Cao County
曹县 | |
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 Cao County in Heze | |
 Heze in Shandong | |
| Coordinates: 34°49′34″N 115°32′31″E / 34.826°N 115.542°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Heze |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,974 km2 (762 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,421,200 |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal Code | 274400 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 曹縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 曹县 | ||||||||
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Cao County or Caoxian (simplified Chinese: 曹县; traditional Chinese: 曹縣; pinyin: Cáo Xiàn) is a county in Heze City in southwestern Shandong Province, China. It borders Henan Province to the west.
Bo, one of the capitals of the Shang dynasty, lay in what is now Cao .
Prior to the Boxer Rebellion, Cao was an area noted for its lawlessness. When local garrisons were weakened during the First Sino-Japanese War, a militia known as the Dadaohui ("Great Sword Company") was set up. It operated until 1895 and may have inspired some of the Boxer Rebellion.
As of 2012, this County is divided to 5 subdistricts, 19 towns, 1 ethnic town and 2 townships.[3]
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The population of the county was 1,394,034 in 1999.[4]
| Climate data for Caoxian (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) | 17.4 (63.3) |
26.0 (78.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
33.0 (91.4) |
38.8 (101.8) |
39.6 (103.3) |
40.9 (105.6) |
36.9 (98.4) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
40.9 (105.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.5 (86.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.4 (70.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
1.9 (35.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
15.3 (59.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.0 (62.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.0 (5.0) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.0 (0.39) |
14.2 (0.56) |
21.5 (0.85) |
35.5 (1.40) |
60.0 (2.36) |
75.5 (2.97) |
175.2 (6.90) |
154.5 (6.08) |
78.6 (3.09) |
32.1 (1.26) |
27.7 (1.09) |
11.3 (0.44) |
696.1 (27.39) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 77.5 |
| Average snowy days | 3.4 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 9.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68 | 64 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 81 | 85 | 79 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 133.5 | 143.1 | 187.8 | 209.3 | 228.9 | 209.7 | 188.4 | 182.5 | 170.9 | 168.1 | 146.9 | 139.3 | 2,108.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 43 | 46 | 50 | 53 | 53 | 49 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 48 | 46 | 48 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
