Si County
Si County or Sixian is a county in northeast Anhui Province, China. It borders the northern part of Jiangsu Province to the north and east and is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suzhou.
Sixian
泗县 | |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Anhui |
| Prefecture-level city | Suzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,787 km2 (690 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 851,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 234300 |
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 Si ("Su"), Sixian's imperial predecessor, shown as a subprefecture of Fengyang in Martino Martini's 1655 Novus Atlas Sinensis | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 泗縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 泗县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Si River County Si River county seat | ||||||||
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Name
Si County is named for the Si River and preserves the name of the earlier Si Prefecture and Subprefecture which administered the area during the imperial period, sometimes from Si County and sometimes from nearby areas in what is now Jiangsu.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Si County has 12 towns and 3 townships.[1]
- 12 Towns
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- 3 Townships
- Dalukou (大路口乡)
- Dayang (大杨乡)
- Wafang (瓦坊乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Sixian (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.3 (66.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
37.9 (100.2) |
38.6 (101.5) |
41.7 (107.1) |
38.2 (100.8) |
36.4 (97.5) |
34.6 (94.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
41.7 (107.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.8 (87.4) |
27.1 (80.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
20.0 (68.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
3.1 (37.6) |
14.8 (58.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
3.7 (38.7) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
10.6 (51.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.5 (−1.3) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
4.4 (39.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
8.2 (46.8) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−19.6 (−3.3) |
−19.6 (−3.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25.1 (0.99) |
29.4 (1.16) |
48.3 (1.90) |
45.4 (1.79) |
77.4 (3.05) |
113.3 (4.46) |
232.0 (9.13) |
133.1 (5.24) |
86.3 (3.40) |
52.4 (2.06) |
39.1 (1.54) |
17.2 (0.68) |
899 (35.4) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 70 | 70 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 83 | 84 | 79 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 74 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- 宿州市-行政区划王 (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 14 November 2022.
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