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Yi County 易县 | |
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| Taihang Mountains in Yi County | |
| Yi County in Baoding | |
| Baoding in Hebei | |
| Coordinates: 39°20′56″N115°29′53″E / 39.349°N 115.498°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Baoding |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,534 km2 (978 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 557,400 |
| • Density | 220.0/km2 (569.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Yi County, Hebei | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 易縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 易县 | ||||||||
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Yi County,also known as Yi Xian or Yixian,is a county in Hebei province of China,administratively under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Baoding. [1] It has an area of 2,538 km2 (980 sq mi).
This[ where? ] is the site where the assassin Jing Ke set off on his final journey to assassinate the King of Qin. [2] Yi Prefecture (易州,YìZhōu) was based in the area under the Tang.
[1] Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Yixian,elevation 49 m (161 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) | 14.2 (57.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 30.1 (86.2) | 33.3 (91.9) | 38.5 (101.3) | 40.5 (104.9) | 41.0 (105.8) | 36.8 (98.2) | 34.9 (94.8) | 31.3 (88.3) | 23.0 (73.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.2 (36.0) | 6.6 (43.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 20.9 (69.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.6 (88.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 19.6 (67.3) | 10.4 (50.7) | 3.7 (38.7) | 18.5 (65.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) | 0.4 (32.7) | 7.0 (44.6) | 14.8 (58.6) | 20.8 (69.4) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.5 (68.9) | 13.3 (55.9) | 4.5 (40.1) | −1.8 (28.8) | 12.8 (54.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.3 (17.1) | −4.3 (24.3) | 1.7 (35.1) | 8.9 (48.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 8.3 (46.9) | 0.1 (32.2) | −5.8 (21.6) | 7.9 (46.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.7 (0.1) | −17.7 (0.1) | −9.5 (14.9) | −1.8 (28.8) | 3.5 (38.3) | 9.7 (49.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 14.1 (57.4) | 4.2 (39.6) | −3.7 (25.3) | −12.2 (10.0) | −17.0 (1.4) | −17.7 (0.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.3 (0.09) | 4.6 (0.18) | 8.6 (0.34) | 20.4 (0.80) | 32.9 (1.30) | 72.0 (2.83) | 170.7 (6.72) | 126.4 (4.98) | 59.1 (2.33) | 26.6 (1.05) | 10.9 (0.43) | 2.2 (0.09) | 536.7 (21.14) |
| Average precipitation days (≥0.1 mm) | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 9.8 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 7.9 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 68.6 |
| Average snowy days | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 9.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 56 | 51 | 47 | 49 | 55 | 62 | 75 | 79 | 74 | 69 | 65 | 59 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 159.9 | 165.0 | 209.2 | 227.7 | 248.9 | 201.9 | 177.1 | 189.2 | 189.8 | 179.4 | 156.5 | 154.8 | 2,259.4 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 53 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 56 | 45 | 39 | 45 | 51 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 51 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration [3] [4] | |||||||||||||