Yongxin County 永新县 Yungsin | |
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 Location of Yongxin County (red) within Ji'an City (gold) and Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates:26°57′N114°14′E / 26.950°N 114.233°E /26.950; 114.233 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Ji'an |
| Founded in | 204 CE（东汉建安九年） |
| Founded by | Zhou Yu（周瑜） |
| Seat | Hechuan Town |
| Government | |
| • CPC Secretary | Zheng Jun Ping (郑军平) |
| • Mayor | Gu Qiu Yun (古秋云) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,195 km2 (847 sq mi) |
| • Water | 82.5824 km2 (31.8852 sq mi) 3.76% |
| • Rank | 6th inJi'an (8.7% ofJi'an) |
| Highest elevation (Qiushan Mountain) | 1,391.3 m (4,564.6 ft) |
| Population (2021)data from theSeventh National Population Census of the People's Republic of China | |
• Total | 393,984 |
| • Rank | 6th inJi'an (8.8% ofJi'an) |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 343400 |
| Telephone numbers in China | 0796 |
| ID card code | 360830 |
| Website | www |
Yongxin County (simplified Chinese:永新县;traditional Chinese:永新縣;pinyin:Yǒngxīn Xiàn) is a county in the west ofJiangxi province, People's Republic of China, borderingHunan province to the west. It is located within theJinggang Mountains under the jurisdiction of theprefecture-level city ofJi'an. The county was built in the ninth year ofJian'an in theEastern Han dynasty that is, in 204 AD. The name of the county was derived fromGreat Learning in the meaning of "the sun (日) is forever (永) and the moon (月) is new (新)".[1]
One of the villages in Yongxin,Sanwan Town, is known for the creation of the 1st regiment of theChinese Red Army led byMao Zedong with 1,000 soldiers that fled theKuomintang after the failedAutumn Harvest Uprising in 1927.
At the end of 2021, the "Hukou" population (Chinese: 户籍人口) of Yongxin County was 523,683, a decrease of 1,478 from the end of the previous year. According to the data of theSeventh National Population Census in 2020, the total resident population (Chinese: 常住人口) of the county was 393,984 (excluding active-duty soldiers of thePeople's Liberation Army, residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreigners living in the district). Compared with the 475,580 people in theSixth National Population Census, a total of 81,596 people has decreased in ten years, a decrease of 17.16%.[2] In 2021, the birth rate of Yongxin County was 5.47‰, the death rate was 0.55‰, and the natural growth rate was 4.92‰[3]
The landforms of the whole territory are dominated by mountains and hills. The terrain is high in the north and south and low in the middle, and slopes from the north and south sides to the middle. The highest peak in the whole territory is Qiushan Mountain, which is 1391 meters above sea level. The county's forest coverage rate is 70.8%.
The streams all merge intoHeshui River (a tributary of theGan River).
The climate of the district isHumid subtropical climate, with long hot summers and mild winters. The annual average temperature is 18.2 °C, the annual average sunshine is 1756.9 hours, the annual average frost-free period is 283 days, and the annual average rainfall is 1530.7 mm.[4]
| Climate data for Yongxin, elevation 153 m (502 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) | 24.9 (76.8) | 32.1 (89.8) | 36.2 (97.2) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.3 (99.1) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.6 (105.1) | 40.6 (105.1) | 38.7 (101.7) | 36.1 (97.0) | 33.7 (92.7) | 26.2 (79.2) | 40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 23.9 (75.0) | 28.2 (82.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 34.4 (93.9) | 33.7 (92.7) | 30.0 (86.0) | 25.3 (77.5) | 19.4 (66.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 23.4 (74.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.6 (54.7) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.0 (78.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.9 (82.2) | 24.6 (76.3) | 19.7 (67.5) | 14.0 (57.2) | 8.4 (47.1) | 18.3 (64.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 9.4 (48.9) | 14.8 (58.6) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.9 (69.6) | 15.6 (60.1) | 10.1 (50.2) | 4.9 (40.8) | 14.6 (58.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) | −3.5 (25.7) | −1.5 (29.3) | 2.2 (36.0) | 9.0 (48.2) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.8 (64.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 12.7 (54.9) | 4.3 (39.7) | −1.3 (29.7) | −7.2 (19.0) | −7.2 (19.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 78.0 (3.07) | 88.5 (3.48) | 183.7 (7.23) | 197.6 (7.78) | 216.3 (8.52) | 234.9 (9.25) | 138.4 (5.45) | 156.5 (6.16) | 91.0 (3.58) | 64.7 (2.55) | 85.7 (3.37) | 58.1 (2.29) | 1,593.4 (62.73) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.3 | 14.0 | 19.2 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 16.9 | 13.4 | 14.3 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 168.4 |
| Average snowy days | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 4.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 82 | 82 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 85 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 81 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 65.7 | 66.6 | 70.0 | 100.3 | 123.5 | 126.7 | 204.0 | 187.3 | 148.9 | 137.9 | 115.0 | 106.1 | 1,452 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 20 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 30 | 31 | 48 | 47 | 41 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 33 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
At present, Yongxin County has 1 subdistrict, 10 towns and 13 townships. The seat of the county locates at theHechuan Town (禾川镇).
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