Liancheng County 连城县 Liencheng | |
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  Liancheng Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates:25°34′N116°47′E / 25.567°N 116.783°E /25.567; 116.783 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Longyan |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,582 km2 (997 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 250,518 |
| • Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Liancheng County (simplified Chinese:连城县;traditional Chinese:連城縣;pinyin:Liánchéng Xiàn) is a county in the municipal region ofLongyan, Fujian, People's Republic of China.
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Liancheng bordersChangting andShanghang counties to the west and south, andXinluo, the municipal seat, to the southeast.Sanming Municipality'sYong'an City andQingliu County lie to the east and northeast. Two watersheds meet here, with most of the county's rivers flowing north and east to theMin River and theEast China Sea, and the remainder flowing southwest to theTing River system and theSouth China Sea.
| Climate data for Liancheng, elevation 404 m (1,325 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 17.2 (63.0) | 19.9 (67.8) | 24.7 (76.5) | 28.1 (82.6) | 30.3 (86.5) | 33.1 (91.6) | 32.7 (90.9) | 30.5 (86.9) | 26.7 (80.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 24.8 (76.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 19.8 (67.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 20.9 (69.6) | 16.2 (61.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 19.4 (66.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.2 (46.8) | 11.4 (52.5) | 16.1 (61.0) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.8 (44.2) | 15.6 (60.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 74.5 (2.93) | 108.2 (4.26) | 194.6 (7.66) | 204.1 (8.04) | 255.4 (10.06) | 272.1 (10.71) | 132.7 (5.22) | 192.7 (7.59) | 92.0 (3.62) | 52.2 (2.06) | 59.2 (2.33) | 55.5 (2.19) | 1,693.2 (66.67) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.6 | 13.2 | 18.3 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 18.0 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 11.2 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 159.5 |
| Average snowy days | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 103.9 | 89.8 | 82.6 | 103.4 | 114.1 | 122.9 | 205.9 | 185.2 | 161.6 | 165.1 | 143.9 | 128.6 | 1,607 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 31 | 28 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 30 | 49 | 46 | 44 | 47 | 44 | 39 | 36 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
Liancheng county is crossed by National Route 205 (Yong'an downtown--Shanghang centre). TheGanzhou–Longyan Railway passes through Liancheng.
In 2005 Peitian, an 800 year old village, was designated as "National Historical and Cultural Village".[3]
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