Longnan (simplified Chinese: 龙南; traditional Chinese: 龍南; pinyin: Lóngnán) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in the far southwest of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Guangdong province to the south.
Longnan
龙南市 Lungnan | |
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 Location within Jiangxi | |
| Coordinates: 25°54′38″N 114°47′10″E / 25.9106°N 114.786°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Ganzhou |
| Postal Code | 341700 |
Administrative divisions edit
In the present, Longnan City has 8 towns and 5 townships.[1]
- 8 towns
- 5 townships
Traditional vernacular architecture edit
Longnan is notable for the variety of traditional Hakka walled villages in Jiangxi.[2][3] By one count, there are around 370 of them within the city's boundaries.[2] They are known locally as weiwu (围屋) or wei (围);[2] Longnan is also regarded as "the Hometown of Weiwu in China" 新华网-客家围屋之乡. Some of the most famous weiwu are Guangxi Wei 百度百科-关西围屋 and Yanyiwei.关西围屋与燕翼围 Some researchers call them "Jiangxi tulou" (literally, "[tall] earthen buildings"), as opposed to the better known Fujian tulou.[4]
Climate edit
| Climate data for Longnan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.4 (81.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.8 (100.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.2 (93.6) |
28.5 (83.3) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
26.6 (79.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
24.8 (76.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.6 (51.1) |
19.5 (67.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
16.0 (60.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.3 (66.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.2 (2.65) |
84.8 (3.34) |
174.2 (6.86) |
194.5 (7.66) |
225.4 (8.87) |
238.7 (9.40) |
140.0 (5.51) |
171.6 (6.76) |
98.9 (3.89) |
36.1 (1.42) |
46.9 (1.85) |
47.9 (1.89) |
1,526.2 (60.1) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.6 | 11.4 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 10.4 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 150.1 |
| Average snowy days | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 93.1 | 83.1 | 73.7 | 93.1 | 119.2 | 140.1 | 214.9 | 191.9 | 162.1 | 163.2 | 138.3 | 128.1 | 1,600.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 28 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 46 | 43 | 39 | 36 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
Famous people from Longnan edit
- Wang Sheng, a Kuomintang general, and in his later life, Taiwan's ambassador to Paraguay
Notes edit
- ^ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ a b c Chen Liang, Another cluster of Tulou in Longnan of Jiangxi bordering Fujian. China Daily. Published on www.whatsonxiamen.com on 2008-07-19
- ^ Knapp, Ronald G. (2000), China's old dwellings, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 275–277, ISBN 0-8248-2214-5
- ^ Huang Hanmin (黄汉民) (2009), 福建土楼-中国传统民居的瑰宝 [Fujian Tulou: a jewel of China's traditional residential architecture], Sanlian Books (三联书店), p. 114, ISBN 9787108031754 (Revised edition)
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
External links edit
- Longnan Official Website (in Chinese)
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