Zizhong County 资中县 | |
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.png) Location of Zizhong County (red) within Neijiang City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Neijiang |
| County seat | Shuinan |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,734 km2 (670 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 845,579 |
| • Density | 487.6/km2 (1,263/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Zizhong County | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 資中縣 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 资中县 | ||||||
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Zizhong County is a county ofSichuan Province, China. It is under the administration ofNeijiang city.[1]
During the imperial era, the area of Zhizhong County was part ofZi Prefecture.
Zizhong County comprises 22 towns:[2]
| Climate data for Zizhong, elevation 369 m (1,211 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) | 23.6 (74.5) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.5 (94.1) | 37.2 (99.0) | 37.4 (99.3) | 39.2 (102.6) | 41.9 (107.4) | 39.4 (102.9) | 31.4 (88.5) | 25.1 (77.2) | 18.3 (64.9) | 41.9 (107.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.2 (55.8) | 18.3 (64.9) | 23.8 (74.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.7 (89.1) | 26.8 (80.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 16.9 (62.4) | 11.3 (52.3) | 21.8 (71.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 18.9 (66.0) | 22.5 (72.5) | 24.7 (76.5) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.9 (80.4) | 22.9 (73.2) | 18.1 (64.6) | 13.7 (56.7) | 8.6 (47.5) | 17.8 (64.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.8 (51.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 20.2 (68.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 11.5 (52.7) | 6.7 (44.1) | 15.0 (59.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) | −0.4 (31.3) | −0.2 (31.6) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.6 (49.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.6 (63.7) | 17.0 (62.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 4.9 (40.8) | 1.4 (34.5) | −1.8 (28.8) | −2.4 (27.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 13 (0.5) | 16.6 (0.65) | 34.9 (1.37) | 59 (2.3) | 101.8 (4.01) | 152.8 (6.02) | 184.6 (7.27) | 181.7 (7.15) | 115.4 (4.54) | 60.1 (2.37) | 23.3 (0.92) | 12.8 (0.50) | 956 (37.6) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 13.9 | 15.1 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 142.9 |
| Average snowy days | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 82 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 79 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 38.3 | 53.5 | 100.1 | 136.8 | 132.3 | 111.8 | 154.5 | 164.8 | 92.9 | 59.3 | 55.2 | 34.6 | 1,134.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 12 | 17 | 27 | 35 | 31 | 27 | 36 | 41 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 25 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
