Baofeng County 宝丰县 | |
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  Baofeng Location of the seat in Henan | |
| Coordinates:33°52′06″N113°03′17″E / 33.8684°N 113.0548°E /33.8684; 113.0548 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture-level city | Pingdingshan |
| Area | |
• Total | 722 km2 (279 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 500,400 |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 467400 |
Baofeng County (simplified Chinese:宝丰县;traditional Chinese:寶豐縣;pinyin:Bǎofēng Xiàn) is acounty under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofPingdingshan, in the west-central part ofHenan, China. It is 722 square kilometres (279 sq mi) in area with a population of 480,000 in 2002.
It is 16 kilometers (10 miles) to Pingdingshan. Baofeng county is an important hub of communications in the central and western parts of Henan province. In 1120, the second year under the reign of Emperor Huizong in the Song Dynasty, the emperor named the county Baofeng, because it had rich resources and flourishing businesses, including a distilled spirit brewery, officialporcelain production and iron smelting. In 1643, the 16th year of Emperor Chongzhen, it renamed Baoxian. Today Baofeng is a county under the jurisdiction of Pingdingshan.
Baofeng county has more than 20 varieties of rich mineral resources including steam coal, metal coal,bauxite, silica, clays, top lime andlimestone.[3]
As 2012, this county is divided to 1 subdistrict, 8 towns and 4 townships.[4]
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| Climate data for Baofeng, elevation 136 m (446 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) | 20.0 (68.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 29.0 (84.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 41.0 (105.8) | 41.8 (107.2) | 40.7 (105.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 39.5 (103.1) | 34.7 (94.5) | 28.4 (83.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.6 (60.1) | 22.1 (71.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.1 (89.8) | 30.7 (87.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 22.1 (71.8) | 14.9 (58.8) | 8.9 (48.0) | 20.9 (69.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 21.4 (70.5) | 26.2 (79.2) | 27.4 (81.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 8.9 (48.0) | 3.1 (37.6) | 15.0 (59.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.6 (25.5) | −1.1 (30.0) | 3.7 (38.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.1 (59.2) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.0 (71.6) | 16.8 (62.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 4.0 (39.2) | −1.6 (29.1) | 10.0 (49.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.5 (5.9) | −17.8 (0.0) | −8.8 (16.2) | −1.8 (28.8) | 2.0 (35.6) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 11.1 (52.0) | 6.9 (44.4) | −0.9 (30.4) | −8.2 (17.2) | −11.3 (11.7) | −17.8 (0.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 13.4 (0.53) | 15.5 (0.61) | 29.2 (1.15) | 41.7 (1.64) | 68.7 (2.70) | 89.3 (3.52) | 162.3 (6.39) | 116.3 (4.58) | 88.6 (3.49) | 45.5 (1.79) | 32.4 (1.28) | 11.3 (0.44) | 714.2 (28.12) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.1 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 87.7 |
| Average snowy days | 4.3 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 12.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 61 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 63 | 63 | 77 | 80 | 76 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 68 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 101.7 | 113.7 | 155.4 | 182.0 | 192.4 | 178.1 | 161.8 | 154.2 | 138.8 | 138.0 | 124.5 | 114.8 | 1,755.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 32 | 36 | 42 | 46 | 45 | 41 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 37 | 39 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
The county is served byPingdingshan West railway station andBaofeng railway station.
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