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Luyi County (simplified Chinese: 鹿邑县; traditional Chinese: 鹿邑縣; pinyin: Lùyì Xiàn) is a county of eastern Henan, People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui province to the east. It is under the administration of Zhoukou City.
Luyi
鹿邑县 | |
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  Luyi Location in Henan | |
| Coordinates: 33°51′36″N 115°29′02″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhoukou |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,248 km2 (482 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 41 m (133 ft) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
• Total | 878,200 |
| • Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 477200 |
| Website | www |
The county is known for its make-up brushes production, with over 150 million brushes produced annually. This industry started concentrating in Luyi in the 2010s, the county already had a wool processing industry before.[3][4][5]
According to Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, the village of Quren (曲仁里, Qūrén lǐ) in Li township (厲鄉, Lì xiāng) in Chu's Ku County (苦縣, Kǔ xiàn) was the birthplace of the legendary philosopher Laozi.[6] This lies within what is now Luyi. During the Song dynasty the Taiqing Palace was built in Luyi, an important Taoist shrine. Although it only exists as ruins nowadays, it remains an important religious and archeological site.[7][8]
According to some historians, the Battle of Gaixia took place in what is now Luyi County.[9][10]
As 2012, this county is divided to 9 towns and 13 townships.[11]
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- Townships
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| Climate data for Luyi (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) | 18.6 (65.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
33.3 (91.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
40.8 (105.4) |
40.2 (104.4) |
39.2 (102.6) |
36.8 (98.2) |
35.1 (95.2) |
28.3 (82.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
40.8 (105.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.3 (90.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
2.9 (37.2) |
14.9 (58.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
4.3 (39.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.6 (−1.5) |
−15.3 (4.5) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
3.6 (38.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
13.0 (55.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.4 (0.65) |
22.0 (0.87) |
31.9 (1.26) |
43.7 (1.72) |
67.9 (2.67) |
98.8 (3.89) |
180.9 (7.12) |
128.0 (5.04) |
70.6 (2.78) |
45.9 (1.81) |
36.3 (1.43) |
16.0 (0.63) |
758.4 (29.87) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 84.4 |
| Average snowy days | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 10.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 80 | 85 | 80 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 121.4 | 131.9 | 170.0 | 196.9 | 205.4 | 188.8 | 183.2 | 167.4 | 156.8 | 152.5 | 134.3 | 127.3 | 1,935.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 38 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 48 | 44 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 44 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[12][13] | |||||||||||||
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