Pingxiang, Guangxi
County-level city in Guangxi, People's Republic of China
Pingxiang
凭祥市
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Bingzsiengz Si
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Coordinates: 22°05′38″N 106°45′58″E / 22.094°N 106.766°E / 22.094; 106.766 | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangxi |
Prefecture-level city | Chongzuo |
Area
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• Total | 650 km 2 (250 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard ) |
Pingxiang, Guangxi | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 凭祥市 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 憑祥市 | ||||||
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Vietnamese name | |||||||
Vietnamese |
Thị xã Bằng Tường /
Bằng Tường thị |
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Hán-Nôm | 市社憑祥/憑祥市 | ||||||
Zhuang name | |||||||
Zhuang | Bingzsiengz Si | ||||||
1957 orthography | Biŋƨsieŋƨ Si | ||||||
Pingxiang ( 凭祥市 ) is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chongzuo , in the southwest of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region , China.
Situation
The city covers an area of 650 km 2 (250 sq mi) . It is bordered in the north by Longzhou County and in the east by Ningming County , both in Chongzuo, and in the south and west by Vietnam's Lạng Sơn Province .
National Route 322 comes through the city centre, as does the railway which continues on to Hanoi ; a high-speed expressway, now also international, passes nearby.
Zhennan Pass , site of the Battle of Bang Bo during the Sino-French War , is now named the "Friendship Pass" and is considered the gateway to Vietnam.
There are also plans to build a high-speed railway from Nanning to the Vietnamese border. [1]
Administration
Demographics
Pingxiang has a population of approximately 106,400 (83.5% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010). [2] Ethnic groups include Zhuang , Han , Yao , Miao , Jing , and others.
Towns ( Chinese : 镇 , zhen )
Transportation
Rail
Climate
Climate data for Pingxiang (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) |
30.2
(86.4) |
36.1
(97.0) |
35.4
(95.7) |
38.6
(101.5) |
40.0
(104.0) |
37.7
(99.9) |
37.8
(100.0) |
37.1
(98.8) |
36.7
(98.1) |
34.6
(94.3) |
33.4
(92.1) |
30.8
(87.4) |
40.0
(104.0) |
Average high °C (°F) |
17.8
(64.0) |
19.2
(66.6) |
22.1
(71.8) |
27.1
(80.8) |
30.7
(87.3) |
32.3
(90.1) |
32.6
(90.7) |
32.4
(90.3) |
31.1
(88.0) |
28.3
(82.9) |
24.4
(75.9) |
20.6
(69.1) |
26.6
(79.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) |
13.6
(56.5) |
15.4
(59.7) |
18.4
(65.1) |
22.9
(73.2) |
26.0
(78.8) |
27.7
(81.9) |
27.9
(82.2) |
27.4
(81.3) |
26.0
(78.8) |
23.0
(73.4) |
18.8
(65.8) |
15.0
(59.0) |
21.8
(71.3) |
Average low °C (°F) |
10.7
(51.3) |
12.7
(54.9) |
15.7
(60.3) |
19.9
(67.8) |
22.6
(72.7) |
24.4
(75.9) |
24.6
(76.3) |
24.3
(75.7) |
22.7
(72.9) |
19.6
(67.3) |
15.2
(59.4) |
11.3
(52.3) |
18.6
(65.6) |
Record low °C (°F) |
1.2
(34.2) |
2.6
(36.7) |
3.3
(37.9) |
9.6
(49.3) |
14.1
(57.4) |
15.5
(59.9) |
19.1
(66.4) |
21.6
(70.9) |
15.5
(59.9) |
9.1
(48.4) |
3.5
(38.3) |
0.1
(32.2) |
0.1
(32.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) |
37.6
(1.48) |
40.0
(1.57) |
63.1
(2.48) |
94.1
(3.70) |
163.3
(6.43) |
209.9
(8.26) |
203.8
(8.02) |
234.0
(9.21) |
140.0
(5.51) |
72.8
(2.87) |
54.9
(2.16) |
21.8
(0.86) |
1,335.3
(52.55) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.7 | 11.9 | 15.1 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 17.6 | 11.5 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 150 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 82 | 82 | 80 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 77 | 80 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 66.1 | 60.4 | 51.3 | 88.9 | 146.9 | 146.6 | 172.6 | 169.0 | 166.8 | 154.5 | 134.9 | 111.0 | 1,469 |
Percent possible sunshine | 20 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 36 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 43 | 41 | 33 | 33 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1991–2014) [3] [4] |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "High-speed railway to boost trade" . Retrieved 2011-02-19 .
- ↑ Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010/Chongzuo Statistics Bureau Archived 2013-06-20 at the Wayback Machine , 2011-07-21 (in Chinese)
- ↑ 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 .
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