Lingchuan County, Guangxi
The Yao of Lingchuan County consist of the Pan Yao 盘瑶 (Guoshan Yao 过山瑶) and Red Yao 红瑶. The Pan Yao live in Haiyangping 海洋坪 and other locations, while the Red Yao live in Jiuwu 九屋, Lantian 蓝田, Gongping 公平, and other locations.
Administrative divisions
Lingchuan County is divided into 7 towns, 3 townships and 2 ethnic townships:
- towns
- Lingchuan Town 灵川镇
- Daxu Town 大圩镇
- Dingjiang Town 定江镇
- Sanjie Town 三街镇
- Tanxia Town 潭下镇
- Jiuwu Town 九屋镇
- Lingtian Town 灵田镇
- townships
- Chaotian Township 潮田乡
- Haiyang Township 海洋乡
- Gongping Township 公平乡
- ethnic townships
- Dajing Yao Ethnic Township 大境瑶族乡
- Lantian Yao Ethnic Township 兰田瑶族乡
Climate
| Climate data for Lingchuan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.8 (78.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.9 (91.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.2 (95.4) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.7 (103.5) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
30.6 (87.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
31.0 (87.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.1 (61.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.8 (2.91) |
97.2 (3.83) |
160.2 (6.31) |
215.9 (8.50) |
351.9 (13.85) |
464.0 (18.27) |
277.0 (10.91) |
156.0 (6.14) |
73.1 (2.88) |
58.7 (2.31) |
88.3 (3.48) |
54.5 (2.15) |
2,070.6 (81.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.9 | 13.9 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 17.0 | 12.4 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 169.4 |
| Average snowy days | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 75 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 55.9 | 51.0 | 54.5 | 76.7 | 106.6 | 110.6 | 180.6 | 196.5 | 179.4 | 151.6 | 118.7 | 96.9 | 1,379 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 17 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 43 | 49 | 49 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 31 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
Transport
Rail
Lingchuan has two railway stations, Guilin West Station and Lingchuan Station.
Guilin West Station is in Dingjiang Town, Lingchuan, on the Guiyang–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway and Hunan–Guangxi Railway Freight Ring Line. It's a Second-class Station and under China Railway Nanning Group's administration.
Lingchuan Station is a Forth-class station and is no longer handling passenger and freight business.
Bus
Lingchuan has a coach station. The coach line connecting all towns in Lingchuan and some other cities like Liuzhou, Hengyang. The bus service between Guilin and Lingchuan are Route 301, Route 302, Route 306. Route 301 and Route 302 is operating by Dingxiang Bus Service Co, Ltd (鼎翔巴士). Route 306 is operating by Tongda Bus Service Co, Ltd (通达公交).
Highways
G72 Quanzhou–Nanning Expressway and China National Highway 322 are the main highways in Lingchuan.
See also
References
- ^ http://www.gxdqw.com/bin/mse.exe?seachword=&K=c&A=31&rec=65&run=13
- ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：灵川县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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