Baokang County
Baokang County
Paokang | |
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![]() Baokang County | |
Coordinates: 31°43′N 111°11′E / 31.717°N 111.183°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hubei |
Prefecture-level city | Xiangyang |
Area | |
• Total | 3,225 km2 (1,245 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 254,596 |
• Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | baokang |
Baokang County (simplified Chinese:
Administrative divisions
[edit]- Chengguan (
城 关镇), Huangbao[citation needed][2] (黄 堡镇), Houping (后 坪 镇), Longping (龙坪镇), Dianya (店 垭镇), Maliang (马良镇), Xiema (歇马镇), Maqiao (马桥镇), Siping (寺坪 镇), Guoduwan (过渡湾 镇)
The only township is Liangyu Township (两峪乡)
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Baokang, elevation 328 m (1,076 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
37.0 (98.6) |
40.0 (104.0) |
40.5 (104.9) |
41.2 (106.2) |
40.6 (105.1) |
41.6 (106.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.6 (85.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
41.6 (106.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.5 (63.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
27.6 (81.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.6 (88.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
21.9 (71.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
5.9 (42.6) |
11.2 (52.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
12.4 (54.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
1.2 (34.2) |
11.4 (52.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −7.4 (18.7) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.6 (60.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.0 (0.55) |
20.7 (0.81) |
43.5 (1.71) |
63.9 (2.52) |
105.6 (4.16) |
109.1 (4.30) |
154.1 (6.07) |
177.9 (7.00) |
83.8 (3.30) |
71.2 (2.80) |
38.1 (1.50) |
13.3 (0.52) |
895.2 (35.24) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.8 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 127.3 |
Average snowy days | 6.1 | 4.5 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 16.2 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 74 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 101.3 | 97.4 | 126.9 | 148.7 | 155.7 | 150.2 | 161.9 | 154.7 | 118.1 | 110.5 | 107.6 | 108.4 | 1,541.4 |
Percent possible sunshine | 32 | 31 | 34 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] |
Regional Specialty
[edit]Crepe Myrtle
[edit]Native in the mountains, Crepe Myrtle is named as the official flower for the county. Crepe Myrtle in Baokang is known for its varieties and long history. Baokang county has six species of Crepe Myrtle. Some are more than 1000 years old.
Hotsprings
[edit]Mineral Resources
[edit]Baokang County has great volume of mineral resources. Twenty four types of mineral resources have been discovered in its area, twelve of which the potential volume of them were determined. Metal mineral resources in this area include iron, manganese, vanadium, copper, lead and zinc, multi-metal, and alumina. Non-metal mineral resources include phosphorus, coal, sulfur, calcite, rock crystal, barite, and fluorite.
Wood Ear
[edit]Wood ear, sometimes also called Jews ear, is a type of fungus that grow on logs and wet ground. Baokang county is known for its high quality product of both black wood ear and white wood ear.
Wild Calyx Canthus
[edit]Wild Flower Valley Natural Scenic Area is located north of Baokang County, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the county seat, is the first bloom of a wild nature reserve's core area, is also found in the Old World the only place where a large bloom life. Baokang bloom is the first in the 4th century legacy of the ancient glaciers of wild plant communities, as can be a huge title of "biological gene pool." Valley is a wild stretch of 20 kilometers of the valley, the growth of more than 20 million trees over 800 hectares of Port Hope, yellow, red, purple core, sandalwood and other rare species of bloom, most of them have more than a century old, each to the end of the year, confrontation between the competing wild plum folder put, from afar, from top to bottom overlap, according to Yin Yingyang, fluffy snow, like the swirling clouds. The world's rare species of wild peony, Rhododendron, Taxus, and other rare plants throughout the valley, cherish the nobile, Paris polyphylla, and a hundred species of rare medicinal plants.
External links
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保 康 县历史 沿革 [Baokang County Historical Development].行政 区 划网站 www.xzqh.org (in Chinese).行政 区 划网站/区 划地名 网站 (Administrative Divisions Web/District Geographic Names Web). 6 August 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.1996
年 ,保 康 县面积3225平方 千 米 ,{...}2010年 第 六 次 人口 普 查,保 康 县常住 总人口 其中:254596人 ,城 关镇55047人 ,黄 堡镇21649人 ,后 坪 镇9868人 ,龙坪镇8888人 ,店 垭镇14271人 ,马良镇30986人 ,歇马镇42752人 ,马桥镇28034人 ,寺坪 镇24539人 ,过渡湾 镇9498人 ,两峪乡9064人 。 - ^ a b
行政 区 划 [Administrative Divisions].保 康 县人民 政府 (in Chinese).保 康 县人民 政府 ,保 康 县政府 办公室 , 县政府政 务公开办公 室 . 29 August 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.保 康 县辖城 关、黄 堡、后 坪 、龙坪、马良、店 垭、歇马、马桥、寺坪 、过渡湾 10个镇和 1个两峪乡,共 257个行政 村 。{...}黄 堡因早年 黄 姓 在 此布防 建 堡而得 名 。 - ^ 2018
年 统计用 区 划代码和城 乡划分 代 码:保 康 县 [2018 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Baokang County]. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.统计
用 区 划代码名称 420626100000城 关镇 420626101000黄 堡镇 420626102000后 坪 镇 420626103000 龙坪镇 420626104000店 垭镇 420626105000 马良镇 420626106000 歇马镇 420626107000 马桥镇 420626108000寺坪 镇 420626109000 过渡湾 镇 420626200000 两峪乡 420626400000湖 北 保 康 经济开发区 管理 委 员会 - ^
中国 气象数 据 网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 23 September 2023. - ^
中国 气象数 据 网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 23 September 2023.