Wanning
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Wanning
Vạn Ninh thị | |
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Wancheng Town, the seat of Wanning | |
![]() Map showing entire Qionghai area within Hainan province | |
Coordinates:18°47′0″N110°23′0″E/ 18.78333°N 110.38333°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hainan |
Area | |
• Total | 4,443 km2(1,715 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,883.5 km2(727.2 sq mi) |
• Water | 2,550 km2(980 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 545,597 |
• Density | 120/km2(320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8(China standard time) |
Wanning | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | Vạn Ninh | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | Vạn Ninh | ||||||||||||
Postal | Manning | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Uncountably Long Peace | ||||||||||||
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Wanning,or in localHainanesedialect asBan Ning,is acounty-level cityin the southeast ofHainan Province,China.Althoughcalled a "city",Wanning refers to both the county seat and to the entire county as a whole. The county-wide area has an estimated population of 65,871 (2006).
History
[edit]Wanning (Vạn Ninh) first got its current name during the SouthernSong Dynasty,after being renamed from Wan'an (Vạn an huyện). Wanning was later renamed back to Wan'an in 1143 until its name was changed to Wanzhou (Vạn châu) in 1370, but subsequently reverted to its present name after the Communist takeover in the 1950s. It was promoted from a county to a city on August 5, 1996.
Economy
[edit]Tourismplays a vital role in the city. Famous for its tropical scenery, Wanning proper lies approximately half an hour's drive from the beach and has several five-star hotels. The city of Wanning producescoffee,black pepper,rubber,rice,bananas,andsugarcane.
Transportation
[edit]Wanning is served by theWanning Railway Station,part of theHainan East Ring Intercity Rail.
Climate
[edit]Wanning has atropical monsoon climate(Köppen:Am), falling just short of atropical rainforest climate,as it is hot and very rainy most of the year. Only January and February have rainfall barely below 60 millimetres or 2.4 inches. The rainfall is more pronounced during the monsoon season, which runs through late June to early November. At times, it can become cold with temperatures between 5 and 8 degrees Celsius.
Climate data for Wanning (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) | 30.3 (86.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.9 (96.6) |
37.1 (98.8) |
36.7 (98.1) |
36.5 (97.7) |
35.7 (96.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
37.1 (98.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
28.8 (83.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.6 (67.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
25.1 (77.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.1 (62.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.1 (62.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 46.5 (1.83) |
47.3 (1.86) |
66.8 (2.63) |
124.7 (4.91) |
172.1 (6.78) |
182.0 (7.17) |
233.4 (9.19) |
211.3 (8.32) |
372.1 (14.65) |
453.2 (17.84) |
181.2 (7.13) |
129.8 (5.11) |
2,220.4 (87.42) |
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.9 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 154.7 |
Averagerelative humidity(%) | 84 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 84 |
Mean monthlysunshine hours | 107.9 | 114.8 | 144.4 | 182.0 | 220.7 | 216.7 | 226.1 | 214.3 | 168.1 | 153.3 | 113.5 | 94.3 | 1,956.1 |
Percentpossible sunshine | 31 | 35 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 55 | 46 | 43 | 34 | 28 | 44 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration[1][2] |
References
[edit]- ^Trung Quốc khí tượng số liệu võng – WeatherBk Data(in Simplified Chinese).China Meteorological Administration.Retrieved17 June2023.
- ^ Trung Quốc khí tượng số liệu võng(in Simplified Chinese).China Meteorological Administration.Retrieved17 June2023.
18°48′N110°24′E/ 18.800°N 110.400°E