Fenyang
汾阳市
County-level city
Temple of Guan Yu
Temple of Guan Yu
Fenyang in Lüliang
Fenyang in Lüliang
Fenyang is located in Shanxi
Fenyang
Fenyang
Location in Shanxi
Coordinates: 37°15′42″N 111°46′12″E / 37.2616°N 111.7699°E / 37.2616; 111.7699
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceShanxi
Prefecture-level cityLüliang
Area
[1]
 • County-level city1,175.3 km2 (453.8 sq mi)
 • Urban
20.00 km2 (7.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • County-level city446,000
 • Density380/km2 (980/sq mi)
 • Urban
[1]
121,600
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Fenyang (simplified Chinese: 汾阳市; traditional Chinese: 汾陽市; pinyin: Fényáng Shì), formerly as Fenyang County (汾阳县) before 1996, is a county-level city under the administration of Lüliang prefecture-level city, in Shanxi Province, China.

Map including Fenyang (labeled as 汾陽 FEN-YANG (walled)) (AMS, 1955)

Fenyang is located in the wide valley of the Fen River, some 20-plus kilometers west of the actual river.

Fenyang was the birthplace of Jia Zhangke, who filmed 1997 Xiao Wu there. Platform is set from the end of the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s in and around Fenyang. Subsequently, Mountains May Depart features scenes set in Fenyang in 1999 and 2014. Fengyang is also the birthplace of Guo Qinglan (郭庆兰; Guō Qìnglán), the widow of Dwarkanath Kotnis.

Fenyang has a strong reputation within Shanxi for the production of Fenjiu (汾酒; fénjiǔ), a type of Baijiu known for its superior flavor.

Climate

Climate data for Fenyang (2006–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 14.8
(58.6) 		21.9
(71.4) 		29.7
(85.5) 		37.6
(99.7) 		38.7
(101.7) 		39.6
(103.3) 		39.1
(102.4) 		36.9
(98.4) 		37.6
(99.7) 		29.8
(85.6) 		24.5
(76.1) 		17.8
(64.0) 		39.6
(103.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 2.8
(37.0) 		7.2
(45.0) 		14.7
(58.5) 		21.3
(70.3) 		27.1
(80.8) 		30.6
(87.1) 		30.9
(87.6) 		29.1
(84.4) 		24.4
(75.9) 		18.9
(66.0) 		11.0
(51.8) 		3.9
(39.0) 		18.5
(65.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.5
(23.9) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		6.8
(44.2) 		13.7
(56.7) 		19.7
(67.5) 		23.4
(74.1) 		24.7
(76.5) 		22.8
(73.0) 		17.4
(63.3) 		11.2
(52.2) 		3.9
(39.0) 		−2.6
(27.3) 		11.3
(52.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −10.4
(13.3) 		−6.5
(20.3) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		5.7
(42.3) 		11.7
(53.1) 		16.1
(61.0) 		19.1
(66.4) 		17.5
(63.5) 		11.6
(52.9) 		5.1
(41.2) 		−1.7
(28.9) 		−7.8
(18.0) 		5.0
(41.0)
Record low °C (°F) −24.7
(−12.5) 		−25.0
(−13.0) 		−14.3
(6.3) 		−7.8
(18.0) 		−1.9
(28.6) 		5.5
(41.9) 		9.8
(49.6) 		6.9
(44.4) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		−8.8
(16.2) 		−21.8
(−7.2) 		−24.9
(−12.8) 		−25.0
(−13.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.2
(0.13) 		5.2
(0.20) 		9.4
(0.37) 		25.0
(0.98) 		28.6
(1.13) 		45.7
(1.80) 		93.8
(3.69) 		94.7
(3.73) 		65.5
(2.58) 		32.6
(1.28) 		12.3
(0.48) 		2.6
(0.10) 		418.6
(16.47)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.1 2.7 3.5 5.6 6.5 8.9 11.4 10.6 8.6 6.5 3.8 1.5 71.7
Average snowy days 2.9 3.2 2.1 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 2.5 12.9
Average relative humidity (%) 51 48 44 44 46 55 69 75 75 68 59 51 57
Mean monthly sunshine hours 151.7 164.6 210.9 240.3 260.7 231.0 216.5 201.4 180.9 184.7 156.2 153.9 2,352.8
Percent possible sunshine 49 53 56 61 59 53 49 48 49 54 52 52 53
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

Transportation

External links

Notes

  1. ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  4. ^ Fenyang Station schedule (in Chinese)


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