Fanshi County
Fanshi County, is a county in Xinzhou City, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the southeast. It is the easternmost county-level division of Xinzhou.
Fanshi County
繁峙县[1] Fansze | |
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 Location in Xinzhou | |
  Fanshi Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Population (2020[2]) | 250,409 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | fsx |
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| Simplified Chinese | 繁峙县 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 繁峙縣 | ||||||||
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History
Fanshi County was one of the divisions of Yanmen Commandery under the Qin and Han.
Geography
Fanshi is located north of Mount Wutai and east of Daixian.
Climate
| Climate data for Fanshi (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
35.7 (96.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
40.9 (105.6) |
38.4 (101.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.6 (94.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
40.9 (105.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
15.7 (60.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
2.1 (35.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −14.2 (6.4) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.1 (37.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.7 (−14.3) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−24.9 (−12.8) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−25.7 (−14.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.2 (0.05) |
2.5 (0.10) |
10.0 (0.39) |
16.6 (0.65) |
34.7 (1.37) |
58.8 (2.31) |
98.8 (3.89) |
91.1 (3.59) |
51.5 (2.03) |
23.1 (0.91) |
7.2 (0.28) |
1.6 (0.06) |
397.1 (15.63) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 47 | 43 | 43 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 60 | 54 | 50 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3] | |||||||||||||
Economy
The primary industry of Fanshi county is gold mining.
References
- Fanshi County People's Government
- Shānxī: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
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