Tongcheng County
Tongcheng (Chinese: 通城; pinyin: Tōngchéng) is the governmental seat and the name of a county in Xianning City, Hubei, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi (to the east) and Hunan (to the south and west).
Tongcheng County
通城县 Tungcheng | |
|---|---|
  Tongcheng Location of the seat in Hubei | |
| Coordinates: 29°14′43″N 113°49′01″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Prefecture-level city | Xianning |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
History
The Red 16th Army, stationed at the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Soviet annihilated an entire regiment of the Guomindang/Nationalist army here in December 1930, disrupting its planned siege of the Red base.
Administration
Nine towns:[1]
- Junshui (隽水镇), Maishi (麦市镇), Tanghu (塘湖镇), Guandao (关刀镇), Shadui (沙堆镇), Wuli (五里镇), Shinan (石南镇), Beigang (北港镇), Magang (马港镇)
Two townships:
Climate
| Climate data for Tongcheng (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) |
29.3 (84.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
34.8 (94.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
37.2 (99.0) |
40.1 (104.2) |
40.3 (104.5) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
31.5 (88.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
40.3 (104.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
22.4 (72.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
22.1 (71.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
6.9 (44.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.1 (53.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
17.1 (62.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
3.7 (38.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.3 (75.7) |
19.9 (67.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
13.3 (56.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
0.9 (33.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72.0 (2.83) |
90.0 (3.54) |
142.4 (5.61) |
206.8 (8.14) |
211.8 (8.34) |
254.5 (10.02) |
207.8 (8.18) |
136.1 (5.36) |
85.0 (3.35) |
76.4 (3.01) |
76.9 (3.03) |
44.4 (1.75) |
1,604.1 (63.16) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 82 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 79 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- 通城县行政区划 (in Chinese). Tongcheng County People's Government. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
通城县辖隽水、麦市、塘湖、关刀、五里、北港、石南、沙堆、马港9镇，大坪、四庄乡。
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
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