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County-level city in Liaoning, People's Republic of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaizhou (simplified Chinese: 盖州; traditional Chinese: 蓋州; pinyin: Gàizhōu), formerly Gaixian, Gaiping, and Kaiping, is a county-level city in Liaoning province, China. It is under the administration of Yingkou City, which lies 31 km (19 mi) to the north-northwest, and is located at the northwest end of the Liaodong Peninsula near the northeast coast of the Bohai Sea.
Gaizhou
盖州市 | |
|---|---|
Location in Yingkou | |
  Gaizhou Location in Liaoning | |
| Coordinates: 40°24′N 122°21′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Prefecture-level city | Yingkou |
| Area | |
| 2,930.0 km2 (1,131.3 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 150.00 km2 (57.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 9.1 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| 704,000 | |
| • Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 231,100 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Gaizhou | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蓋州 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 盖州 | ||||||||
| Postal | Kaichow Kaihsien (1965–1992) Kaiping (until 1965) | ||||||||
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| Gaixian | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蓋縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 盖县 | ||||||||
| Postal | Kaihsien | ||||||||
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| Gaiping | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 蓋平 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 盖平 | ||||||||
| Postal | Kaiping | ||||||||
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There are six subdistricts, 18 towns, and three townships under the city's administration.[2]
Subdistricts:
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Gaizhou (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
34.7 (94.5) |
36.6 (97.9) |
36.8 (98.2) |
36.1 (97.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
27.7 (81.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
36.8 (98.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
1.6 (34.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
17.0 (62.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
0.3 (32.5) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
11.7 (53.1) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
10.3 (50.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.2 (10.0) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
6.5 (43.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −28.2 (−18.8) |
−22.0 (−7.6) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
8.1 (46.6) |
14.9 (58.8) |
9.5 (49.1) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−16.5 (2.3) |
−23.2 (−9.8) |
−28.2 (−18.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.8 (0.15) |
7.3 (0.29) |
11.4 (0.45) |
33.3 (1.31) |
54.9 (2.16) |
72.3 (2.85) |
141.2 (5.56) |
165.2 (6.50) |
50.4 (1.98) |
35.5 (1.40) |
20.6 (0.81) |
8.9 (0.35) |
604.8 (23.81) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 73.8 |
| Average snowy days | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 18.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 57 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 54 | 65 | 75 | 77 | 69 | 63 | 60 | 59 | 61 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 189.0 | 190.6 | 229.9 | 236.1 | 266.4 | 230.2 | 202.8 | 212.6 | 228.1 | 212.6 | 171.4 | 170.8 | 2,540.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 63 | 63 | 62 | 59 | 60 | 51 | 45 | 51 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 59 | 58 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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