Hui County

Hui County

徽县
Hui County 徽县
County
	Hui County railway station
	Huixian Location of the seat in Gansu
	Coordinates: 33°51′54.00″N 106°01′19.20″E / 33.8650000°N 106.0220000°E
Country	China
Province	Gansu
Prefecture-level city	Longnan
County seat	Chengguan
Area
• Total	2,722.9 km2 (1,051.3 sq mi)
Highest elevation (near Jialing Town)	2,504 m (8,215 ft)
Lowest elevation (near Yuguan Township)	704 m (2,310 ft)
Population (2015)
• Total	223,500
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	742300
Website	zwfw.gshxzf.gov.cn/webSite/index.html

Hui County or Huixian (simplified Chinese: 徽县; traditional Chinese: 徽縣; pinyin: Huī Xiàn) is a county under the administration of Longnan City, in the southeast of Gansu Province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the south. The postal code is 742300.^[2]

The population was 209,113 in 1999.^[3]

Administrative divisions

Map including Hui County (labeled as HUI-HSIEN (HWEIHSIEN) (walled) 徽縣) (AMS, 1955)

Hui County is divided into 13 towns and 2 townships:^[4]

Towns

Chengguan (城关镇)
Fujia (伏家镇)
Jiangluo (江洛镇)
Niyang (泥阳镇)

Liulin (柳林镇)
Jialing (嘉陵镇)
Yongning (永宁镇)

-Towns are upgraded from Township.

Yinxingshu (银杏树镇)
Shuiyang (水阳镇)
Lichuan (栗川镇)

Mayanhe (麻沿河镇)
Gaoqiao (高桥镇)
Dahedian (大河店镇)

Townships

Yushu Township (榆树乡)
Yuguan Township (虞关乡)

Climate

Climate data for Huixian, elevation 1,003 m (3,291 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	16.3 (61.3)	21.0 (69.8)	29.9 (85.8)	32.6 (90.7)	34.4 (93.9)	37.8 (100.0)	37.2 (99.0)	37.4 (99.3)	35.9 (96.6)	28.1 (82.6)	22.3 (72.1)	15.8 (60.4)	37.8 (100.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	6.2 (43.2)	9.6 (49.3)	15.1 (59.2)	21.3 (70.3)	24.9 (76.8)	28.2 (82.8)	29.9 (85.8)	28.8 (83.8)	23.2 (73.8)	17.8 (64.0)	12.4 (54.3)	7.2 (45.0)	18.7 (65.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	0.0 (32.0)	3.4 (38.1)	8.3 (46.9)	13.7 (56.7)	17.6 (63.7)	21.4 (70.5)	23.6 (74.5)	22.6 (72.7)	17.8 (64.0)	12.4 (54.3)	6.5 (43.7)	1.0 (33.8)	12.4 (54.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−4.0 (24.8)	−0.9 (30.4)	3.3 (37.9)	7.9 (46.2)	11.9 (53.4)	16.0 (60.8)	18.9 (66.0)	18.3 (64.9)	14.5 (58.1)	9.1 (48.4)	2.8 (37.0)	−2.9 (26.8)	7.9 (46.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−14.3 (6.3)	−10.6 (12.9)	−9.6 (14.7)	−2.3 (27.9)	1.5 (34.7)	6.7 (44.1)	12.4 (54.3)	10.6 (51.1)	4.4 (39.9)	−4.8 (23.4)	−8.8 (16.2)	−16.4 (2.5)	−16.4 (2.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	5.6 (0.22)	9.4 (0.37)	24.0 (0.94)	41.7 (1.64)	68.1 (2.68)	82.5 (3.25)	135.3 (5.33)	126.8 (4.99)	106.7 (4.20)	60.8 (2.39)	19.1 (0.75)	4.9 (0.19)	684.9 (26.95)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	5.4	5.7	8.3	8.8	11.5	11.3	12.8	12.2	14.0	13.2	7.9	4.5	115.6
Average snowy days	8.2	4.6	1.3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	3.8	19.2
Average relative humidity (%)	70	67	66	67	71	73	77	80	85	85	80	74	75
Mean monthly sunshine hours	123.8	106.8	139.8	173.9	192.0	181.2	189.2	178.3	102.8	97.1	103.9	123.0	1,711.8
Percent possible sunshine	39	34	37	44	44	42	43	43	28	28	34	40	38
Source: China Meteorological Administration^[5]^[6]