County in Sichuan, China
Santai County (simplified Chinese : 三台县 ; traditional Chinese : 三台縣 ; pinyin : Sāntái Xiàn ; Wade–Giles : San1 -t῾ai2 Hsien4 ; Sichuanese romanization : San1 -t῾ai2 Shien4 ; formerly known as Tungchwanfu , Sichuanese romanization: Tongchuanfu ) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Mianyang , in the northeast of Sichuan Province of China. It has an area of 2,660.58 km2 (1,027.26 sq mi). According to the 2020 census , its population stands at 955,800.[ 1]
Administrative divisions
Santai County comprises 31 towns and 2 townships:[ 2]
towns
Tongchuan 潼川镇
Tashan 塔山镇
Longshu 龙树镇
Shi'an 石安镇
Fushun 富顺镇
Sanyuan 三元镇
Qiulin 秋林镇
Xinde 新德镇
Xinsheng 新生镇
Luban 鲁班镇
Jingfu 景福镇
Zihe 紫河镇
Guanqiao 观桥镇
Qijiang 郪江镇
Zhongxin 中新镇
Gujing 古井镇
Xiping 西平镇
Badong 八洞镇
Le'an 乐安镇
Jianping 建平镇
Zhongtai 中太镇
Jinshi 金石镇
Xinlu 新鲁镇
Liuying 刘营镇
Lingxing 灵兴镇
Luxi 芦溪镇
Lixin 立新镇
Yongming 永明镇
Jianzhong 建中镇
Laoma 老马镇
Beiba 北坝镇
townships
Zhongxiao 忠孝乡
Duanshi 断石乡
Quaker mission
Tungchwan Meeting House circa 1905
During the late 19th and first half of 20th century, Tungchwan was one of the mission centres of the Friends' Foreign Mission Association (FFMA),[ 3] being the largest mission branch of FFMA's Northern District. Quaker -affiliated hospital, meeting house , boys' school and girls' boarding school were built during this period.[ 4] The British political economist and missionary Audrey Donnithorne was born at a Quaker hospital in Santai.[ 5]
Climate
Climate data for Santai, elevation 460 m (1,510 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
19.9 (67.8)
24.2 (75.6)
31.3 (88.3)
34.4 (93.9)
36.8 (98.2)
37.3 (99.1)
40.6 (105.1)
41.2 (106.2)
37.7 (99.9)
31.8 (89.2)
25.5 (77.9)
19.3 (66.7)
41.2 (106.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
10.0 (50.0)
13.1 (55.6)
18.1 (64.6)
23.9 (75.0)
27.7 (81.9)
29.7 (85.5)
31.8 (89.2)
31.7 (89.1)
26.6 (79.9)
21.5 (70.7)
16.7 (62.1)
11.2 (52.2)
21.8 (71.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)
6.0 (42.8)
8.7 (47.7)
13.0 (55.4)
18.2 (64.8)
22.1 (71.8)
24.8 (76.6)
26.8 (80.2)
26.4 (79.5)
22.2 (72.0)
17.5 (63.5)
12.6 (54.7)
7.5 (45.5)
17.2 (62.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
3.3 (37.9)
5.7 (42.3)
9.5 (49.1)
14.0 (57.2)
17.9 (64.2)
21.2 (70.2)
23.2 (73.8)
22.9 (73.2)
19.4 (66.9)
15.0 (59.0)
10.0 (50.0)
5.0 (41.0)
13.9 (57.1)
Record low °C (°F)
−4.6 (23.7)
−3.0 (26.6)
−2.6 (27.3)
4.5 (40.1)
7.4 (45.3)
13.4 (56.1)
17.5 (63.5)
16.6 (61.9)
13.2 (55.8)
3.8 (38.8)
0.4 (32.7)
−4.3 (24.3)
−4.6 (23.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
10.7 (0.42)
10.9 (0.43)
24.0 (0.94)
49.7 (1.96)
76.5 (3.01)
122.4 (4.82)
196.1 (7.72)
168.1 (6.62)
126.3 (4.97)
45.3 (1.78)
16.5 (0.65)
7.4 (0.29)
853.9 (33.61)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
7.2
5.9
8.6
10.4
12.0
14.1
13.4
12.0
13.7
12.8
6.4
5.3
121.8
Average snowy days
0.9
0.3
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
0.3
1.7
Average relative humidity (%)
81
77
73
72
70
77
81
81
84
84
82
81
79
Mean monthly sunshine hours
52.6
57.9
95.4
132.8
140.4
124.0
149.3
159.2
95.6
73.9
62.9
48.9
1,192.9
Percent possible sunshine
16
18
26
34
33
29
35
39
26
21
20
16
26
Source: China Meteorological Administration [ 6] [ 7] all-time extreme temperature[ 8]
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