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Pingtang County

Coordinates: 25°49′21″N 107°19′21″E / 25.8224°N 107.3226°E / 25.8224; 107.3226
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Pingtang County
平ひら塘县
County
Pingtang is located in Guizhou
Pingtang
Pingtang
Location of the seat in Guizhou
Pingtang is located in Southwest China
Pingtang
Pingtang
Pingtang (Southwest China)
Coordinates (Pingtang County government): 25°49′21″N 107°19′21″E / 25.8224°N 107.3226°E / 25.8224; 107.3226
CountryChina
ProvinceGuizhou
Autonomous prefectureQiannan
County seatJinpen
Area
 • Total2,799.08 km2 (1,080.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total228,377
 • Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Pingtang County (Chinese: 平ひらた塘县; pinyin: Píngtáng Xiàn) is a county in the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It is a high mountain valley and is inhabited mainly by members of the Buyei and Miao ethnic minorities, who together make up 55% of the county's population.[1]

The county's area is 2,799.08 square km and at the 2010 Census its population was 228,560. The county's government is based in the town of Pinghu.

The Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is located in the southwestern part of Pingtan County, near its Kedu and Tangbian Towns and Dongjia Township of the adjacent Luodian County.

Administrative divisions

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Pingtang County is divided into 1 subdistrict, 9 towns and 1 ethnic township:[2]

subdistrict
  • Jinpen Subdistrict 金きん盆ぼん街道かいどう
towns
  • Pingzhou Town 平ひら舟ふね镇
  • Yazhou Town 牙きば舟ぶね镇
  • Tongzhou Town 通どおり州しゅう镇
  • Datang Town 大だい塘镇
  • Kedu Town 克かつ度ど镇
  • Tangbian Town 塘边镇
  • Jiacha Town 甲かぶと茶ちゃ镇
  • Zhemi Town 者しゃ密みつ镇
  • Zhangbu Town 掌てのひら布ぬの镇
ethnic township
  • Kapu Maonan Ethnic Township 卡蒲毛げ南みなみ族ぞく乡

Curiosities

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Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope

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Main article: Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
FAST radio telescope

The world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope, Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is located in the Dawodang, a natural sinkhole in Pingtang.

Climate

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Climate data for Pingtang, elevation 709 m (2,326 ft), (1991–2014 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 24.6
(76.3) 		32.2
(90.0) 		32.8
(91.0) 		35.4
(95.7) 		34.9
(94.8) 		34.2
(93.6) 		36.1
(97.0) 		36.6
(97.9) 		35.8
(96.4) 		33.5
(92.3) 		30.3
(86.5) 		27.9
(82.2) 		36.6
(97.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 10.8
(51.4) 		14.2
(57.6) 		18.2
(64.8) 		23.6
(74.5) 		26.7
(80.1) 		28.7
(83.7) 		30.3
(86.5) 		30.6
(87.1) 		28.3
(82.9) 		23.3
(73.9) 		19.3
(66.7) 		13.9
(57.0) 		22.3
(72.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.6
(43.9) 		9.5
(49.1) 		13.0
(55.4) 		18.3
(64.9) 		21.7
(71.1) 		24.1
(75.4) 		25.3
(77.5) 		24.8
(76.6) 		22.2
(72.0) 		18.0
(64.4) 		13.6
(56.5) 		8.8
(47.8) 		17.2
(62.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 3.9
(39.0) 		6.4
(43.5) 		9.6
(49.3) 		14.5
(58.1) 		18.0
(64.4) 		21.0
(69.8) 		22.1
(71.8) 		21.2
(70.2) 		18.3
(64.9) 		14.7
(58.5) 		10.1
(50.2) 		5.6
(42.1) 		13.8
(56.8)
Record low °C (°F) −4.0
(24.8) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		−1.7
(28.9) 		2.4
(36.3) 		6.8
(44.2) 		12.5
(54.5) 		13.8
(56.8) 		15.1
(59.2) 		10.0
(50.0) 		4.9
(40.8) 		−1.2
(29.8) 		−5.1
(22.8) 		−5.1
(22.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 24.7
(0.97) 		29.2
(1.15) 		54.2
(2.13) 		95.7
(3.77) 		201.8
(7.94) 		217.0
(8.54) 		202.8
(7.98) 		104
(4.1) 		79.6
(3.13) 		72.2
(2.84) 		42.6
(1.68) 		22.7
(0.89) 		1,146.5
(45.12)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 11.3 11.3 14.2 15.5 16.3 17.0 17.2 12.7 9.9 11.2 9.1 8.9 154.6
Average snowy days 1.9 0.8 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 3.3
Average relative humidity (%) 77 76 76 77 77 81 81 81 79 79 78 75 78
Mean monthly sunshine hours 45.4 57.0 76.3 104.4 123.2 106.8 156.2 177.1 142.6 96.9 91.7 67.3 1,244.9
Percent possible sunshine 14 18 20 27 30 26 37 44 39 27 28 21 28
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Kuang MG (July 1986). "[Develop family planning work based on the reality of minority regions]". Renkou Yanjiu (in Simplified Chinese) (4): 40–1. PMID 12159294.
  2. ^ 2023年ねん统计用よう区く划代码和城じょう乡划分ぶん代だい码：平ひら塘县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
  3. ^ 中国ちゅうごく气象数すう据すえ网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. ^ 中国ちゅうごく气象数すう据すえ网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
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