Lingshui
陵水县 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
.png) Location in Hainan | |
  Lingshui Location of the seat in Hainan | |
| Coordinates: 18°30′22″N 110°02′15″E / 18.5060°N 110.0375°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 318,691 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 ( China standard time) |
Língshuǐ Li Autonomous County is an autonomous county in Hainan, China. It is one of the six autonomous counties of Hainan with a postal code of 572400, and in 1999 a population of 318,691, largely made up of the Li people. Notably the beautiful Niuling (牛岭) mountain delimits the tropical area of the county. A well-known natural sight, part of the Chinese Riviera is Xiangshuiwan or Perfume bay (香水湾). Monkey Island, a popular tourist destination located in Lingshui County, is a state-protected nature reserve for macaques. Lingshui is also home to the military base where a U.S. airplane crew were held during the Hainan Island incident in 2001. In September 2010, officials signed and scheduled the construction of the largest sea world theme park in Asia. [1] The Lingshui Li'an Harbor Ocean Theme Park signing ceremony took place at the Narada Resort in Perfume Bay [2] and the opening is planned for 2013. [3]
Climate
Lingshui has a tropical wet and dry climate ( Köppen Aw).The average high temperature in the coldest month is 25℃(77°F),Cold waves are rare, and the Diaoluoshan National Nature Reserve in the territory is home to China's lowland rainforest.
| Climate data for Lingshui (1991−2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.9 (76.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
30.4 (86.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.9 (85.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
29.4 (85.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
24.3 (75.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.4 (77.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.1 (0.63) |
18.4 (0.72) |
30.3 (1.19) |
80.2 (3.16) |
153.2 (6.03) |
218.4 (8.60) |
291.8 (11.49) |
211.9 (8.34) |
324.0 (12.76) |
321.4 (12.65) |
84.1 (3.31) |
33.5 (1.32) |
1,783.3 (70.2) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 13.6 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.8 | 17.8 | 14.0 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 130.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 79 | 76 | 74 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 160.2 | 144.0 | 161.0 | 191.7 | 220.2 | 203.3 | 210.2 | 203.5 | 174.2 | 175.4 | 160.3 | 147.0 | 2,151 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 46 | 44 | 43 | 51 | 55 | 51 | 52 | 52 | 48 | 49 | 48 | 43 | 49 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration [4] [5] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Gambling Sites – Best Online Gambling Sites". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ "First signs of the trend in developing Hainan theme parks". Haikou Municipal Government. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ "Hainan will build the next ten years theme park (Figure) -- China daily". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ 1991-2020 normals "Climate averages from 1991 to 2020". China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023.
- ^ 1981-2010 extremes 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
External links
- 美丽陵水 [Official Website – Beautiful Lingshui] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
Hainan topics | |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Geography | |
| Flora and fauna | |
| Media | |
| Transportation | |
| Education | |
| Demographics | |
| Buildings and structures | |
| Cuisine | |
| Visitor attractions | |
County-level divisions of Hainan | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Prefecture-level cities |
|  | ||||||||||||||||
| Provincial administered |
| |||||||||||||||||
 | This Hainan location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |