Zijin
紫金县 | |
|---|---|
Zijin in Heyuan | |
Heyuan in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 23°38′07″N 115°11′03″E / 23.6353°N 115.1841°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Heyuan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,627 km2 (1,400 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Zijin County (postal: Tzekam; Chinese: 紫金縣; pinyin: Zǐjīn Xiàn; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Tsṳ́-kîm-yen) is a county in the east of Guangdong Province, China. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Heyuan. The county was known as Yongan County (postal: Wingon) before January 1914.
As citizens in Zijin are mostly Hakka people, Hakka Chinese is the most common language there.
In 2007, GRP of Zijin is 46.7 hundred million dollars, and its gross output value of industry and agriculture is 55.21 hundred million dollars.
| Climate data for Zijin (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.3 (82.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
34.2 (93.6) |
35.5 (95.9) |
37.8 (100.0) |
37.4 (99.3) |
37.1 (98.8) |
36.9 (98.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.1 (93.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
37.8 (100.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
22.4 (72.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
24.9 (76.8) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.6 (79.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.4 (81.3) |
25.8 (78.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.6 (56.5) |
20.9 (69.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
17.2 (62.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
14.1 (57.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.1 (70.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39.1 (1.54) |
84.2 (3.31) |
140.4 (5.53) |
212.6 (8.37) |
237.9 (9.37) |
313.3 (12.33) |
217.3 (8.56) |
228.1 (8.98) |
160.3 (6.31) |
42.9 (1.69) |
31.7 (1.25) |
32.9 (1.30) |
1,740.7 (68.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.6 | 9.9 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 17.8 | 18.7 | 12.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 150 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 126.0 | 93.1 | 86.2 | 92.5 | 124.2 | 141.7 | 197.9 | 178.8 | 170.5 | 175.5 | 154.9 | 143.5 | 1,684.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 37 | 29 | 23 | 24 | 30 | 35 | 48 | 45 | 47 | 49 | 47 | 43 | 38 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1991–2020)[1][2] | |||||||||||||
