Xinxing County
County in Guangdong, People's Republic of China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xinxing County, alternately romanized as Sunhing,[a] is a county of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu in the west of Guangdong province, China.
Xinxing
新兴县 Sunhing | |
|---|---|
 Xinxing Location of the seat in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 22°41′46″N 112°13′30″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Yunfu |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,520 km2 (590 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | 430,831 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Xinxing County | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 新興 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 新兴 | ||||||||
| Postal | Sunhing | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Newly Flourishing | ||||||||
| |||||||||
History
Xinxing County was formally established in the third year of da ye era, Sui dynasty (隋大業三年) (607 CE). Under the Qing dynasty (清朝), Xinxing County was administered as part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[1]
Notable people:
- Huineng (惠能) (638–713): sixth ancestor of Chan
- Cheung Chu (張珠) (1892–1950): entrepreneur of Malaysia
- Lo Kam (魯金): Hong komg historian, his publishings include the secret history of the streets of Central district, Hongkong, the secret history of temples of Hongkong, etc.
- Gabriel Suen Shou Kin (孫秀乾): grew up in Hong Kong, now is an entrepreneur in Australia and is also a freelancer of Kwangsi cultural quarterly.
- Su Shuhui (苏树辉) (1951–): Macao politician also a calligrapher
- Lau, leong wah (劉亮華): Hong Kong actress, she left the entertainment industry and migrated to canada at 1971.
Climate
| Climate data for Xinxing (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.9 (102.0) |
37.8 (100.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.2 (93.6) |
29.8 (85.6) |
38.9 (102.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.7 (65.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.7 (72.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
29.2 (84.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.3 (66.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
22.0 (71.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.2 (50.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.5 (59.9) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) |
1.2 (34.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 52.3 (2.06) |
50.4 (1.98) |
77.0 (3.03) |
156.7 (6.17) |
224.9 (8.85) |
266.0 (10.47) |
230.7 (9.08) |
255.4 (10.06) |
190.8 (7.51) |
71.6 (2.82) |
43.1 (1.70) |
37.4 (1.47) |
1,656.3 (65.2) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.6 | 10.2 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 18.5 | 20.4 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 12.5 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 154.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 83 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 83 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 102.8 | 81.2 | 64.5 | 86.3 | 127.8 | 145.5 | 184.8 | 175.0 | 162.4 | 175.7 | 150.0 | 132.3 | 1,588.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 30 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 31 | 36 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 46 | 40 | 36 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
Notes
- The Postal Map spelling was based on Xinxing's Cantonese pronunciation. Xinxing has also been romanized as Sin Hing,[1] Sin-hing,[2] and Sih-ching.[3]
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.