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Guangde 广德市 Kwangteh | |
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Coordinates: 30°52′41″N119°25′16″E / 30.878°N 119.421°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Anhui |
Prefecture-level city | Xuancheng |
Area | |
• Total | 2,165 km2 (836 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 508,000 |
• Density | 230/km2 (610/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 242200 |
Guangde is a county-level city in the southeast of Anhui Province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Jiangsu to the north and Zhejiang to the east. It is the easternmost county-level division of Anhui and is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city Xuancheng within Anhui Province. The city has a population of 510,000[ when? ] and an area of 2,165 km2 (836 sq mi). The seat of government is at Taozhou Town.
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Simplified Chinese | 广德 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 廣德 | ||||||||||
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Guangde has jurisdiction over six towns and ten townships.
Guangde City is divided to 5 towns and 4 townships. [1]
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Guangde provides the terrain for the 5.67-square-kilometer automobile proving ground ( 31°02′39″N119°25′33″E / 31.044266°N 119.425751°E ) with 60 km (37 mi) of test roads,opened on September 22,2012,and managed by Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC),both joint ventures of SAIC Motor with GM China. [2] [3]
Climate data for Guangde (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) | 23.3 (73.9) | 28.3 (82.9) | 32.6 (90.7) | 35.1 (95.2) | 36.7 (98.1) | 39.2 (102.6) | 39.5 (103.1) | 39.6 (103.3) | 38.3 (100.9) | 34.6 (94.3) | 29.6 (85.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 39.6 (103.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 29.2 (84.6) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 28.2 (82.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 21.4 (70.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.7 (42.3) | 10.0 (50.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.5 (76.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.6 (81.7) | 23.2 (73.8) | 17.6 (63.7) | 11.5 (52.7) | 5.4 (41.7) | 16.2 (61.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) | 2.0 (35.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 13.5 (56.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 1.6 (34.9) | 12.2 (54.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −12.4 (9.7) | −9.9 (14.2) | −4.0 (24.8) | 0.1 (32.2) | 6.9 (44.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 9.2 (48.6) | 0.9 (33.6) | −5.5 (22.1) | −12.2 (10.0) | −12.4 (9.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 82.8 (3.26) | 79.2 (3.12) | 119.3 (4.70) | 106.6 (4.20) | 121.9 (4.80) | 240.7 (9.48) | 201.6 (7.94) | 170.5 (6.71) | 98.4 (3.87) | 74.1 (2.92) | 66.5 (2.62) | 52.1 (2.05) | 1,413.7 (55.67) |
Average precipitation days (≥0.1 mm) | 12.3 | 11.8 | 14.6 | 13.0 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 148.2 |
Average snowy days | 3.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 8.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 79 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 106.9 | 107.7 | 128.5 | 152.2 | 165.2 | 133.8 | 192.8 | 183.5 | 147.0 | 153.2 | 133.7 | 124.7 | 1,729.2 |
Percent possible sunshine | 33 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 39 | 32 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 39 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration [4] [5] |
On July 19,1964,China launched and recovered its first successful experimental biological rocket carrying eight white mice from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Base 603 launch site in Shijie Town (誓节镇) within the city. [6]
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