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Tunchang County is a county of Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. Its postal code is 571600, and in 1999 its population was 250,059 people. The administrative seat lies at Tuncheng.
Tunchang
屯昌县 | |
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.png) Location in Hainan | |
| Coordinates: 19°21′58″N 110°9′54″E / 19.36611°N 110.16500°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,231.5 km2 (475.5 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
• Total | 250,059 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
There are four main attractions in this county: The Muse Lake, The Standard Model Deer Farm, Shi Xia Hairui Ancestral Home and the Wolong Mountain.
In 1983, a company from Guangxi[citation needed] moved to Tunchang and started raising geoemydid turtles on a farm.[1] They have since moved to a place near Sanya, which is closer to the ocean.
Climate
editTunchang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am).
| Climate data for Tunchang (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.5 (92.3) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.8 (98.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.1 (102.4) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
36.8 (98.2) |
35.2 (95.4) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
29.2 (84.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.2 (64.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
24.3 (75.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.3 (70.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
3.8 (38.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.1 (1.19) |
37.6 (1.48) |
44.5 (1.75) |
115.5 (4.55) |
263.3 (10.37) |
192.5 (7.58) |
220.6 (8.69) |
321.5 (12.66) |
354.7 (13.96) |
361.0 (14.21) |
108.1 (4.26) |
66.5 (2.62) |
2,115.9 (83.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.0 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 14.5 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 170.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86 | 84 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 100.9 | 112.4 | 154.1 | 180.9 | 206.3 | 212.8 | 223.7 | 197.7 | 157.5 | 147.6 | 114.9 | 87.1 | 1,895.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 29 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 50 | 43 | 41 | 34 | 26 | 42 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2005.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) , page 15. Their source, with details and photos, is: Shi, Haitao; Parham, James Ford (2000), "Preliminary Observations of a Large Turtle Farm in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China", Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter, 3: 4–6 - ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- Harvard University Committee on the Environment (1999). "China County & City Population 1999 FAQ". Archived from the original on 9 January 2016.
- Official website (Chinese)
External links
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Media related to Tunchang at Wikimedia Commons
19°21′58″N 110°09′54″E / 19.366°N 110.165°E
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