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Sơn Động is a rural district of Bắc Giang province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. It is the easternmost district in the province. As of 2018 it had a population of 72,350.[2] The district covers an area of 844 km². The district capital lies at An Châu.[2] There are some cultural sites here such as: Chẽ pagoda, Female King temple, Lục Liễu temple, Đặng temple and Chẽ temple.
Sơn Động district
Huyện Sơn Động | |
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 Seal | |
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| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Bắc Giang |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Capital | An Châu |
| Government | |
| • Secretary | Ngụy Văn Tuyên |
| • Party Secretary: | Nghiêm Xuân Hưởng[1] |
| • People's Council Chairman: | Nguyễn Quang Ngạn Đỗ Văn Cầm [citation needed] |
| • People's Committee Chairman: | Hoàng My Ca Hoàng [citation needed] Văn Trọng |
| Area | |
| • District | 32,655 sq mi (84,577 km2) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • District | 72,350 |
| • Density | 220/sq mi (86/km2) |
| • Urban | 15,375 |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
| Website | sondong |
Administrative divisions
editThe district is divided administratively into two townships, An Châu (district capital) and Tây Yên Tử, and the communes of: Hữu Sản, An Lạc, Vân Sơn, Lệ Viễn, Vĩnh An, Dương Hưu, Long Sơn, An Bá, Yên Định, Tuấn Đạo, Thanh Luận, Cẩm Đàn, Giáo Liêm, Đại Sơn and Phúc Sơn.
121.72 km² in the southern portion of the district has been designated as the Tây Yên Tử Nature Reserve.[3][4]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Sơn Động | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.6 (88.9) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.0 (98.6) |
39.3 (102.7) |
41.0 (105.8) |
41.1 (106.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.4 (101.1) |
37.7 (99.9) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.5 (92.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
41.1 (106.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.6 (88.9) |
29.4 (84.9) |
26.0 (78.8) |
22.5 (72.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 28.6 (1.13) |
23.2 (0.91) |
40.5 (1.59) |
99.6 (3.92) |
194.3 (7.65) |
233.6 (9.20) |
314.6 (12.39) |
305.0 (12.01) |
187.1 (7.37) |
95.0 (3.74) |
37.7 (1.48) |
20.4 (0.80) |
1,579.7 (62.19) |
| Average rainy days | 7.5 | 8.2 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 18.9 | 13.7 | 8.9 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 136.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78.8 | 80.3 | 81.7 | 81.1 | 79.2 | 81.5 | 82.7 | 85.1 | 83.8 | 81.1 | 79.2 | 77.7 | 81.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 67.2 | 52.9 | 52.5 | 91.0 | 174.1 | 160.8 | 172.3 | 155.2 | 153.7 | 146.2 | 127.6 | 109.0 | 1,470.8 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[5] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Email |". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Tay Yen Tu in Viet Nam". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018.
- ^ Minh Quý Hà (2010). Khu bảo tồn thiên nhiên Tây Yên Tử: giá trị bảo tồn đa dạng sinh học và tiềm năng phát triển [Tây Yên Tử Nature Reserve: biodiversity conservation value and development potential] (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: Natural Science and Technology Publishing House. OCLC 864366107.
- ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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