Shengsi County
Shengsi County is a county in the northeast of Zhejiang province consisting of an archipelago islands located to the east of Hangzhou Bay. It is under the administration of Zhoushan City and is the easternmost county-level division in the province. The islands of Greater and Lesser Yangshan are connected with Shanghai's Pudong New Area by the Donghai Bridge and their port forms part of the Port of Shanghai. They are, however, not counted among the islands of Shanghai.
Shengsi
嵊泗县 | |
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 Shengsi County is in green here on the map. | |
  Shengsi Location in Zhejiang | |
| Coordinates: 30°43′26″N 122°27′16″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhoushan |
| Area | |
| • Land | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| • Water | 8,738 km2 (3,374 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 75,221 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 202450 |
| Website | www |
| Shengsi | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 嵊泗 | ||||||||
| Postal | Shengsze | ||||||||
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The county consists of 630 islands and islets, of which 13 have more than 100 inhabitants.[1]
Administrative divisions
Towns:[2]
- Caiyuan (菜园镇), Shengshan (嵊山镇), Yangshan (洋山镇)
Townships:
- Wulong Township (五龙乡), Huanglong Township (黄龙乡), Gouqi Township (枸杞乡), Huadao Township (花鸟乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Shengsi (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.2 (72.0) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
34.3 (93.7) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.4 (97.5) |
35.1 (95.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.9 (71.4) |
36.4 (97.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
24.1 (75.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
4.4 (39.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
6.7 (44.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.0 (2.24) |
67.2 (2.65) |
110.6 (4.35) |
101.1 (3.98) |
101.8 (4.01) |
160.7 (6.33) |
107.9 (4.25) |
120.1 (4.73) |
92.9 (3.66) |
76.6 (3.02) |
59.1 (2.33) |
50.9 (2.00) |
1,105.9 (43.55) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 75 | 79 | 80 | 82 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 79 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- "嵊泗县人民政府 嵊泗简介" [Shengsi County People's Government Introduction to Shengsi]. www.shengsi.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "舟山市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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