one of the top three places in the world to grow black tea.[2]
| Climate data for Yingde, elevation 74 m (243 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1961–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) | 30.5 (86.9) | 32.9 (91.2) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.9 (96.6) | 37.9 (100.2) | 40.1 (104.2) | 39.6 (103.3) | 38.4 (101.1) | 36.4 (97.5) | 33.6 (92.5) | 28.6 (83.5) | 40.1 (104.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.3 (68.5) | 25.4 (77.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.8 (92.8) | 33.8 (92.8) | 31.9 (89.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 18.4 (65.1) | 26.0 (78.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.9 (57.0) | 16.6 (61.9) | 21.6 (70.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.1 (84.4) | 28.9 (84.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.7 (65.7) | 13.5 (56.3) | 21.5 (70.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 15.1 (59.2) | 10.2 (50.4) | 18.4 (65.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.6 (25.5) | 1.2 (34.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | 7.3 (45.1) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.5 (63.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 22.5 (72.5) | 15.4 (59.7) | 9.1 (48.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | −0.7 (30.7) | −3.6 (25.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 65.2 (2.57) | 75.3 (2.96) | 163.3 (6.43) | 233.7 (9.20) | 328.2 (12.92) | 377.6 (14.87) | 220.5 (8.68) | 181.2 (7.13) | 113.7 (4.48) | 41.7 (1.64) | 55.2 (2.17) | 49.4 (1.94) | 1,905 (74.99) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.7 | 11.7 | 18.2 | 17.4 | 18.8 | 19.8 | 16.6 | 15.9 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 157.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 72 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 76 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 107.6 | 83.2 | 67.8 | 83.7 | 125.3 | 152.6 | 218.6 | 213.9 | 201.6 | 201.9 | 168.3 | 150.9 | 1,775.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 32 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 30 | 38 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 57 | 52 | 46 | 40 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] all-time extreme temperature[5] | |||||||||||||
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