Xinyi, Guangdong
Xinyi, alternately romanized as Sunyi, is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Maoming in the southwestern corner of the province, bordering Guangxi to the west. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,014,577 people. Though its metro area is much smaller with 418,731 inhabitants considered urban.
History
Under the Qing, Xinyi County formed part of the prefecture of Gaozhou. After the Chinese Civil War, it was reorganized under Maoming.
Transportation
Schools
Xinyi Middle School, the first county school in Xinyi District, was set up in 1916. It is now a national-level model high school.
Districts
Climate
Climate data for Xinyi (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) | 29.0 (84.2) |
33.3 (91.9) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.3 (97.3) |
38.3 (100.9) |
38.9 (102.0) |
37.6 (99.7) |
37.5 (99.5) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.4 (93.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
38.9 (102.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.4 (90.3) |
30.1 (86.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.9 (76.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | 2.0 (35.6) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.9 (51.6) |
4.4 (39.9) |
1.9 (35.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 42.9 (1.69) |
42.0 (1.65) |
71.4 (2.81) |
193.3 (7.61) |
302.6 (11.91) |
344.1 (13.55) |
276.1 (10.87) |
253.1 (9.96) |
141.9 (5.59) |
58.3 (2.30) |
41.9 (1.65) |
33.0 (1.30) |
1,800.6 (70.89) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.8 | 8.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 18.9 | 20.4 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 13.9 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 150.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 76 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 76 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 115.4 | 88.2 | 77.3 | 99.7 | 152.5 | 155.3 | 195.3 | 191.5 | 190.5 | 212.2 | 176.6 | 155.8 | 1,810.3 |
Percent possible sunshine | 34 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 37 | 39 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 59 | 54 | 47 | 41 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration |
Facts of overseas Chinese: Xinyi is hometown of around 200,000 ovetseas Chinese, these overseas Chinese mostly settle in Malaysia and Singapore .
Notes
- ^ Xinyi was also formerly romanized Sin-e.
References
- ^ "China: Guăngdōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Gützlaff, Charles (1838), China Opened, p. 527
- ^ F_127. "China's army aviation airdrop necessities to disaster-stricken Xinyi, Guangdong - People's Daily Online". english.peopledaily.com.cn. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
External links
- Media related to Xinyi, Guangdong at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Chinese)