Luoxi Town (Chinese: 罗溪镇) is a township-level administrative unit under the jurisdiction of Xinbei District, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China.[2] It is located in the province of Jiangsu, in the eastern part of the country, about 96 kilometres (60 mi) east of the provincial capital, Nanjing. As of 2012, it had a recorded population of 47,432.[1] This population consists of 22,698 women and 24,734 men. Children under 15 made up 10.0%, adults 15-64 made up 78%, and seniors over 65 made up 10.0%.[1]

Luoxi Town
罗溪镇
View of Luoxi Town
View of Luoxi Town
Luoxi Town is located in Jiangsu
Luoxi Town
Luoxi Town
Luoxi Town is located in China
Luoxi Town
Luoxi Town
Coordinates: 31°54′15″N 119°48′55″E / 31.90417°N 119.81528°E / 31.90417; 119.81528
Country China
ProvinceJiangsu
CityChangzhou
DistrictXinbei
Elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total47,432[1]
Time zoneUTC+8
Geocode1548359

Geography and climate edit

Luoxi is densely populated, with 1,135 inhabitants per square kilometer recorded in 2016.[3] The nearest larger community is Chunjiang [zh], 17.9 kilometres (11.1 mi) east of Luoxi. The geography around Luoxi consists mostly of agricultural land.[4]

Luoxi has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with hot and wet summers and cold and humid winters. Average annual rainfall is 1,525 millimetres (60.0 in). The wettest month is July, with an average of 289 millimetres (11.4 in) of precipitation, and the driest is January, with 43 millimetres (1.7 in) of precipitation.[5]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c National Bureau of Statistics of China (2012). Feng Nailin (冯乃林) (ed.). 中国2010年人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料. Chinese Statistics. ISBN 9787503766602.
  2. ^ Luoxi Town in Geonames.org (cc-by)
  3. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. 2016-01-30. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. 2016-01-30. Archived from the original on 2016-02-28.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 2016-01-30. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11.