Jia County, Shaanxi
Jia County, also known by its Chinese name Jiaxian, is a county in Yulin City, in the north of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi province across the Yellow River to the east.
Jia County
佳县 | |
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 Jia County in Yulin | |
.png.webp) Yulin in Shaanxi | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shaanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Yulin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,029.82 km2 (783.72 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 269,700 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
| Postal Code | 719200 |
| Jia County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 佳縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 佳县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Beautiful County | ||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||||
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| Jiazhou | |||||||||
| Chinese | 葭州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Reed Prefecture | ||||||||
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| Jiaxian | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 葭縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 葭县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Reed County | ||||||||
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History
A map of "Kia-tcheou" from Du Halde's 1735 Description of China, based on accounts by Jesuit missionaries
The seat of Jia County was formerly known as Jiazhou when it was the seat of a prefecture during imperial times.
Administrative divisions
As 2019, Jia County is divided to 1 subdistricts and 12 towns.[1]
- Subdistricts
- Jiazhou Subdistrict (佳州街道)
- Towns
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Climate
| Climate data for Jiaxian (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
28.8 (83.8) |
37.1 (98.8) |
36.4 (97.5) |
42.1 (107.8) |
40.1 (104.2) |
38.2 (100.8) |
37.2 (99.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
42.1 (107.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
28.9 (84.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
0.7 (33.3) |
16.7 (62.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.7 (40.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.0 (73.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
10.3 (50.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −12.2 (10.0) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
4.9 (40.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.3 (−11.7) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
1.2 (34.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−24.4 (−11.9) |
−24.4 (−11.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.9 (0.11) |
3.7 (0.15) |
14.0 (0.55) |
22.8 (0.90) |
34.4 (1.35) |
51.4 (2.02) |
76.1 (3.00) |
94.4 (3.72) |
61.6 (2.43) |
25.6 (1.01) |
10.9 (0.43) |
2.5 (0.10) |
400.3 (15.77) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 50 | 46 | 41 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 54 | 51 | 51 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- 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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