Heishan () is a county of north-central
Liaoning, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration and occupies the northeastern corner of
Jinzhou
Jinzhou (, ), formerly Chinchow, is a coastal prefecture-level city in central-west Liaoning province, China. It is a geographically strategic city located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which connects most of the land transports between North Chin ...
City.
Administrative divisions锦州市
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There are 17
towns, six
townships
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, and two
ethnic township
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s in the county.
Towns:
*
Xinlitun,
Heishan (),
Badaohao (),
Xiaodong (),
Dahushan (),
Wuliangdian (),
Baichangmen (),
Banlamen (),
Sijiazi (),
Fangshan (),
Lijia (),
Hujia (),
Jiangtun (),
Raoyanghe (),
Changxing
() is a county of the prefecture-level city of Huzhou, in the northwest of Zhejiang province, China. Situated on the southwest shore of Lake Tai, it borders the provinces of Jiangsu to the north and Anhui to the west. It has a total area of an ...
(),
Xinxing ()
Townships:
*
Daxing Township (),
LIuhe Township (),
Taihe Township (),
Yingchengzi Township (),
Duanjia Township (),
Xuetun Township (),
Situn Manchu Ethnic Township (),
Zhen'an Manchu Ethnic Township ()
Climate
Heishan has a
monsoon
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-influenced
humid continental climate
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(
Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
''Dwa''), characterised by hot, humid summers and long, cold and windy, but dry winters. The four seasons here are distinctive. A majority of the annual rainfall of occurs in July and August alone. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is . The frost-free period lasts an average 160 days.
References
External links
County-level divisions of Liaoning
Jinzhou
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