Tongguan County 潼关县 Tungkwan, T'ung-kuan | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shaanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Weinan |
Area | |
• Total | 526 km2 (203 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 154,200 |
• Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal Code | 714300 |
Website | http://www.tongguan.gov.cn/ |
Tongguan | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 潼關 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 潼关 | ||||||||
Postal | Tungkwan | ||||||||
Literal meaning | High Pass | ||||||||
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Tongguan County (alternately romanized as Tungkwan [lower-alpha 1] ) is a county in the east of Shaanxi province,China,administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Weinan. It is named after the Tong Pass,a historical fortress located south of the confluence of the Wei and Yellow Rivers. It is the southeastern corner of the Ordos Loop,the point at which the Qin Mountains turn the Yellow River sharply eastward,forcing it into the North China Plain,and borders the provinces of Shanxi to the north and Henan to the east.
Tongguan County is divided to 5 towns and 1 townships. [2]
Climate data for Tongguan,elevation 542 m (1,778 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) | 14.3 (57.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 35.8 (96.4) | 38.0 (100.4) | 40.2 (104.4) | 38.9 (102.0) | 38.5 (101.3) | 38.5 (101.3) | 31.0 (87.8) | 23.2 (73.8) | 18.8 (65.8) | 40.2 (104.4) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 29.9 (85.8) | 25.0 (77.0) | 19.0 (66.2) | 11.9 (53.4) | 5.6 (42.1) | 19.2 (66.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) | 3.6 (38.5) | 9.5 (49.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 25.3 (77.5) | 26.7 (80.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 20.3 (68.5) | 14.4 (57.9) | 7.4 (45.3) | 1.4 (34.5) | 14.2 (57.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) | 0.1 (32.2) | 5.3 (41.5) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.9 (60.6) | 20.4 (68.7) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 4.0 (39.2) | −1.7 (28.9) | 10.2 (50.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −13.1 (8.4) | −9.3 (15.3) | −5.3 (22.5) | −0.2 (31.6) | 5.2 (41.4) | 12.0 (53.6) | 16.5 (61.7) | 13.2 (55.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 0.5 (32.9) | −8.7 (16.3) | −14.0 (6.8) | −14.0 (6.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.6 (0.30) | 10.4 (0.41) | 19.8 (0.78) | 39.2 (1.54) | 64.5 (2.54) | 65.7 (2.59) | 114.2 (4.50) | 95.4 (3.76) | 92.7 (3.65) | 54.2 (2.13) | 24.3 (0.96) | 5.3 (0.21) | 593.3 (23.37) |
Average precipitation days (≥0.1 mm) | 4.2 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 3.2 | 87.3 |
Average snowy days | 5.0 | 3.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 15.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 56 | 56 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 68 | 65 | 58 | 61 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 146.5 | 148.8 | 187.2 | 211.9 | 221.0 | 222.6 | 226.4 | 208.3 | 164.3 | 154.0 | 143.5 | 153.6 | 2,188.1 |
Percent possible sunshine | 47 | 48 | 50 | 54 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 51 | 45 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 49 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration [3] [4] |
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