Longnan, Jiangxi
Longnan (simplified Chinese: 龙南; traditional Chinese: 龍南; pinyin: Lóngnán) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in the far southwest of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Guangdong province to the south.
Longnan
龙南市 Lungnan | |
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 Guanxi Xinwei, a Hakka walled village | |
 Location within Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 25.9106°N 114.786°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Ganzhou |
| Postal Code | 341700 |
Administrative divisions
In the present, Longnan City has 8 towns and 5 townships.[1]
- 8 towns
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- 5 townships
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Traditional vernacular architecture
Longnan is notable for the variety of traditional Hakka walled villages in Jiangxi.[2] [3] By one count, there are around 370 of them within the city's boundaries.[2] They are known locally as weiwu (围屋) or wei (围);[2] Longnan is also regarded as "the Hometown of Weiwu in China" 新华网-客家围屋之乡. Some of the most famous weiwu are Guangxi Wei 百度百科-关西围屋 and Yanyiwei.关西围屋与燕翼围 Some researchers call them "Jiangxi tulou" (literally, "[tall] earthen buildings"), as opposed to the better known Fujian tulou.[4]
Climate
| Climate data for Longnan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.2 (93.6) |
28.5 (83.3) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.0 (66.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
30.9 (87.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.9 (91.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
24.5 (76.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
19.2 (66.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.0 (42.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.6 (2.31) |
105.9 (4.17) |
171.8 (6.76) |
216.8 (8.54) |
225.4 (8.87) |
236.9 (9.33) |
135.2 (5.32) |
164.3 (6.47) |
114.2 (4.50) |
38.0 (1.50) |
37.3 (1.47) |
37.5 (1.48) |
1,541.9 (60.72) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 81 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 80 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[5] | |||||||||||||
Famous people from Longnan
- Wang Sheng, a Kuomintang general, and in his later life, Taiwan's ambassador to Paraguay
Notes
- "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- Chen Liang, Another cluster of Tulou in Longnan of Jiangxi bordering Fujian. China Daily. Published on www.whatsonxiamen.com on 2008-07-19
- Knapp, Ronald G. (2000), China's old dwellings, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 275–277, ISBN 0-8248-2214-5
- Huang Hanmin (黄汉民) (2009), 福建土楼-中国传统民居的瑰宝 [Fujian Tulou: a jewel of China's traditional residential architecture], Sanlian Books (三联书店), p. 114, ISBN 9787108031754 (Revised edition)
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 16 August 2022.