Xunwu County

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Xunwu County (simplified Chinese: 寻乌县; traditional Chinese: 尋烏縣; pinyin: Xúnwū Xiàn) is a county in the far south of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, bordering the provinces of Fujian to the east and Guangdong to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Ganzhou.

Xunwu
寻乌县
Sunwu
Location in Jiangxi
Location in Jiangxi
Coordinates: 24°57′47″N 115°38′49″E / 24.963°N 115.647°E / 24.963; 115.647
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityGanzhou
Area
 • Total2,351 km2 (908 sq mi)
Population
 • Total331,934 (registered population in 2,018)
 • Density141/km2 (370/sq mi)
Postal Code
342200

It was the focus of Mao Zedong's 1930 essay Report from Xunwu which surveyed conditions in the region and related them to Mao's developing theory of Chinese communism.[1]

Administrative divisions edit

Xunwu County has 7 towns and 8 townships.[2]

7 towns
8 townships

Climate edit

Climate data for Xunwu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 27.2
(81.0)
30.3
(86.5)
31.2
(88.2)
33.9
(93.0)
35.1
(95.2)
37.1
(98.8)
38.3
(100.9)
37.8
(100.0)
37.0
(98.6)
35.5
(95.9)
34.4
(93.9)
28.1
(82.6)
38.3
(100.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 15.2
(59.4)
17.2
(63.0)
19.9
(67.8)
24.8
(76.6)
28.3
(82.9)
30.7
(87.3)
32.9
(91.2)
32.6
(90.7)
30.6
(87.1)
27.0
(80.6)
22.4
(72.3)
17.1
(62.8)
24.9
(76.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 9.5
(49.1)
11.8
(53.2)
14.9
(58.8)
19.9
(67.8)
23.4
(74.1)
25.9
(78.6)
27.3
(81.1)
26.8
(80.2)
25.0
(77.0)
21.0
(69.8)
16.2
(61.2)
11.0
(51.8)
19.4
(66.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 5.8
(42.4)
8.2
(46.8)
11.5
(52.7)
16.3
(61.3)
20.0
(68.0)
22.7
(72.9)
23.4
(74.1)
23.2
(73.8)
21.2
(70.2)
16.7
(62.1)
11.8
(53.2)
6.8
(44.2)
15.6
(60.1)
Record low °C (°F) −5.0
(23.0)
−2.4
(27.7)
−2.7
(27.1)
5.1
(41.2)
10.6
(51.1)
14.6
(58.3)
18.0
(64.4)
18.0
(64.4)
11.7
(53.1)
5.2
(41.4)
−1.6
(29.1)
−5.3
(22.5)
−5.3
(22.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 64.6
(2.54)
89.7
(3.53)
167.1
(6.58)
187.7
(7.39)
238.4
(9.39)
264.9
(10.43)
162.3
(6.39)
188.0
(7.40)
100.9
(3.97)
43.4
(1.71)
52.9
(2.08)
48.1
(1.89)
1,608
(63.3)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 8.9 11.4 17.4 16.7 17.3 18.8 15.0 17.1 11.2 5.5 6.8 7.2 153.3
Average snowy days 0.4 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.9
Average relative humidity (%) 76 79 82 82 83 84 80 82 80 74 75 73 79
Mean monthly sunshine hours 110.9 91.2 81.0 94.2 114.4 128.1 206.1 188.2 171.2 172.8 150.3 140.6 1,649
Percent possible sunshine 33 28 22 25 28 31 49 47 47 49 46 43 37
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ Report from Xunwu. Stanford University: Stanford University Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-8047-2182-0.
  2. ^ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.