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Benniu Town
奔牛镇
View of Benniu Town
View of Benniu Town
Country  China
Province Jiangsu
City Changzhou
District Xinbei
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total63,928 [1]
Time zone UTC+8
Geocode 1816428

Benniu ( Chinese: 奔牛镇) is a township-level administrative unit under the jurisdiction of Xinbei District, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China. [2] It is located in the province of Jiangsu, in the eastern part of the country, about 98 kilometres (61 mi) east of the provincial capital, Nanjing. The number of inhabitants is 63,928. [1] The population consists of 31,525 women and 32,403 men. Children under 15 make up 9%, adults 15-64 make up 79%, and seniors over 65 make up 10%. [1]

Geography and climate

Around Benniu, it is densely populated, with 1,135 inhabitants per square kilometer. [3] The nearest larger community is Changzhou, 16.7 kilometres (10.4 mi) southeast of Benniu. The area around Benniu consists mostly of agricultural land. [4]

Benniu has a humid subtropical climate ( Köppen: Cfa) with hot and wet summers and cold and humid winters. Average annual rainfall [ de] is 1,525 millimetres (60.0 in). The rainiest month is July, with an average of 289 millimetres (11.4 in) of precipitation , and the driest is January, with 43 millimetres (1.7 in) of precipitation. [5]

Climate data for Benniu
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 70
(21)
80
(27)
88
(31)
94
(34)
96
(36)
99
(37)
103
(39)
103
(39)
101
(38)
90
(32)
85
(29)
72
(22)
103
(39)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 45.9
(7.7)
50.1
(10.1)
57.8
(14.3)
67.7
(19.8)
79.0
(26.1)
84.2
(29.0)
88.5
(31.4)
87.9
(31.1)
81.0
(27.2)
72.2
(22.3)
60.9
(16.1)
51.7
(10.9)
68.9
(20.5)
Daily mean °F (°C) 38.8
(3.8)
42.2
(5.7)
49.7
(9.8)
59.8
(15.4)
70.7
(21.5)
77.9
(25.5)
82.8
(28.2)
82.3
(27.9)
74.5
(23.6)
65.2
(18.4)
54.1
(12.3)
43.6
(6.4)
61.8
(16.6)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 31.8
(−0.1)
34.2
(1.2)
41.5
(5.3)
51.8
(11.0)
62.3
(16.8)
71.6
(22.0)
77.0
(25.0)
76.7
(24.8)
68.1
(20.1)
58.0
(14.4)
47.3
(8.5)
35.6
(2.0)
54.7
(12.6)
Record low °F (°C) 3
(−16)
6
(−14)
17
(−8)
30
(−1)
40
(4)
54
(12)
62
(17)
63
(17)
50
(10)
36
(2)
23
(−5)
−10
(−23)
−10
(−23)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 1.70
(43)
6.20
(157)
3.90
(99)
5.60
(142)
5.40
(137)
5.20
(132)
11.00
(279)
7.70
(196)
3.70
(94)
4.10
(104)
3.40
(86)
1.90
(48)
59.80
(1,519)
Source: NASA [5]

Transport

Benniu Town currently has a railway station that is being put into use, which is Benniu Railway Station [ zh]; [6] there is also a station named Benniu East railway station under construction. [7] [8] In addition, Benniu Town is also the location of Changzhou Benniu International Airport. [9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "《中国2010年人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料》xls". baidu.com. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2016-04-23.
  2. ^ Benniu Town in Geonames.org (cc-by)
  3. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. 2016-01-30. Archived from the original on 2016-02-09.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. 2016-01-30. Archived from the original on 2016-02-28.
  5. ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 2016-01-30. Archived from the original on 2019-04-19.
  6. ^ 铁道部电子计算技术中心, 铁道部运输局 (1998). 铁路车站站名代码表:TMIS使用. 北京: 中国铁道出版社. p. 60. ISBN  9787113030995.
  7. ^ "沪宁城际铁路今年将正式动工". Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2011-12-02.
  8. ^ "沪宁城际铁路7月1日开工". Archived from the original on 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  9. ^ "2015年民航机场吞吐量排名" (in Chinese (China)). Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2016-07-17.