Daming County 大名县 Taming | |
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![]() City walls of Daming | |
Coordinates: 36°17′N115°09′E / 36.283°N 115.150°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hebei |
Prefecture-level city | Handan |
Area | |
• Total | 1,052 km2 (406 sq mi) |
Elevation | 47 m (155 ft) |
Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 726,396 |
• Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 056900 |
Website | dm |
Daming County | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 大名 縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 大名 县 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Great Name County Famous County | ||||||||
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Daming Fu | |||||||||
Chinese | 大名 府 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Seat of Daming Prefecture | ||||||||
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Daming County is a county under the jurisdiction of Handan City in far southern Hebei Province,China. It was formerly one of the capitals of the Northern Song.
It was formerly known as Beijing under the Northern Song dynasty,who used it as their northern capital. [1] The city served as an important centre for learning during Imperial China. It was renamed to Daming Fu during the Ming Dynasty and stayed unchanged until the Republican era. French Jesuits settled in the city in 1897 and founded a French College (Fawen 法文). A large Gothic church was erected inside the city walls from 1918 to 1921;it became a cathedral in 1935 and is listed as key cultural relic of the People's Republic of China since 2013. [2]
Daming County includes 6 towns,13 townships,and 1 ethnic township. [3]
Towns:
Townships:
Climate data for Daming (1991–2020 normals,extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) | 24.2 (75.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 35.1 (95.2) | 38.2 (100.8) | 42.5 (108.5) | 41.5 (106.7) | 36.7 (98.1) | 38.0 (100.4) | 35.0 (95.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 42.5 (108.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 14.9 (58.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 26.9 (80.4) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.2 (90.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 27.2 (81.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 5.7 (42.3) | 19.8 (67.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.6 (29.1) | 2.3 (36.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.3 (81.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 14.9 (58.8) | 6.8 (44.2) | 0.2 (32.4) | 13.9 (57.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.1 (21.0) | −2.6 (27.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 20.2 (68.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 16.2 (61.2) | 9.7 (49.5) | 2.1 (35.8) | −3.9 (25.0) | 8.9 (48.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −19.3 (−2.7) | −14.9 (5.2) | −8.1 (17.4) | −2.3 (27.9) | 4.0 (39.2) | 10.3 (50.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 12.6 (54.7) | 5.1 (41.2) | −1.2 (29.8) | −17.9 (−0.2) | −17.1 (1.2) | −19.3 (−2.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.0 (0.16) | 7.4 (0.29) | 10.4 (0.41) | 28.8 (1.13) | 39.1 (1.54) | 63.5 (2.50) | 142.7 (5.62) | 104.9 (4.13) | 47.7 (1.88) | 27.9 (1.10) | 19.4 (0.76) | 5.2 (0.20) | 501 (19.72) |
Average precipitation days (≥0.1 mm) | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 65.7 |
Average snowy days | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 9.3 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 64 | 60 | 58 | 64 | 66 | 62 | 78 | 83 | 77 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 68 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 138.5 | 145.7 | 194.5 | 210.0 | 235.9 | 211.7 | 176.2 | 181.1 | 175.5 | 172.3 | 145.1 | 140.8 | 2,127.3 |
Percent possible sunshine | 45 | 47 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 48 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 50 | 48 | 47 | 48 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration [4] [5] |
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