Enping
Enping
恩平市 Yanping | |
|---|---|
China Standard ) |
| Enping | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Ēnpíng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Jan1-ping4 |
Enping,
.Enping administers an area of 1,698 km2 (656 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 460,000 in 2005. Its
hot springs
.
Geography
Enping is located in southwest Guangdong, at the western edge of the Pearl River Delta and beside the South China Sea. Enping borders Kaiping to the northeast and Yangjing to the southwest.
History
Enping County was established in AD 220. Under the
World Wars, with the largest batch leaving at the end of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1970s. Enping was made a county-level city in 1994. The Enping financial crisis
later in the decade led to a massive scandal and the loss of financial services in the city.
Administrative divisions
Enping comprises 10 towns, 3 sub-district offices, 4 farms and stations, and 174 village neighborhood committees.
| Name | S ) |
Hanyu Pinyin |
Population (2010)[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encheng Subdistrict | 恩城街道 | Ēnchéng Jiēdào | 197,788 |
| Hengbei town | 横陂镇 | Héngbēi Zhèn | 31,694 |
| Shengtang town | 圣堂镇 | Shèngtáng Zhèn | 25,038 |
| Liangxi town | 良西镇 | Liángxī Zhèn | 20,091 |
| Shahu town | 沙湖镇 | Shāhú Zhèn | 56,217 |
| Niujiang town | 牛江镇 | Niújiāng Zhèn | 23,430 |
| Juntang town | 君堂镇 | Jūntáng Zhèn | 46,475 |
| Datian town | 大田镇 | Dàtián Zhèn | 27,943 |
| Naji town | 那吉镇 | Nàjí Zhèn | 19,384 |
| Dahuai town | 大槐镇 | Dàhuái Zhèn | 18,625 |
| Dongcheng town | 东成镇 | Dōngchéng Zhèn | 26,129 |
Climate
| Climate data for Enping (1991–2013 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.5 (83.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.3 (86.5) |
34.7 (94.5) |
34.9 (94.8) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.2 (102.6) |
37.8 (100.0) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.5 (95.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
29.8 (85.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
27.1 (80.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.7 (58.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.2 (39.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
10.6 (51.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 57.4 (2.26) |
63.5 (2.50) |
98.3 (3.87) |
244.5 (9.63) |
383.2 (15.09) |
513.5 (20.22) |
375.1 (14.77) |
370.3 (14.58) |
264.2 (10.40) |
85.6 (3.37) |
47.3 (1.86) |
37.5 (1.48) |
2,540.4 (100.03) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.2 | 11.2 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 19.3 | 22.1 | 20.3 | 18.2 | 14.2 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 163.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
74 | 80 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 105.8 | 79.3 | 61.7 | 79.6 | 125.9 | 150.2 | 189.7 | 175.8 | 163.1 | 179.5 | 153.7 | 137.3 | 1,601.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 31 | 25 | 17 | 21 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 44 | 45 | 50 | 47 | 41 | 36 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
Enping is a part of the
Xinhui
, Enping and Taishan.
Notable people
- Ekin Cheng: Hong Kong actor and singer
- Katherine Sui Fun Cheung: First Asian American woman aviator
- Feng Ru: pioneering Chinese aviator and aircraft designer
- Douglas Jung: Canadian politician and member of the Canadian Parliament
- Peter T. Poon: Renowned Chinese American space scientist
- Harry Shum Jr.: Costa Rica-born American actor and dancer
- John Shum: Hong Kong film producer and political activist
- Tang Wensheng: America-born Chinese diplomat
Notes
References
Citations
- ^ a b Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
- ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. XV (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Gutzlaff (1838), p. 527.
- ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link - ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
Bibliography
- Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, ISBN 9780415243971, reprinted 2000.
- Gutzlaff, Charles (1838), China Opened, or, A Display of the Topography, History, Customs, Manners, Arts, Manufactures, Commerce, Literature, Religion, Jurisprudence, Etc. of the Chinese Empire, Vol. II, London: Smith, Elder, & Co..