Jiangyong County (simplified Chinese: 江永县; traditional Chinese: 江永縣; pinyin: Jiāngyǒng Xiàn) is a county of Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Yongzhou prefecture-level City.
Located on the south margin of the province, it is bordered on the west by Guangxi. The county is bordered to the northeast by Dao County, to the southeast by Jianghua County, to the south by Fuchuan County of Guangxi, to the west by Gongcheng County of Guangxi, to the south by Guanyang County of Guangxi. Jiangyong County covers 1,627 km2 (628 sq mi), as of 2015, It had a registered population of 278,715 and a permanent resident population of 240,900. The county has 6 towns and four ethnic townships under its jurisdiction, the county seat is Xiaopu Town (潇浦镇).
Nüshu script is a local script understood only by women in Jiangyong County.
Township-level divisions
Jiangyong County administratively governs 6 towns and four ethnic townships:
6 towns- Cushijiang (粗石江镇)
- Huilongyu (回龙圩镇)
- Shangjiangyu (上江圩镇)
- Taochuan (桃川镇)
- Xiacengpu (夏层铺镇)
- Xiaopu (潇浦镇)
- Yao Lanxi (兰溪瑶族乡)
- Yao Qianjiadong (千家峒瑶族乡)
- Yao Songbai (松柏瑶族乡)
- Yao Yuankou (源口瑶族乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Jiangyong, elevation 269 m (883 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) | 26.0(78.8) | 31.2(88.2) | 32.6(90.7) | 33.9(93.0) | 34.6(94.3) | 36.9(98.4) | 38.7(101.7) | 39.6(103.3) | 37.8(100.0) | 36.5(97.7) | 32.4(90.3) | 26.9(80.4) | 39.6(103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.3(52.3) | 14.0(57.2) | 17.3(63.1) | 23.4(74.1) | 27.6(81.7) | 30.3(86.5) | 32.7(90.9) | 32.8(91.0) | 30.0(86.0) | 25.4(77.7) | 20.1(68.2) | 14.3(57.7) | 23.3(73.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.4(45.3) | 9.9(49.8) | 13.3(55.9) | 19.0(66.2) | 23.2(73.8) | 26.1(79.0) | 27.7(81.9) | 27.4(81.3) | 24.8(76.6) | 20.2(68.4) | 14.8(58.6) | 9.4(48.9) | 18.6(65.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.6(40.3) | 7.0(44.6) | 10.5(50.9) | 15.7(60.3) | 19.9(67.8) | 23.0(73.4) | 24.1(75.4) | 23.6(74.5) | 21.0(69.8) | 16.2(61.2) | 10.8(51.4) | 5.8(42.4) | 15.2(59.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.9(21.4) | −3.5(25.7) | −2.7(27.1) | 2.9(37.2) | 9.2(48.6) | 13.1(55.6) | 16.5(61.7) | 18.0(64.4) | 11.3(52.3) | 2.4(36.3) | −1.3(29.7) | −7.7(18.1) | −7.7(18.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78.9(3.11) | 85.7(3.37) | 160.8(6.33) | 214.1(8.43) | 256.5(10.10) | 255.1(10.04) | 154.8(6.09) | 139.6(5.50) | 61.4(2.42) | 61.1(2.41) | 72.9(2.87) | 54.7(2.15) | 1,595.6(62.82) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.5 | 12.9 | 18.5 | 17.0 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 13.9 | 13.4 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 158.6 |
| Average snowy days | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 81 | 80 | 77 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 59.4 | 53.1 | 54.8 | 77.2 | 106.9 | 123.1 | 199.9 | 195.2 | 164.6 | 144.2 | 120.3 | 100.1 | 1,398.8 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 18 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 48 | 49 | 45 | 41 | 37 | 31 | 31 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration34 | |||||||||||||
External links
References
the population of Jiangyong County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Jiangyong County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年江永县国民经济和社会发展统计公报): yztj.gov.cn Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine or jiangyong.gov.cn Archived 2016-10-14 at the Wayback Machine http://www.yztj.gov.cn/content/?3168.html ↩
the divisions of Jiangyong County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Jiangyong County on November 12, 2015 - 《湖南省民政厅关于同意江永县乡镇区划调整方案的批复》(湘民行发〔2015〕21号): rednet.cn Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, also see 《湖南省乡镇区划调整改革109个县市区批复方案》: people.com Archived 2017-04-07 at the Wayback Machine or xinhuanet.com http://hn.rednet.cn/c/2015/12/04/3855919.htm ↩
中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 11 June 2023. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data ↩
中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023. 中国气象数据网 ↩