Xinyi, alternately romanized as Sunyi,[a] is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Maoming in the southwestern corner of the province,[3] bordering Guangxi to the west. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,014,577 people. Though its metro area is much smaller with 418,731 inhabitants considered urban.[1]
Xinyi 信宜市 Sunyi; Hsini | |
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 Xinyi is the northernmost division on this map of Maoming | |
  Xinyi Location in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 22°21′18″N 110°56′48″E / 22.3549°N 110.9468°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Maoming |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 3,081 km2 (1,190 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,081 km2 (1,190 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census[1]) | 1,014,577 |
| • Metro | 1,014,577 |
| • Metro density | 330/km2 (850/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 525300 |
| Area code | (0)668 |
| License plate prefixes | 粤K |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 信宜 | ||||||||
| Postal | Sunyi | ||||||||
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History
Under the Qing, Xinyi County formed part of the prefecture of Gaozhou.[2] After the Chinese Civil War, it was reorganized under Maoming.
Transportation
Schools
Xinyi Middle School, the first county school in Xinyi District, was set up in 1916. It is now a national-level model high school.
Districts
Climate
| Climate data for Xinyi (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) | 29.0 (84.2) | 33.3 (91.9) | 34.9 (94.8) | 35.0 (95.0) | 36.3 (97.3) | 38.3 (100.9) | 38.9 (102.0) | 37.6 (99.7) | 37.5 (99.5) | 35.7 (96.3) | 34.4 (93.9) | 30.4 (86.7) | 38.9 (102.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 28.0 (82.4) | 31.2 (88.2) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.2 (91.8) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.4 (90.3) | 30.1 (86.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 28.0 (82.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.3 (82.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 21.1 (70.0) | 16.8 (62.2) | 23.0 (73.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.2 (77.4) | 25.0 (77.0) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.3 (70.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 19.7 (67.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.6 (36.7) | 3.9 (39.0) | 9.2 (48.6) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.9 (51.6) | 4.4 (39.9) | 1.9 (35.4) | 1.9 (35.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 42.9 (1.69) | 42.0 (1.65) | 71.4 (2.81) | 193.3 (7.61) | 302.6 (11.91) | 344.1 (13.55) | 276.1 (10.87) | 253.1 (9.96) | 141.9 (5.59) | 58.3 (2.30) | 41.9 (1.65) | 33.0 (1.30) | 1,800.6 (70.89) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.8 | 8.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 18.9 | 20.4 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 13.9 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 150.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 115.4 | 88.2 | 77.3 | 99.7 | 152.5 | 155.3 | 195.3 | 191.5 | 190.5 | 212.2 | 176.6 | 155.8 | 1,810.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 34 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 37 | 39 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 59 | 54 | 47 | 41 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Notes
References
External links
Media related to Xinyi, Guangdong at Wikimedia Commons- Official website (in Chinese)
