Autonomous county in Hebei, China
Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County (Chinese : 青龙满族自治县 , Manchu : ᠨᡳᠣᠸᠠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᠮᡠᡩᡠᡵᡳ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡠᡴᠰᡠᡵᠠ ᡯᡳᡷᠶ ᡥᡳᠶᠠᠨ ) is a Manchu autonomous county in northeastern Hebei province, China, bordering Liaoning Province to the north and east and located in the eastern part of the Yan Mountains . It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qinhuangdao , and, as of 2004[update] 2 (1,278 sq mi). Bordering county-level divisions are: Lingyuan and Jianchang County (Liaoning) to the north, Liaoning's Suizhong County and Qinhuangdao city proper to the east, Qian'an and Lulong County to the south, and Kuancheng Manchu Autonomous County and Qianxi County to the west.
During the 1976 Tangshan earthquake 180,000 buildings in Qinglong collapsed, but no fatalities occurred.[ 2]
Administrative divisions
Qinglong administers 1 subdistrict, 11 towns and 14 townships:[ 3]
Subdistrict:
Towns:
Townships:
Climate
Qinglong has a monsoon -influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa ), with long, cold, and very dry winters, and hot, rainy summers. Spring and autumn are short with some rainfall. The monthly 24-hour average temperature in January is −8.0 °C (17.6 °F), and 24.5 °C (76.1 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 9.6 °C (49.3 °F). The mountainous location means that diurnal temperature variation is rather large, but precipitation is enhanced: the total precipitation is 656.4 millimetres (25.8 in), with close to 60% of it falling in July and August alone.
Climate data for Qinglong (1991–2020 normals)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
13.8
17.4
26.8
31.3
36.6
38.0
39.0
37.5
34.5
29.0
21.7
14.6
39.0
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
0.3
4.2
10.9
19.1
25.5
28.8
30.1
29.4
25.2
17.9
8.5
1.7
16.8
Daily mean °C (°F)
−7.5
−3.3
4.0
12.3
18.7
22.5
24.8
23.6
18.0
10.1
1.5
−5.4
9.9
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
−13.0
−9.3
−2.3
5.5
11.5
16.5
20.2
18.9
12.2
4.1
−3.7
−10.5
4.2
Record low °C (°F)
−26.3
−23.2
−18.0
−6.2
1.6
6.1
12.1
9.5
0.1
−8.0
−19.2
−22.2
−26.3
Average precipitation mm (inches)
2.8
3.4
8.7
25.1
49.5
100.6
223.8
151.3
53.6
30.5
11.5
2.6
663.4
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
2.1
2.3
3.5
5.2
7.7
11.3
13.3
10.6
7.3
5.0
3.3
2.1
73.7
Average snowy days
3.0
3.2
2.7
0.8
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
2.7
3.4
16.2
Average relative humidity (%)
51
47
42
44
51
65
77
77
72
65
58
55
59
Mean monthly sunshine hours
204.4
201.3
243.9
250.9
274.9
235.8
193.8
222.6
227.5
219.1
182.6
188.4
2,645.2
Percent possible sunshine
68
66
65
63
61
53
43
53
62
64
62
66
61
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration [ 4] [ 5]
Source 2: Weather China[ 6]
See also
References
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