Pingxiang, Guangxi

Coordinates: 22°05′38″N 106°45′58″E / 22.094°N 106.766°E / 22.094; 106.766
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Pingxiang
凭祥市 · Bingzsiengz Si
China Standard
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Pingxiang, Guangxi
Chinese name
1957 orthography
Biŋƨsieŋƨ Si

Pingxiang (凭祥市) is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chongzuo, in the southwest of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.

Situation

The city covers an area of 650 km2 (250 sq mi). It is bordered in the north by

Lạng Sơn Province
.

National Route 322 comes through the city centre, as does the railway which continues on to Hanoi; a high-speed expressway, now also international, passes nearby.

Battle of Bang Bo during the Sino-French War
, is now named the "Friendship Pass" and is considered the gateway to Vietnam.

There are also plans to build a

high-speed railway from Nanning to the Vietnamese border.[1]

Demographics

Pingxiang has a population of approximately 106,400 (83.5% of the people belong to the

Jing
, and others.

Administrative divisions

Pingxiang is divided into 4 towns:[3]

Transportation

Rail

  • Hunan–Guangxi Railway

Climate

Climate data for Pingxiang (1991–2014 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 30.2
(86.4)
36.1
(97.0)
35.4
(95.7)
38.6
(101.5)
40.0
(104.0)
37.7
(99.9)
37.8
(100.0)
37.1
(98.8)
36.7
(98.1)
34.6
(94.3)
33.4
(92.1)
30.8
(87.4)
40.0
(104.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 17.6
(63.7)
19.8
(67.6)
22.3
(72.1)
27.6
(81.7)
31.1
(88.0)
32.5
(90.5)
32.8
(91.0)
32.5
(90.5)
31.3
(88.3)
28.7
(83.7)
24.9
(76.8)
20.4
(68.7)
26.8
(80.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 13.5
(56.3)
15.8
(60.4)
18.6
(65.5)
23.2
(73.8)
26.3
(79.3)
27.8
(82.0)
28.0
(82.4)
27.4
(81.3)
26.0
(78.8)
23.2
(73.8)
19.2
(66.6)
15.1
(59.2)
22.0
(71.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 10.7
(51.3)
13.0
(55.4)
16.0
(60.8)
20.2
(68.4)
22.9
(73.2)
24.6
(76.3)
24.8
(76.6)
24.3
(75.7)
22.8
(73.0)
19.8
(67.6)
15.6
(60.1)
11.7
(53.1)
18.9
(66.0)
Record low °C (°F) 1.2
(34.2)
2.6
(36.7)
3.3
(37.9)
9.6
(49.3)
14.1
(57.4)
15.5
(59.9)
19.1
(66.4)
21.6
(70.9)
15.5
(59.9)
9.1
(48.4)
3.5
(38.3)
0.1
(32.2)
0.1
(32.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 33.9
(1.33)
30.0
(1.18)
57.7
(2.27)
83.0
(3.27)
156.0
(6.14)
201.5
(7.93)
223.4
(8.80)
239.6
(9.43)
132.9
(5.23)
59.3
(2.33)
44.2
(1.74)
28.5
(1.12)
1,290
(50.77)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 11.7 11.9 15.1 12.7 14.0 17.3 17.0 17.6 11.5 7.2 6.5 7.5 150
Average
relative humidity
(%)
80 82 82 80 78 80 80 82 81 80 79 77 80
Mean monthly sunshine hours 66.1 60.4 51.3 88.9 146.9 146.6 172.6 169.0 166.8 154.5 134.9 111.0 1,469
Percent possible sunshine 20 19 14 23 36 36 42 43 46 43 41 33 33
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]

See also

  • Lang Son

Notes and references

  1. ^ "High-speed railway to boost trade". Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  2. ^ Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010/Chongzuo Statistics Bureau Archived 2013-06-20 at the Wayback Machine, 2011-07-21(in Chinese)
  3. ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:凭祥市 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.