Tongshan County
The county is located along Hubei's mountainous south-eastern border with Jiangxi. Its best known tourist attraction is the Jiugong Mountain National Park (九宫山风景区), located in the Jiugong Range, south of Jiugongshan Town.
The county is roughly coterminous with the upper part of the basin of the Fushui River, which flows eastward, into the neighboring Yangxin County, where it discharges into the Yangtze. A fairly large Fushui Reservoir (Fushui Shuiku) is formed on this river and its tributaries within Tongshan County by a dam that's actually built in Yangxin County, a bit downstream of the county line. The Fushui's tributaries also include a few minor reservoirs.
The county seat is in the town of Tongyang (通羊镇); as it is customary in China, this location is usually labeled on less-detailed maps simply as "Tongshan County" (通山县) or "Tongshan".
The county is served by China National Highway 106 (G106), which joins with G316 near the eastern tip of the county.
Xianning Nuclear Power Plant is under construction near Tongshan County's Dafan Town.
Administrative divisions
The county is divided into 8 towns, 4 townships and 1 other area:
- Towns (镇): Tongyang (通羊镇, the county seat), Nanlinqiao (南林桥镇), Huangshapu (黄沙铺镇), Xiapu (厦铺镇), Chuangwang (闯王镇), Honggang (洪港镇), Dafan (大畈镇), Jiugong Shan (九宫山镇).
- Townships (乡): Dalu (大路乡), Yangfanglin (杨芳林乡), Cikou (慈口乡), Yanxia (Yansha?) (燕厦乡).
- Other area: Jiugongshan Tourism District Management Committee (九宫山名胜风景区管委会)
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An apartment complex in Tongyang. Note the creative use of roofs for vegetable gardens -
A typical old village home -
County's local buses in Hengshitan (Jiugongshan Town)
Climate
| Climate data for Tongshan (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
17.0 (62.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
6.8 (44.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
13.6 (56.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73.1 (2.88) |
86.5 (3.41) |
139.8 (5.50) |
189.9 (7.48) |
208.3 (8.20) |
248.5 (9.78) |
239.0 (9.41) |
144.4 (5.69) |
92.7 (3.65) |
70.7 (2.78) |
73.5 (2.89) |
47.1 (1.85) |
1,613.5 (63.52) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.3 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 149.9 |
| Average snowy days | 4.4 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 9.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 76 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 85.8 | 88.1 | 110.8 | 137.4 | 157.8 | 150.6 | 212.7 | 201.2 | 162.0 | 147.6 | 125.7 | 115.7 | 1,695.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 26 | 28 | 30 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 50 | 50 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 36 | 38 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "China: Húbĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ 通山县-行政区划 (in Simplified Chinese). Tongshan County People's Government. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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- ^ 2016年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：通山县 [2016 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Tongshan County] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
统计用区划代码 名称 421224100000 通羊镇 421224101000 南林桥镇 421224102000 黄沙铺镇 421224103000 厦铺镇 421224104000 九宫山镇 421224105000 闯王镇 421224106000 洪港镇 421224107000 大畈镇 421224200000 大路乡 421224201000 杨芳林乡 421224202000 燕厦乡 421224203000 慈口乡 421224450000 九宫山自然保护管理局 421224570000 开发区
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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