Yangyuan County
阳原县 | |
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 Aerial view of Sanggan River Valley in Yangyuan | |
 Location in Zhangjiakou | |
  Yangyuan Location of the seat in Hebei | |
| Coordinates: 40°07′N 114°10′E / 40.117°N 114.167°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhangjiakou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Yangyuan County | |||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 阳原县 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陽原縣 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Sunny Plain County Yang Plain County | ||||||||
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Yangyuan County is a county in Zhangjiakou Prefecture, Hebei Province, China.
Yangyuan is bounded by Huai'an County to the north, Xuanhua County to the east, Yu County to the south, and by Datong municipality in Shanxi Province to the north and west.
| Climate data for Yangyuan (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) | 9.4 (48.9) |
17.8 (64.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35.0 (95.0) |
39.4 (102.9) |
40.6 (105.1) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.4 (95.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
2.7 (36.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.6 (14.7) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.7 (74.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.4 (61.5) |
8.8 (47.8) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
3.5 (38.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
10.1 (50.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −29.9 (−21.8) |
−25.9 (−14.6) |
−22.4 (−8.3) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−20.6 (−5.1) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−29.9 (−21.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.3 (0.09) |
3.3 (0.13) |
8.4 (0.33) |
18.6 (0.73) |
38.0 (1.50) |
50.2 (1.98) |
94.2 (3.71) |
75.5 (2.97) |
50.6 (1.99) |
22.3 (0.88) |
8.9 (0.35) |
1.8 (0.07) |
374.1 (14.73) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 10.6 | 13.0 | 11.3 | 8.8 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 76.2 |
| Average snowy days | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 17.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 48 | 41 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 50 | 62 | 65 | 61 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 49 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 199.9 | 202.6 | 244.6 | 260.9 | 281.5 | 263.4 | 257.4 | 257.6 | 235.2 | 230.0 | 197.6 | 192.9 | 2,823.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 66 | 67 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 57 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 64 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
Under the Han, Yangyuan County was part of Dai Commandery.
Yangyuan runs 5 towns (zhen, 镇) and 9 townships (xiang, 乡). The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in Xicheng Town, together with the CPC and PSB branches.
