Jiahe County

For the former Jiahe County in Zhejiang, see Jiaxing.
Jiahe County
嘉禾县
Chiaho; Kiaho
County
Jiahe is located in Hunan
Jiahe
Jiahe
Location in Hunan
Coordinates: 25°35′13″N 112°22′08″E / 25.587°N 112.369°E / 25.587; 112.369[1]
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHunan
Prefecture-level cityChenzhou
SeatZhuquan
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
4245XX

Jiahe County (simplified Chinese: 嘉禾县; traditional Chinese: 嘉禾縣; pinyin: Jiāhé Xiàn) is a county in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City.

Located on the southern part of the province and the west of Chenzhou, the county is bordered to the northwest by Xintian County, to the east and northeast by Guiyang County, to the south by Linwu County, to the west by Lanshan and Ningyuan Counties. Jiahe County covers 699.05 km2 (269.90 sq mi), as of 2015, It had a registered population of 423,900 and a resident population of 317,300.[2] The county has nine towns and a township under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Zhuquan (珠泉镇).[3]

Administrative divisions

9 towns
1 township

Climate

Climate data for Jiahe (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 26.7
(80.1) 		32.9
(91.2) 		34.8
(94.6) 		35.9
(96.6) 		36.7
(98.1) 		37.8
(100.0) 		39.7
(103.5) 		39.8
(103.6) 		38.0
(100.4) 		36.1
(97.0) 		34.7
(94.5) 		26.5
(79.7) 		39.8
(103.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 10.6
(51.1) 		13.8
(56.8) 		17.6
(63.7) 		24.0
(75.2) 		28.1
(82.6) 		31.0
(87.8) 		33.9
(93.0) 		33.2
(91.8) 		29.6
(85.3) 		24.7
(76.5) 		19.4
(66.9) 		13.4
(56.1) 		23.3
(73.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.8
(44.2) 		9.5
(49.1) 		13.2
(55.8) 		19.2
(66.6) 		23.4
(74.1) 		26.6
(79.9) 		28.8
(83.8) 		28.0
(82.4) 		24.8
(76.6) 		19.7
(67.5) 		14.3
(57.7) 		8.7
(47.7) 		18.6
(65.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.2
(39.6) 		6.6
(43.9) 		10.2
(50.4) 		15.7
(60.3) 		19.9
(67.8) 		23.3
(73.9) 		25.0
(77.0) 		24.3
(75.7) 		21.2
(70.2) 		16.0
(60.8) 		10.6
(51.1) 		5.4
(41.7) 		15.2
(59.4)
Record low °C (°F) −4.2
(24.4) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		2.4
(36.3) 		10.0
(50.0) 		13.8
(56.8) 		18.3
(64.9) 		17.9
(64.2) 		12.6
(54.7) 		3.4
(38.1) 		−1.3
(29.7) 		−6.2
(20.8) 		−6.2
(20.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 75.7
(2.98) 		87.6
(3.45) 		147.6
(5.81) 		176.6
(6.95) 		202.2
(7.96) 		209.1
(8.23) 		124.9
(4.92) 		149.5
(5.89) 		72.0
(2.83) 		66.0
(2.60) 		74.7
(2.94) 		54.7
(2.15) 		1,440.6
(56.71)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 14.4 14.0 18.2 16.5 16.5 16.5 11.4 13.6 10.4 9.4 10.4 10.6 161.9
Average snowy days 2.8 1.1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 4.8
Average relative humidity (%) 80 80 81 78 78 79 72 75 77 76 77 76 77
Mean monthly sunshine hours 59.0 63.3 68.2 96.1 122.7 142.9 223.8 184.5 141.4 127.3 112.7 96.4 1,438.3
Percent possible sunshine 18 20 18 25 30 35 54 46 39 36 35 30 32
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Jiahe" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. ^ about the population of Jiahe County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Jiahe County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年嘉禾县国民经济和社会发展统计公报): jiahe.gov or hnjh.gov.cn
  3. ^ the divisions of Jiahe County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Jiahe County on November 27, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意嘉禾县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕98号): rednet.cn Archived 2017-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》: people.com Archived 2017-04-07 at the Wayback Machine or xinhuanet.com
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.


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