Longnan 龙南市 Lungnan | |
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 Location within Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 25°54′38″N114°47′10″E / 25.9106°N 114.786°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Ganzhou |
| Postal Code | 341700 |
Longnan (simplified Chinese :龙南; traditional Chinese :龍南; pinyin :Lóngnán) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in the far southwest of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Guangdong province to the south.
In the present, Longnan City has 8 towns and 5 townships. [1]
Longnan is notable for the variety of traditional Hakka walled villages in Jiangxi. [2] [3] By one count, there are around 370 of them within the city's boundaries. [2] They are known locally as weiwu ( 围 屋 ) or wei (围). [2]
Longnan is also regarded as "the Hometown of Weiwu in China" 新华网-客家围屋之乡. Some of the most famous weiwu are Guangxi Wei 百度百科-关西围屋 and Yanyiwei.关西围屋与燕翼围 Some researchers call them "Jiangxi tulou " (literally, "[tall] earthen buildings"), as opposed to the better known Fujian tulou. [4]
| Climate data for Longnan, elevation 250 m (820 ft), (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) | 27.4 (81.3) | 30.7 (87.3) | 32.0 (89.6) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.7 (96.3) | 37.8 (100.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.2 (93.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 25.1 (77.2) | 28.8 (83.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 33.2 (91.8) | 30.4 (86.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 24.8 (76.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.6 (81.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 19.5 (67.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 8.0 (46.4) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.7 (44.1) | 16.0 (60.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −2.1 (28.2) | −1.9 (28.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 4.7 (40.5) | −1.5 (29.3) | −5.4 (22.3) | −5.4 (22.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.2 (2.65) | 84.8 (3.34) | 174.2 (6.86) | 194.5 (7.66) | 225.4 (8.87) | 238.7 (9.40) | 140.0 (5.51) | 171.6 (6.76) | 98.9 (3.89) | 36.1 (1.42) | 46.9 (1.85) | 47.9 (1.89) | 1,526.2 (60.1) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.6 | 11.4 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 10.4 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 150.1 |
| Average snowy days | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 93.1 | 83.1 | 73.7 | 93.1 | 119.2 | 140.1 | 214.9 | 191.9 | 162.1 | 163.2 | 138.3 | 128.1 | 1,600.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 28 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 46 | 43 | 39 | 36 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration [5] [6] | |||||||||||||
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