Yangyuan County
阳原县 | |
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Aerial view of Sanggan River Valley in Yangyuan | |
Location in Zhangjiakou | |
| Coordinates: 40°07′N 114°10′E / 40.117°N 114.167°ECoordinates: 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 (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) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
2.9 (37.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
15.9 (60.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
15.4 (59.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.2 (13.6) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
10.7 (51.3) |
17.4 (63.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
8.3 (47.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −16.0 (3.2) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
3.0 (37.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
10.0 (50.0) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
2.0 (35.5) |
| 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) |
2.9 (0.11) |
10.4 (0.41) |
16.5 (0.65) |
37.4 (1.47) |
48.9 (1.93) |
91.4 (3.60) |
73.2 (2.88) |
47.0 (1.85) |
18.2 (0.72) |
6.1 (0.24) |
2.0 (0.08) |
356.3 (14.03) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 42 | 37 | 36 | 40 | 49 | 62 | 65 | 61 | 55 | 51 | 47 | 50 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[1] | |||||||||||||
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.
