Mingshan District (Chinese: 名山区; pinyin: Míngshān Qū), formerly Mingshan County,[when?] is a district of the city of Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China, located northeast of the city center.
Mingshan 名山区 | |
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.png) Location of Mingshan District (red) within Ya'an City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Ya'an |
| District seat | Mengyang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 614 km2 (237 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Administrative divisions
Mingshan District comprises 2 subdistricts and 11 towns:[1]
- subdistricts
- Yongxing Subdistrict (永兴街道)
- Mengyang Subdistrict (蒙阳街道)
- towns
- Baizhang Town (百丈镇)
- Cheling Town (车岭镇)
- Maling Town (马岭镇)
- Xindian Town (新店镇)
- Mengdingshan Town (蒙顶山镇)
- Heizhu Town (黑竹镇)
- Hongxing Town (红星镇)
- Zhongfeng Town (中峰镇)
- Maohe Town (茅河镇)
- Qianjin Town (前进镇)
- Wangu Town (万古镇)
Climate
| Climate data for Mingshan (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) | 19.2 (66.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 30.7 (87.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 35.6 (96.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 36.3 (97.3) | 34.2 (93.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 25.5 (77.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 36.3 (97.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) | 11.4 (52.5) | 16.1 (61.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.3 (84.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 20.0 (68.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.4 (68.7) | 23.0 (73.4) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 7.0 (44.6) | 15.9 (60.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 5.2 (41.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.3 (70.3) | 18.3 (64.9) | 14.2 (57.6) | 9.8 (49.6) | 4.8 (40.6) | 13.0 (55.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.6 (25.5) | −3.0 (26.6) | −1.2 (29.8) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.9 (46.2) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.4 (61.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 3.7 (38.7) | −0.2 (31.6) | −5.7 (21.7) | −5.7 (21.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.4 (0.72) | 26.8 (1.06) | 46.3 (1.82) | 77.4 (3.05) | 121.6 (4.79) | 162.0 (6.38) | 332.9 (13.11) | 350.9 (13.81) | 166.1 (6.54) | 83.9 (3.30) | 37.4 (1.47) | 18.5 (0.73) | 1,442.2 (56.78) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.7 | 13.2 | 16.1 | 16.1 | 17.1 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 19.0 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 14.3 | 13.1 | 200.9 |
| Average snowy days | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 82 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 84 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 43.0 | 46.8 | 73.1 | 101.3 | 106.7 | 93.8 | 111.7 | 117.9 | 56.9 | 42.1 | 48.3 | 46.5 | 888.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 13 | 15 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||