Fanshi County
County in Shanxi, People's Republic of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fanshi County, is a county in Xinzhou City, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the southeast. It is the easternmost county-level division of Xinzhou.
Fanshi County
繁峙县[1] Fansze | |
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Location in Xinzhou | |
 Fanshi Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
| Coordinates: 39.189°N 113.266°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
| Population (2020[2]) | 250,409 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | fsx |
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| Simplified Chinese | 繁峙县 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 繁峙縣 | ||||||||
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History
Fanshi County was one of the divisions of Yanmen Commandery under the Qin and Han.
Geography
Fanshi is located north of Mount Wutai and east of Daixian.
Climate
| Climate data for Fanshi, elevation 934 m (3,064 ft), (1991–2020 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) | 11.2 (52.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
35.7 (96.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
40.9 (105.6) |
38.4 (101.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.6 (94.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
4.1 (39.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
1.1 (34.0) |
16.1 (60.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.6 (63.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
2.8 (36.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.7 (−14.3) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−24.9 (−12.8) |
−25.1 (−13.2) |
−25.7 (−14.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.2 (0.05) |
3.3 (0.13) |
7.4 (0.29) |
18.1 (0.71) |
33.7 (1.33) |
61.0 (2.40) |
108.8 (4.28) |
83.7 (3.30) |
57.1 (2.25) |
25.1 (0.99) |
9.1 (0.36) |
1.4 (0.06) |
409.9 (16.15) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 10.7 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 75.7 |
| Average snowy days | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 17.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 46 | 43 | 41 | 41 | 44 | 55 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 54 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.6 | 180.7 | 222.2 | 244.0 | 264.0 | 237.9 | 229.5 | 228.8 | 210.7 | 203.5 | 176.1 | 167.9 | 2,547.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 60 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 59 | 53 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 58 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Economy
The primary industry of Fanshi county is gold mining.[citation needed]
References
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