Fuping County
富平县 | |
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 Fuping in Weinan | |
.png) Weinan in Shaanxi | |
| Coordinates (Fuping government): 34°45′06″N 109°10′48″E / 34.7516°N 109.1799°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shaanxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Weinan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,242 km2 (480 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
| • Total | 750,300 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 711700 |
Fuping County (Chinese: 富平县; pinyin: Fùpíng Xiàn) is a county located in the center of Shaanxi Province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Weinan.
The Fuping County has an area of 1,233 km2 (476 sq mi) and a population of 750,000. Its postal code is 711700. It comprises 24 towns, 337 administrative villages.
Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, traces his ancestry here.[1] His father, former Vice-Premier Xi Zhongxun was from here.
As 2019, Fuping County is divided to 1 subdistrict and 14 towns.[2]
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| Climate data for Fuping (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) | 17.5 (63.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
34.9 (94.8) |
38.8 (101.8) |
41.8 (107.2) |
40.3 (104.5) |
39.2 (102.6) |
37.9 (100.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.6 (90.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
25.5 (77.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
6.3 (43.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
3.1 (37.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
6.6 (43.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.3 (22.5) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
3.6 (38.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.8 (5.4) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
3.4 (38.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.2 (59.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.0 (0.24) |
9.1 (0.36) |
18.1 (0.71) |
32.8 (1.29) |
48.6 (1.91) |
53.4 (2.10) |
86.1 (3.39) |
82.7 (3.26) |
84.5 (3.33) |
48.0 (1.89) |
21.6 (0.85) |
4.1 (0.16) |
495 (19.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 2.7 | 82.1 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 12 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 62 | 61 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 58 | 69 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 65 | 67 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 158.7 | 155.3 | 186.5 | 212.8 | 230.5 | 224.6 | 240.2 | 218.9 | 162.7 | 153.1 | 152.3 | 160.8 | 2,256.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 51 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 44 | 44 | 50 | 53 | 51 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||