Shanglin County (simplified Chinese: 上林县; traditional Chinese: 上林縣; pinyin: Shànglín Xiàn; Standard Zhuang: Sanglinz Yen) is a county of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi. It borders the prefecture-level city of Laibin to the northeast.
Shanglin County 上林县 · Sanglinz Yen | |
|---|---|
 Location in Nanning | |
  Shanglin Location in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 23°25′55″N 108°36′11″E / 23.432°N 108.603°E[1] | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Nanning |
| County seat | Dafeng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,876 km2 (724 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
| • Total | 343,590 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 5305XX |
Administrative divisions
Shanglin County is divided into 7 towns, 3 townships and 1 ethnic township:[4]
- towns
- Dafeng Town 大丰镇
- Mingliang Town 明亮镇
- Xiangxian Town 巷贤镇
- Baixu Town 白圩镇
- Sanli Town 三里镇
- Qiaoxian Town 乔贤镇
- Xiyan Town 西燕镇
- townships
- Chengtai Township 澄泰乡
- Mushan Township 木山乡
- Tanghong Township 塘红乡
- ethnic township
- Zhenxu Yao Ethnic Township 镇圩瑶族乡
Climate
| Climate data for Shanglin (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.5 (81.5) | 34.4 (93.9) | 35.5 (95.9) | 37.7 (99.9) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.3 (99.1) | 39.1 (102.4) | 38.4 (101.1) | 38.1 (100.6) | 35.8 (96.4) | 32.4 (90.3) | 29.9 (85.8) | 39.1 (102.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.9 (64.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 29.7 (85.5) | 31.5 (88.7) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.8 (91.0) | 31.3 (88.3) | 28.0 (82.4) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.4 (65.1) | 25.7 (78.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.0 (57.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 22.1 (71.8) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 21.1 (70.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.3 (52.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.7 (76.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.1 (66.4) | 14.7 (58.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 18.1 (64.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) | 0.5 (32.9) | 2.6 (36.7) | 8.2 (46.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.2 (61.2) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 8.8 (47.8) | 3.1 (37.6) | 0.0 (32.0) | 0.0 (32.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 76.4 (3.01) | 52.5 (2.07) | 112.0 (4.41) | 121.3 (4.78) | 245.3 (9.66) | 278.1 (10.95) | 273.8 (10.78) | 227.8 (8.97) | 127.0 (5.00) | 78.8 (3.10) | 71.6 (2.82) | 50.2 (1.98) | 1,714.8 (67.53) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.1 | 12.6 | 17.9 | 15.1 | 17.0 | 20.5 | 18.7 | 16.5 | 10.8 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 167.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 62.8 | 59.6 | 57.2 | 95.3 | 129.1 | 129.2 | 169.4 | 183.1 | 173.0 | 158.3 | 124.5 | 112.1 | 1,453.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 19 | 19 | 15 | 25 | 31 | 32 | 41 | 46 | 47 | 44 | 38 | 34 | 33 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||