Zhangping (Chinese: 漳平; pinyin: Zhāngpíng; POJ: Chiang-pêng) is a county-level city in the southwest of Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Longyan.
Transport
Zhangping is a rail hub in southwestern Fujian, where the Yingtan–Xiamen Railway, Zhangping–Longchuan, and Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo Railways converge.
Climate
| Climate data for Zhangping, elevation 239 m (784 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) | 29.1(84.4) | 34.5(94.1) | 34.4(93.9) | 36.5(97.7) | 37.7(99.9) | 38.7(101.7) | 41.2(106.2) | 40.0(104.0) | 38.3(100.9) | 36.5(97.7) | 36.5(97.7) | 29.9(85.8) | 41.2(106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.4(65.1) | 19.9(67.8) | 22.4(72.3) | 26.8(80.2) | 29.8(85.6) | 32.1(89.8) | 34.7(94.5) | 34.2(93.6) | 32.2(90.0) | 28.8(83.8) | 24.6(76.3) | 19.7(67.5) | 27.0(80.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.2(54.0) | 14.1(57.4) | 16.9(62.4) | 21.1(70.0) | 24.3(75.7) | 26.6(79.9) | 28.3(82.9) | 27.8(82.0) | 26.1(79.0) | 22.4(72.3) | 18.0(64.4) | 13.1(55.6) | 20.9(69.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.4(47.1) | 10.3(50.5) | 13.1(55.6) | 17.2(63.0) | 20.5(68.9) | 23.2(73.8) | 24.0(75.2) | 24.0(75.2) | 22.3(72.1) | 18.0(64.4) | 13.7(56.7) | 9.1(48.4) | 17.0(62.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.2(26.2) | −1.7(28.9) | −1.3(29.7) | 7.2(45.0) | 11.5(52.7) | 15.0(59.0) | 19.0(66.2) | 19.1(66.4) | 14.5(58.1) | 6.1(43.0) | −0.3(31.5) | −5.4(22.3) | −5.4(22.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61.5(2.42) | 87.3(3.44) | 159.4(6.28) | 158.0(6.22) | 217.2(8.55) | 256.0(10.08) | 136.5(5.37) | 192.8(7.59) | 123.3(4.85) | 48.9(1.93) | 44.3(1.74) | 46.3(1.82) | 1,531.5(60.29) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.8 | 11.8 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 15.9 | 11.4 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 148.6 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 75 | 78 | 76 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 109.4 | 95.9 | 95.9 | 111.3 | 123.8 | 130.1 | 201.8 | 182.7 | 162.9 | 163.3 | 133.8 | 122.0 | 1,632.9 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 33 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 41 | 37 | 37 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration12 | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
- Jingcheng Subdistrict (菁城街道), Guilin Subdistrict (桂林街道)
Towns:
- Xinqiao (新桥镇), Yongfu (永福镇), Xinan (溪南镇), Shuangyang (双洋镇), Heping (和平镇), Gongqiao (拱桥镇), Xianghu (象湖镇), Chishui (赤水镇)
Townships:
- Luzhi Township (芦芝乡), Xiyuan Township (西园乡), Nanyang Township (南洋乡), Guantian Township (官田乡), Wuci Township (吾祠乡), Lingdi Township (灵地乡)
Qihe Cave site
The Qihe Cave site [zh] is located in a karst cave in Zaotou Village (灶头村), Xianghu (象湖镇). Beginning from 2008, archaeological excavations have unearthed human fossils and human-made artefacts from a cultural layer that spans from ca. 15,000–5000 BCE.4
References
中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 23 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 23 June 2023. 中国气象数据网 ↩
"龙岩市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24. http://www.xzqh.org/html/list/155.html ↩
Wu, Xiujie; Fan, Xuechun; Li, Shiming; Gao, Xing; Zhang, Yameng; Fang, Yuan; Zhou, Aqiang; Chen, Jun (2014). "The Early Neolithic Human Skull from the Qihe Cave, Zhangping, Fujian". Acta Anthropologica Sinica. 33 (4): 448–459. https://www.anthropol.ac.cn/EN/Y2014/V33/I04/448 ↩