Ningcheng County
Ningcheng County (Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠩᠴᠧᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ Нинчэн шянь Niŋčėŋ siyan; simplified Chinese: 宁城县; traditional Chinese: 寧城縣; pinyin: Níngchéng Xiàn) is a county of southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China, bordering Liaoning province to the east. It is under the administration of Chifeng City.[2]
Ningcheng County
宁城县 • ᠨᠢᠩᠴᠧᠩᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ | |
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  Ningcheng Location in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates: 41°35′N 119°21′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Inner Mongolia |
| Prefecture-level city | Chifeng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,326 km2 (1,670 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 551 m (1,808 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 484,397 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
The county contains the historical site of "Liao Middle Capital" Dading Fu, one of five capitals of Liao. The city was later conquered by the 12th-century Jurchen Jin dynasty, who also named it as their Middle Capital; later they renamed it as the Northern Capital after moving the court to present-day Beijing.[3] Today, all that remains of the historical capital are two pagodas, one built by the Liao dynasty and one built by the Jin dynasty; they are located near Daming Town, about 20km west of the county government Tianyi Town, and about 120km south of the prefectural city Chifeng.
Climate
| Climate data for Ningcheng (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
26.0 (78.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
37.7 (99.9) |
42.8 (109.0) |
37.2 (99.0) |
33.7 (92.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
16.1 (61.0) |
42.8 (109.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) |
1.1 (34.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
14.6 (58.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
8.2 (46.8) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
7.3 (45.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −18.2 (−0.8) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
2.8 (37.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.1 (64.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.7 (−26.9) |
−28.7 (−19.7) |
−21.1 (−6.0) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−31.2 (−24.2) |
−32.7 (−26.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.3 (0.05) |
1.8 (0.07) |
8.2 (0.32) |
22.4 (0.88) |
42.6 (1.68) |
80.0 (3.15) |
130.6 (5.14) |
85.8 (3.38) |
42.6 (1.68) |
22.3 (0.88) |
6.0 (0.24) |
1.9 (0.07) |
445.5 (17.54) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 50 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 47 | 61 | 73 | 74 | 66 | 57 | 53 | 52 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[4] | |||||||||||||
References
- Inner Mongolia: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)
- Theobald, Ulrich. China Knowledge. "Chinese History - Jin Dynasty 金 (1115-1234): Map and Geography". Accessed 19 Oct 2012.
- 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.