Fengcheng
凤城市 | |
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Coordinates: 40°27′N 124°04′E / 40.450°N 124.067°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Liaoning |
Prefecture-level city | Dandong |
Area | |
• County-level city | 5,515.0 km2 (2,129.4 sq mi) |
• Urban | 329.33 km2 (127.16 sq mi) |
Population (2017)
[1] | |
• County-level city | 580,000 |
• Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
• Urban | 195,700 |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Fengcheng ( simplified Chinese: 凤城; traditional Chinese: 鳳城; pinyin: Fèngchéng; lit. 'Phoenix City') is a city in the southeast of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Administratively, it is a county-level city under the administration of Dandong, the downtown of which lies 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of the city.
Formally known as the Fengcheng Manchu Autonomous County, its city status (a county-level city) was approved in 1994.[ citation needed]
There are three subdistricts, 18 town, and one ethnic township under the city's administration. [2]
Subdistricts:
Towns:
The only township is Dabao Mongol Ethnic Township (大堡蒙古族乡)
Climate data for Fengcheng (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) | 9.4 (48.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.3 (99.1) |
36.9 (98.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
37.3 (99.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.1 (15.6) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
8.6 (47.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.4 (6.1) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
4.3 (39.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −31.4 (−24.5) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
0.8 (33.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−20.5 (−4.9) |
−27.5 (−17.5) |
−31.4 (−24.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.9 (0.23) |
13.4 (0.53) |
19.4 (0.76) |
48.2 (1.90) |
74.7 (2.94) |
110.5 (4.35) |
218.4 (8.60) |
275.7 (10.85) |
72.0 (2.83) |
53.3 (2.10) |
32.3 (1.27) |
12.6 (0.50) |
936.4 (36.86) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 12.9 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 96.4 |
Average snowy days | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 26.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 67 | 78 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 70 | 65 | 63 | 68 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 195.3 | 193.4 | 230.7 | 230.8 | 253.1 | 202.0 | 163.8 | 206.6 | 227.5 | 210.4 | 168.9 | 169.8 | 2,452.3 |
Percent possible sunshine | 65 | 64 | 62 | 58 | 57 | 45 | 36 | 49 | 62 | 62 | 57 | 59 | 56 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration [3] [4] |