Lingtai County
Lingtai County
灵台县 | ||
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Postal code 744400 | ||
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Lingtai County (
county in the southeast of Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the south and east. It is under the administration of Pingliang City. Its postal code is 744400, and in 1999 its population was 226,576 people. It was first established in 605 AD.[2]
Lingtai is named after the Lingtai
acupuncture point, since one of the founders of acupuncture, Huangfu Mi, was born in Lingtai. In ancient history it was known as Mixu (密须).[3]
Administrative divisions
Lingtai County is divided to 1 Subdistricts, 9 towns 4 townships and 1 other.[4]
- Subdistricts
- Chengshi residential community (城市社区街道)
- Towns
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- Townships
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- Others
- Wanbaochuan Farm(万宝川农场)
Climate
| Climate data for Lingtai (2000–2020 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) | 15.6 (60.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.8 (96.4) |
38.8 (101.8) |
37.7 (99.9) |
36.7 (98.1) |
34.8 (94.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.3 (86.5) |
28.2 (82.8) |
22.8 (73.0) |
17.6 (63.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
6.3 (43.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.5 (61.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
4.6 (40.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
6.0 (42.8) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
4.6 (40.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.3 (−4.5) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.9 (0.27) |
9.5 (0.37) |
17.3 (0.68) |
31.9 (1.26) |
48.3 (1.90) |
71.9 (2.83) |
120.5 (4.74) |
105.2 (4.14) |
103.3 (4.07) |
46.3 (1.82) |
16.6 (0.65) |
3.9 (0.15) |
581.6 (22.88) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.4 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 96.1 |
| Average snowy days | 6.4 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 22.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
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65 | 65 | 60 | 60 | 66 | 70 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 68 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 150.6 | 147.7 | 192.3 | 209.5 | 218.4 | 213.6 | 205.5 | 169.3 | 119.4 | 127.9 | 147.3 | 159.8 | 2,061.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 48 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 41 | 32 | 37 | 48 | 53 | 46 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
Born in Lingtai
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- Huangfu Mi, author and physician
- Niu Sengru, government official
See also
References
- ^ a b "灵台概况_甘肃·灵台".
- ISBN 978-7-80153-445-3.
- ISBN 978-7-5624-2009-5.
- ^ "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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