Shanghang County 上杭县 | |
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 Shanghang long-distance bus station | |
  Shanghang Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates:25°02′58″N116°25′12″E / 25.0495°N 116.4201°E /25.0495; 116.4201 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Longyan |
| Area | |
• County | 2,855 km2 (1,102 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• County | 376,392 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 193,718 (51.2%) |
| • Rural | 182,674 (48.5%) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Shanghang (simplified Chinese:上杭县;traditional Chinese:上杭縣;pinyin:Shàngháng Xiàn;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Siôngháng Gnuâi;Hakka:Sông-hông-yen) is acounty in southwestFujian Province,China, borderingGuangdong Province to the southwest. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofLongyan.
Part of Shanghang County is accessed byChina National Highway 319, coming west fromXinluo District (新罗区), the municipal seat. The county seat, conventionally calledShanghang itself but officiallyLinjiang Town (临江镇), is reached by Route 205. TheGanzhou–Longyan Railway passes through western Shanghang.
The county's most famous cultural-historical attraction is in the town ofGutian (古田镇), namely the site of theGutian Congress in December 1929.
The county administers 17towns (镇;zhèn), 3townships (Chinese:乡;pinyin:xiāng), and 2ethnic townships (Chinese:民族乡;pinyin:mínzú xiāng).[1]
Shanghang County's 17 towns are as follows:[1]
Shanghang County's 3 townships are as follows:[1]
Shanghang County's 2 ethnic (She ethnic) townships are as follows:[1]
| Climate data for Shanghang, elevation 198 m (650 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.7 (90.9) | 34.5 (94.1) | 36.1 (97.0) | 37.4 (99.3) | 38.9 (102.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.9 (100.2) | 36.4 (97.5) | 35.0 (95.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) | 18.5 (65.3) | 21.2 (70.2) | 25.8 (78.4) | 29.1 (84.4) | 31.4 (88.5) | 33.8 (92.8) | 33.4 (92.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 28.3 (82.9) | 23.8 (74.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 26.0 (78.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.1 (61.0) | 20.8 (69.4) | 24.3 (75.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 12.4 (54.3) | 20.5 (69.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.3 (75.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 18.3 (64.9) | 13.5 (56.3) | 8.5 (47.3) | 16.9 (62.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) | −0.1 (31.8) | −0.6 (30.9) | 7.1 (44.8) | 13.2 (55.8) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.7 (67.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 8.4 (47.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | −5.0 (23.0) | −5.0 (23.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 62.4 (2.46) | 86.2 (3.39) | 165.9 (6.53) | 179.8 (7.08) | 242.7 (9.56) | 291.1 (11.46) | 151.9 (5.98) | 237.4 (9.35) | 114.4 (4.50) | 41.3 (1.63) | 46.8 (1.84) | 45.5 (1.79) | 1,665.4 (65.57) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.6 | 11.3 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 17.2 | 19.2 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 10.7 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 149.2 |
| Average snowy days | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 73 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 79 | 81 | 76 | 79 | 76 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 76 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 117.0 | 94.7 | 87.3 | 99.4 | 122.2 | 129.6 | 209.5 | 195.0 | 184.0 | 184.9 | 159.6 | 144.5 | 1,727.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 35 | 30 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 50 | 49 | 50 | 52 | 49 | 44 | 39 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
List of Shanghang County's sister and twin cities:[4]
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