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Shenqiu County (Chinese: 沈丘县; pinyin: Shěnqiū Xiàn) is a county in the east of Henan province, China, bordering Anhui province to the south and east. It is under the administration of Zhoukou City. The county seat is the town of Shenqiu, which is situated on the Ying River, a tributary of the Huai River. This river traverses the county from Zhoukou in the west to the Henan state border with Anhui in the east at Jieshou.

The county includes the two streets, 10 towns, 10 townships. Population is made up of nine (Han, Hui, Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, Zhuang, Daur) ethnic groups. Han ethnic group is the largest comprising more than 956,000 Han.

Administrative divisions

As 2012, this county is divided to 2 subdistricts, 9 towns, 1 ethnic town and 10 townships.[3]

Subdistricts
Towns
Ethnic Towns
Townships

Climate

Climate data for Shenqiu (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.9
(66.0)
25.7
(78.3)
27.6
(81.7)
31.9
(89.4)
37.2
(99.0)
40.2
(104.4)
41.4
(106.5)
39.1
(102.4)
37.4
(99.3)
35.1
(95.2)
28.6
(83.5)
21.0
(69.8)
41.4
(106.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.5
(43.7)
10.0
(50.0)
15.2
(59.4)
21.5
(70.7)
27.1
(80.8)
31.9
(89.4)
32.4
(90.3)
31.2
(88.2)
27.8
(82.0)
22.7
(72.9)
15.1
(59.2)
8.6
(47.5)
20.8
(69.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) 1.3
(34.3)
4.5
(40.1)
9.5
(49.1)
15.6
(60.1)
21.0
(69.8)
25.9
(78.6)
27.7
(81.9)
26.4
(79.5)
22.0
(71.6)
16.5
(61.7)
9.4
(48.9)
3.3
(37.9)
15.3
(59.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −2.5
(27.5)
0.2
(32.4)
4.7
(40.5)
10.2
(50.4)
15.7
(60.3)
20.9
(69.6)
23.9
(75.0)
22.8
(73.0)
17.8
(64.0)
11.9
(53.4)
5.2
(41.4)
−0.6
(30.9)
10.9
(51.5)
Record low °C (°F) −13.5
(7.7)
−13.5
(7.7)
−6.5
(20.3)
−0.9
(30.4)
3.9
(39.0)
11.9
(53.4)
17.1
(62.8)
13.1
(55.6)
7.5
(45.5)
0.4
(32.7)
−7.8
(18.0)
−16.0
(3.2)
−16.0
(3.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 20.8
(0.82)
21.6
(0.85)
38.2
(1.50)
45.3
(1.78)
76.3
(3.00)
128.4
(5.06)
165.2
(6.50)
132.7
(5.22)
74.0
(2.91)
52.9
(2.08)
38.2
(1.50)
17.9
(0.70)
811.5
(31.92)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 5.0 5.8 6.4 6.5 8.7 7.9 11.4 11.0 8.4 7.2 6.5 4.7 89.5
Average snowy days 4.1 2.6 1.2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 1.9 10.7
Average relative humidity (%) 71 69 70 73 73 70 81 84 79 73 73 71 74
Mean monthly sunshine hours 121.7 125.2 161.0 192.4 198.6 180.0 186.5 170.0 150.5 152.8 138.6 128.7 1,906
Percent possible sunshine 38 40 43 49 46 42 43 41 41 44 45 42 43
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]

References

  1. ^ 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  2. ^ 最新人口信息 www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). hongheiku. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  3. ^ 周口市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.


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