Guan County, Shandong
Guanxian
Quan huyện | |
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  Guanxian Location of the seat in Shandong | |
| Coordinates:36°29′02″N115°26′35″E/ 36.484°N 115.443°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Liaocheng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,161 km2(448 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
| • Total | 793,100 |
| • Density | 680/km2(1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8(China Standard) |
| Postal Code | 252500 |
| Guanxian | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | Quan huyện | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | Quan huyện | ||||||||
| Postal | Kwanhsien | ||||||||
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Guan County(simplified Chinese:Quan huyện;traditional Chinese:Quan huyện;pinyin:Guàn Xiàn) is a county of westernShandongprovince, People's Republic of China, bordered byHebeiprovince to the west. It is administered byLiaochengCity.
The population was 730,300 in 1999.[4]
History[edit]
As an isolated county, with relatively low education levels and a weak orthodox gentry,[5]Guan long served as center for secret societies and heterodox sects. For example Guan was one of the earliest places where Yi-he boxing was practised, namely in 1779. This material arts style later served as base for the prominentYìhéquán(Boxer) movement. In 1861–63, the county was also the center of a rebellion against theQing dynasty,led bySong Jing-shiand supported by theWhite Lotus.[6]In the last decades of the Qing Empire and the earlyRepublic,Guan County was home to the Red as well asGreen Gangs,theYellow Sand Society,and the "Way of the Sages".[5]
Administrative divisions[edit]
As 2012, this County is divided to 3 subdistricts, 7 towns and 8 townships.[7]
- Subdistricts
- Qingquan Subdistrict (Thanh tuyền nhai đạo)
- Chongwen Subdistrict (Sùng văn nhai đạo)
- Yanzhuang Subdistrict(Yên trang nhai đạo)
- Towns
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- Townships
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Climate[edit]
| Climate data for Guanxian (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.5 (86.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
5.7 (42.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.6 (47.5) |
15.1 (59.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
6.6 (43.9) |
0.2 (32.4) |
13.8 (56.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.6 (21.9) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
9.0 (48.3) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 3.7 (0.15) |
8.6 (0.34) |
10.1 (0.40) |
28.4 (1.12) |
38.7 (1.52) |
68.4 (2.69) |
154.6 (6.09) |
117.6 (4.63) |
47.9 (1.89) |
31.0 (1.22) |
19.1 (0.75) |
5.0 (0.20) |
533.1 (21) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 66.9 |
| Average snowy days | 2.7 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 9.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity(%) | 62 | 57 | 53 | 59 | 64 | 62 | 78 | 82 | 76 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 67 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 132.0 | 145.0 | 196.8 | 219.6 | 246.9 | 218.8 | 179.6 | 184.3 | 180.1 | 175.1 | 145.0 | 135.0 | 2,158.2 |
| Percentpossible sunshine | 43 | 47 | 53 | 56 | 56 | 50 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 49 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[8][9] | |||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^Tối tân nhân khẩu tín tức www.hongheiku.com(in Chinese). hongheiku.Retrieved2021-01-12.
- ^Tối tân nhân khẩu tín tức www.hongheiku.com(in Chinese). hongheiku.Retrieved2021-01-12.
- ^Hiện đại hán ngữ từ điển ( đệ thất bản )[Contemporary Chinese Dictionary] (7 ed.). Beijing:The Commercial Press.1 September 2016. p. 483.ISBN978-7-100-12450-8.
【 quan huyện 】 Guàn Xiàn
- ^National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period,inChina County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
- ^abEsherick (1987),p. 142.
- ^Esherick (1987),p. 141.
- ^Lâm nghi thị - hành chính khu hoa võng www.xzqh.org(in Chinese). XZQH.Retrieved2012-05-24.
- ^Trung quốc khí tượng sổ cư võng – WeatherBk Data(in Simplified Chinese).China Meteorological Administration.Retrieved7 October2023.
- ^ Trung quốc khí tượng sổ cư võng(in Simplified Chinese).China Meteorological Administration.Retrieved7 October2023.
Bibliography[edit]
- Esherick, Joseph W. (1987).The Origins of the Boxer Uprising.Berkeley, California;Los Angeles;London:University of California Press.
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