Zhangwu County () is a

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in the north of

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

province, China. It is under the administration of

Fuxin Fuxin () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, bordering the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north. As of the 2020 census, its decreasing total population was 1,647,280 inhabitants (1,8 ...

City, the centre of which lies to the southwest, with a population of 410,000 residing in an area of . It is served by

G25 Changchun–Shenzhen Expressway The Changchun–Shenzhen Expressway (), designated as G25 and commonly referred to as the Changshen Expressway (), is an expressway that connects the cities of Changchun, Jilin, China, and Shenzhen, Guangdong. When complete, it will be in len ...

, G2511 Xinmin–Lubei Expressway, and China National Highways 101 and 304.

Climate

Zhangwu County has a

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-influenced

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...

(

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''Dwa''), with great seasonal contrast in temperature, precipitation, and humidity. Winters are long and cold, with a January average of , while summers are hot and humid, with a July average of . Precipitation is very low in winter and is heavily concentrated in the summer months. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 46% in July to 67% in January and February, there are 2,673 hours of bright sunshine annually. The annual mean temperature is .

Administrative divisions

There are eight

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, 12

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, and four

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s in the county. Towns: *

Zhangwu Zhangwu County () is a county in the north of Liaoning province, China. It is under the administration of Fuxin City, the centre of which lies to the southwest, with a population of 410,000 residing in an area of . It is served by G25 Changchun� ...

() *Harto () * Zhanggutai () * Dongliujiazi () * Wufeng () * Fengjia () * Houxinqiu () * A'erxiang () Townships:

References

External links

County-level divisions of Liaoning {{Liaoning-geo-stub