Quzhou County
Quzhou[lower-alpha 1] is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Handan, in the south of Hebei Province, China. It has a population of 400,000 residing in an area of 667 km2 (258 sq mi).
Quzhou County
曲周县 | |
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 Quzhou in Handan | |
.png.webp) Handan in Hebei | |
| Coordinates: 36°46′48″N 114°56′42″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Handan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 667 km2 (258 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 42 m (139 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 400,000 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 057250 |
| Quzhou County | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 曲周縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 曲周县 | ||||||||
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Administrative divisions
There are 5 towns and 5 townships under the county's administration.[2]
Towns:
- Quzhou (曲周镇), Anzhai (安寨镇), Henantuan (河南疃镇), Houcun (侯村镇), Disituan (第四疃镇)
Townships:
- Dahedao Township (大河道乡), Baizhai Township (白寨乡), Yizhuang Township (依庄乡), Nanliyue Township (南里岳乡), Huaiqiao Township (槐桥乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Quzhou (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
38.6 (101.5) |
42.6 (108.7) |
41.3 (106.3) |
37.8 (100.0) |
38.7 (101.7) |
32.5 (90.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
42.6 (108.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
19.6 (67.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
20.8 (69.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.4 (−6.5) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
2.9 (37.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.5 (0.14) |
6.5 (0.26) |
13.1 (0.52) |
20.3 (0.80) |
43.0 (1.69) |
53.1 (2.09) |
119.3 (4.70) |
121.1 (4.77) |
51.3 (2.02) |
30.2 (1.19) |
12.8 (0.50) |
3.4 (0.13) |
477.6 (18.81) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 57 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 61 | 77 | 82 | 76 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 67 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3] | |||||||||||||
Notes
- In addition to the pinyin and Wade-Giles romanizations given above, Quzhou sometimes appears in older works as Ku Chou.[1]
References
Citations
- Fitzgerald (1933), p. 222.
- 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：曲周县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
Bibliography
- Fitzgerald, Charles Patrick (1933), Son of Heaven: A Biography of Li Shih-Min, Founder of the T'ang Dynasty, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781001287973.
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