Jingxing County 井陉县 | |
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 Historic architecture in the village of Daliangjiang (大梁江村), a National Historical and Cultural Village | |
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  Jingxing County Location in Hebei | |
| Coordinates: 38°01′56″N 114°08′43″E / 38.0321°N 114.1452°E / 38.0321; 114.1452 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Shijiazhuang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 050300 |
| Area code | 0311 |
| Website | www |
Jingxing County (simplified Chinese: 井陉县; traditional Chinese: 井陘縣; pinyin: Jǐngxíng Xiàn; lit. 'Well Border')[1] is a county of Hebei Province, North China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shijiazhuang, the capital of the province.
When King Mu of Zhou went hunting in the region, he described the terrain as "the surrounding is high while the center is deep, like a well, [making the region] resemble the border of a stove", hence the name of the county.[1]
According to archeological discoveries, there were inhabitants settled in Dongyuan Village (東元村) during the stone age.
There are 10 towns and 7 townships under the county's administration.
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Jingxing (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) | 16.8 (62.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 32.1 (89.8) | 36.4 (97.5) | 40.6 (105.1) | 42.6 (108.7) | 42.1 (107.8) | 39.6 (103.3) | 38.8 (101.8) | 32.2 (90.0) | 27.2 (81.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 42.6 (108.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) | 7.4 (45.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 27.4 (81.3) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.6 (88.9) | 29.9 (85.8) | 26.2 (79.2) | 20.3 (68.5) | 11.9 (53.4) | 5.3 (41.5) | 19.3 (66.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) | 1.3 (34.3) | 8.1 (46.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 21.2 (70.2) | 25.5 (77.9) | 26.6 (79.9) | 24.9 (76.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 13.9 (57.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | −0.1 (31.8) | 13.4 (56.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) | −3.1 (26.4) | 2.9 (37.2) | 9.6 (49.3) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 9.3 (48.7) | 1.7 (35.1) | −4.0 (24.8) | 8.7 (47.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.5 (4.1) | −14.1 (6.6) | −7.5 (18.5) | −1.4 (29.5) | 5.1 (41.2) | 10.1 (50.2) | 15.5 (59.9) | 13.5 (56.3) | 5.8 (42.4) | −1.9 (28.6) | −9.6 (14.7) | −15.8 (3.6) | −15.8 (3.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.5 (0.14) | 5.7 (0.22) | 9.6 (0.38) | 24.9 (0.98) | 39.2 (1.54) | 53.3 (2.10) | 127.0 (5.00) | 135.7 (5.34) | 58.2 (2.29) | 28.2 (1.11) | 15.9 (0.63) | 3.3 (0.13) | 504.5 (19.86) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 8.1 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 73.3 |
| Average snowy days | 3.1 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 12.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 49 | 45 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 72 | 76 | 71 | 64 | 58 | 52 | 58 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 147.8 | 155.4 | 200.6 | 223.8 | 251.9 | 217.0 | 173.7 | 177.6 | 183.0 | 177.6 | 152.3 | 148.6 | 2,209.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 48 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 49 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 50 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
The 2018 film An Elephant Sitting Still was filmed in Jingxing County.
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