Zhaoyuan County
Zhaoyuan County (Chinese: 肇源县; pinyin: Zhàoyuán Xiàn), formerly Rear Gorlos Banner, is a county in the west-central part of Heilongjiang Province, China, bordering Jilin province to the south. The southernmost county-level division of Daqing City, it has a land area of 4,198 km2 (1,621 sq mi) and a population of 450,000. The postal code is 166500. The county seat is located in Zhaoyuan Town.
Zhaoyuan-County
肇源县 | |
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 Location of Zhaoyuan County in Daqing | |
.png.webp) Daqing in Heilongjiang | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Daqing |
| County seat | Zhengfu Street No. 304, Zhaoyuan Town (肇源镇政府大街304号) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,198 km2 (1,621 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 475,800 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | zgzy |
Some farms in Zhaoyuan county with alkaline soil are experimenting rice cultivation with hybrid saltwater-tolerant rice.[1]
Administrative divisions
Zhaoyuan consists of 8 towns and 8 townships.[2]
- Towns: Zhaoyuan (肇源镇), Xinzhan (新站镇), Maoxing (茂兴镇), Erzhan (二站镇), Sanzhan (三站镇), Toutai (头台镇), Gulong (古龙镇), Guqia (古恰镇)
- Townships: Minyi (民意乡), Yishun (义顺乡), Haode (浩德乡), Daxing (大兴乡), Fuxing (福兴乡), Heping (和平乡), Chaodeng (超等乡), Bohetai (薄荷台乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Zhaoyuan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
35.3 (95.5) |
37.5 (99.5) |
36.9 (98.4) |
36.5 (97.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
30.7 (87.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
37.5 (99.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −11.0 (12.2) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
14.2 (57.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
10.9 (51.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.5 (0.5) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
7.6 (45.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.0 (71.6) |
15.6 (60.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −22.8 (−9.0) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
17.6 (63.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −40.2 (−40.4) |
−40.6 (−41.1) |
−27.0 (−16.6) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−27.3 (−17.1) |
−36.1 (−33.0) |
−40.6 (−41.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.6 (0.06) |
1.5 (0.06) |
6.4 (0.25) |
17.0 (0.67) |
32.9 (1.30) |
73.4 (2.89) |
130.3 (5.13) |
91.4 (3.60) |
38.8 (1.53) |
17.3 (0.68) |
6.5 (0.26) |
3.0 (0.12) |
420.1 (16.55) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 62 | 51 | 49 | 52 | 64 | 77 | 77 | 69 | 62 | 63 | 69 | 64 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- CGTN (19 Jan 2020) Could seawater rice determine the future of food security?
- "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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