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DeutschKeshan County
Keshan County 克山县 | |
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 Keshan in Qiqihar | |
.png) Qiqihar in Heilongjiang | |
| Coordinates: 48°02′13″N 125°52′34″E / 48.037°N 125.876°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Qiqihar |
| Township-level divisions | 2 towns 9 townships |
| County seat | Keshan (克山镇) |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,632 km2 (1,402 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 223 m (732 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 460,000 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 161610 |
Keshan (Chinese: 克山; pinyin: Kèshān) is a county in western Heilongjiang province, China, about 100 km (62 mi) northeast of Qiqihar, which administers it. It is named from a city-shaped extinct volcano, which has a name of Erkeshan in its territory. Its total area is 3,632 square kilometres (1,402 sq mi), with a population of 460,000.[when?] Post Code: 161610. The seat of Keshan County is located in Keshan Town.
Geography and climate
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Keshan has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa/Dwb), with long, bitterly cold, but dry winters, and humid, very warm summers. The monthly daily mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is −21.4 °C (−6.5 °F), and July, the warmest month, averages 22.0 °C (71.6 °F), with an average annual temperature +2.27 °C (36.1 °F). A majority of the annual precipitation falls in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 54% in July to 71% in February, sunshine is abundant and the area receives 2,710 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Keshan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) | 7.2 (45.0) | 19.8 (67.6) | 28.4 (83.1) | 34.8 (94.6) | 38.7 (101.7) | 37.1 (98.8) | 35.5 (95.9) | 33.4 (92.1) | 25.7 (78.3) | 13.3 (55.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 38.7 (101.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −15.8 (3.6) | −9.8 (14.4) | 0.2 (32.4) | 11.7 (53.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 25.6 (78.1) | 27.3 (81.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 10.1 (50.2) | −3.5 (25.7) | −14.1 (6.6) | 8.1 (46.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −21.0 (−5.8) | −16.0 (3.2) | −5.6 (21.9) | 5.7 (42.3) | 14.1 (57.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 13.8 (56.8) | 4.3 (39.7) | −8.5 (16.7) | −18.8 (−1.8) | 2.5 (36.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −25.6 (−14.1) | −21.6 (−6.9) | −11.4 (11.5) | −0.3 (31.5) | 7.7 (45.9) | 14.3 (57.7) | 17.8 (64.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 8.3 (46.9) | −0.6 (30.9) | −12.8 (9.0) | −23.0 (−9.4) | −2.6 (27.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42.4 (−44.3) | −37.8 (−36.0) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −15.0 (5.0) | −7.3 (18.9) | 1.5 (34.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 4.5 (40.1) | −6.1 (21.0) | −18.5 (−1.3) | −31.1 (−24.0) | −37.5 (−35.5) | −42.4 (−44.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.4 (0.13) | 3.3 (0.13) | 6.6 (0.26) | 21.1 (0.83) | 37.5 (1.48) | 96.3 (3.79) | 156.7 (6.17) | 118.8 (4.68) | 60.7 (2.39) | 20.0 (0.79) | 7.8 (0.31) | 5.6 (0.22) | 537.8 (21.18) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 96.3 |
| Average snowy days | 8.1 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 46.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 68 | 57 | 49 | 50 | 63 | 75 | 77 | 67 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 168.2 | 202.0 | 247.6 | 235.5 | 252.2 | 249.0 | 241.8 | 236.5 | 231.6 | 204.0 | 170.0 | 150.2 | 2,588.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 61 | 69 | 67 | 57 | 54 | 52 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 59 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[3] | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
[edit]There are seven towns and eight townships in the county:[4][5]
Towns:
- Keshan (克山镇), Beixing (北兴镇), Xicheng (西城镇), Gucheng (古城镇), Beilian (北联镇), Xihe (西河镇), Shuanghe (双河镇)
Townships:
- Henan Township (河南乡), Hebei Township (河北乡), Gubei Township (古北乡), Xilian Township (西联乡), Fazhan Township (发展乡), Xijian Township (西建乡), Xianghua Township (向华乡), Shuguang Township (曙光乡)
References
[edit]- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ 克山 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：克山县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
- ^ "国家统计局 2019" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
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