Yingjing County (simplified Chinese: 荥经县; traditional Chinese: 滎經縣; pinyin: Yíngjīng Xiàn) is a county in the west-central part of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Ya'an city.
Yingjing County 荥经县 • ꏐꏢꑤ | |
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.png) Location of Yingjing County (red) within Ya'an City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 29°47′32″N 102°50′41″E / 29.79222°N 102.84472°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Ya'an |
| County seat | Yandao Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,781 km2 (688 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 131,491 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 625200 |
| Website | www |
Administrative divisions
Yingjing County administers 1 subdistrict, 7 towns, 2 townships and 2 ethnic townships:[2]
- Yandao Subdistrict (严道街道)
- Huatan Town (花滩镇)
- Longcanggou Town (龙苍沟镇)
- Niubeishan Town (牛背山镇)
- Xintian Town (新添镇)
- Qinglong Town (青龙镇)
- Yinghe Town (荥河镇)
- Wuxian Town (五宪镇)
- Anjing Township (安靖乡)
- Siping Township (泗坪乡)
- Minjian Yi Ethnic Township (民建彝族乡; ꂱꏧꆈꌠꑣ mip jiep nuo su xie)
- Baofeng Yi Ethnic Township (宝峰彝族乡; ꀧꃖꆈꌠꑣ bo fo nuo su xie)
Climate
| Climate data for Yingjing, elevation 798 m (2,618 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) | 18.6 (65.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 30.7 (87.3) | 31.9 (89.4) | 34.6 (94.3) | 34.9 (94.8) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.0 (96.8) | 34.4 (93.9) | 28.5 (83.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 19.3 (66.7) | 36.0 (96.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.6 (81.7) | 29.4 (84.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 20.0 (68.0) | 15.7 (60.3) | 10.4 (50.7) | 20.1 (68.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 7.7 (45.9) | 11.4 (52.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.9 (75.0) | 20.5 (68.9) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 7.1 (44.8) | 15.6 (60.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 7.9 (46.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.9 (66.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 20.5 (68.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 9.9 (49.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 12.6 (54.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) | −2.1 (28.2) | −1.6 (29.1) | 2.3 (36.1) | 6.5 (43.7) | 11.6 (52.9) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.0 (57.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 4.4 (39.9) | −0.2 (31.6) | −5.5 (22.1) | −5.5 (22.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.1 (0.24) | 11.1 (0.44) | 34.2 (1.35) | 73.5 (2.89) | 103.8 (4.09) | 152.2 (5.99) | 245.5 (9.67) | 307.4 (12.10) | 134.4 (5.29) | 62.6 (2.46) | 21.2 (0.83) | 6.3 (0.25) | 1,158.3 (45.6) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.1 | 9.6 | 14.2 | 15.9 | 18.0 | 20.4 | 19.9 | 18.7 | 20.4 | 20.8 | 12.6 | 7.6 | 186.2 |
| Average snowy days | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 79 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 82 | 81 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 38.4 | 44.0 | 70.7 | 96.5 | 92.6 | 83.7 | 109.6 | 122.8 | 55.3 | 42.2 | 45.4 | 40.1 | 841.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 12 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 19 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||