Yanting County (simplified Chinese: 盐亭县; traditional Chinese: 鹽亭縣; pinyin: Yántíng Xiàn) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Mianyang, in the northeast of Sichuan Province, China.
Yanting County 盐亭县 | |
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.png) Location of Yanting County (red) within Mianyang City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 31°12′29″N 105°23′20″E / 31.208°N 105.389°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Mianyang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,648 km2 (636 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 457,000 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
It has an area of 1645 square kilometers, and a population of 590,000 in 2002.
Administrative divisions
Yanting County comprises 1 subdistrict, 14 towns, 1 township and 1 ethnic township:[2]
- subdistrict
- Fengling Subdistrict 凤灵街道
- towns
- Yunxi Town 云溪镇
- Yulong Town 玉龙镇
- Fuyi Town 富驿镇
- Jinkong Town 金孔镇
- Huangdian Town 黄甸镇
- Julong Town 巨龙镇
- Gaoqu Town 高渠镇
- Exi Town 鹅溪镇
- Qibo Town 岐伯镇
- Wentong Town 文通镇
- Yongtai Town 永泰镇
- Jiulong Town 九龙镇
- Xiling Town 西陵镇
- Leizu Town 嫘祖镇
- township
- Lianhuahu Township 莲花湖乡
- ethnic township
- Daxing Hui Ethnic Township 大兴回族乡
Sports
The 8,000-capacity Yanting Stadium is located in Yanting County. It is used mostly for association football matches.
Climate
| Climate data for Yanting, elevation 421 m (1,381 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) | 18.5 (65.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 30.7 (87.3) | 33.7 (92.7) | 36.3 (97.3) | 37.4 (99.3) | 39.7 (103.5) | 39.6 (103.3) | 37.7 (99.9) | 30.6 (87.1) | 25.5 (77.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) | 12.6 (54.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 29.6 (85.3) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.6 (88.9) | 26.5 (79.7) | 21.2 (70.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 10.8 (51.4) | 21.5 (70.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.7 (54.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.7 (76.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 22.2 (72.0) | 17.3 (63.1) | 12.4 (54.3) | 7.2 (45.0) | 17.0 (62.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.1 (48.4) | 13.7 (56.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 14.8 (58.6) | 9.7 (49.5) | 4.8 (40.6) | 13.7 (56.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) | −2.4 (27.7) | −2.0 (28.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | 7.8 (46.0) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.3 (61.3) | 16.1 (61.0) | 11.9 (53.4) | 4.0 (39.2) | 0.2 (32.4) | −4.8 (23.4) | −4.8 (23.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.3 (0.41) | 11.5 (0.45) | 25.1 (0.99) | 48.0 (1.89) | 81.6 (3.21) | 126.8 (4.99) | 190.0 (7.48) | 157.4 (6.20) | 132.5 (5.22) | 50.7 (2.00) | 17.9 (0.70) | 7.9 (0.31) | 859.7 (33.85) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.2 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 121.1 |
| Average snowy days | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 58.4 | 59.9 | 98.2 | 131.9 | 140.1 | 123.7 | 149.9 | 160.5 | 94.2 | 71.1 | 63.9 | 53.0 | 1,204.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 18 | 19 | 26 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 35 | 39 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 26 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
References
External links
- Official website of Yanting County Government Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine