Yongxing County 永兴县 Yunghing | |
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  Yongxing Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates:26°07′26″N113°06′50″E / 26.124°N 113.114°E /26.124; 113.114[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Chenzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 4233XX |
Yongxing County (simplified Chinese:永兴县;traditional Chinese:永興縣;pinyin:Yǒngxīng Xiàn) is acounty inHunan Province, China. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofChenzhou.
Located on the south eastern part of the province, it is adjacent to the north of the city proper in Chenzhou. The county borders to the northwest byLeiyang City, to the southwest byGuiyang County, to the south bySuxian District, to the southeast byZixing City, and to the northeast byAnren County. Yongxing County covers an area of 1,979 km2 (764 sq mi), and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 696,000 and a resident population of 542,800.[2] The county has 11towns and fourtownships under its jurisdiction, and thecounty seat isBianjiang Town (便江镇).[3]
| Climate data for Yongxing, elevation 168 m (551 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) | 27.0 (80.6) | 32.8 (91.0) | 34.7 (94.5) | 36.0 (96.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 38.7 (101.7) | 40.5 (104.9) | 40.5 (104.9) | 38.2 (100.8) | 37.3 (99.1) | 34.2 (93.6) | 27.4 (81.3) | 40.5 (104.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) | 13.5 (56.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 24.0 (75.2) | 28.2 (82.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.6 (92.5) | 29.9 (85.8) | 24.8 (76.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 13.2 (55.8) | 23.4 (74.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 18.7 (65.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.3 (66.7) | 13.7 (56.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 18.3 (64.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 6.0 (42.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 23.0 (73.4) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.2 (75.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 10.1 (50.2) | 5.1 (41.2) | 14.8 (58.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) | −3.5 (25.7) | −3.2 (26.2) | 3.0 (37.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.8 (56.8) | 17.6 (63.7) | 18.3 (64.9) | 12.9 (55.2) | 3.2 (37.8) | −1.1 (30.0) | −8.0 (17.6) | −8.0 (17.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 80.4 (3.17) | 94.9 (3.74) | 172.4 (6.79) | 170.9 (6.73) | 184.7 (7.27) | 221.4 (8.72) | 136.9 (5.39) | 157.7 (6.21) | 68.9 (2.71) | 60.5 (2.38) | 76.8 (3.02) | 61.1 (2.41) | 1,486.6 (58.54) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.9 | 15.2 | 19.5 | 17.5 | 17.2 | 15.4 | 10.6 | 13.4 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 168.8 |
| Average snowy days | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 4.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 84 | 84 | 85 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 81 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 52.8 | 58.7 | 64.9 | 93.7 | 121.6 | 143.3 | 233.4 | 189.0 | 145.2 | 126.5 | 107.0 | 87.9 | 1,424 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 16 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 29 | 35 | 56 | 47 | 40 | 36 | 33 | 27 | 32 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Yongxing's transport links include the National Highway 212, the Beijing to Guangzhou Railway and the Beijing to Zhuhai Expressway constitute a transport network covering this area that allows local people to make one-day round-trip to cities like Changsha to the north or Guangzhou to the south.
Silver is an important industry in Yongxing, which is nicknamed “China's Silver Capital”. As of 2003, Yongxing's GDP reached 3.68 billion yuan and its public revenue was 245 million yuan. The average annual personal income of its urban and rural residents was 6,820 and 3,304 yuan, respectively.[6]
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