Huadian () is a city in south-central
Jilin
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province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
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Jilin City
Jilin City, Mandarin pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kirin (, International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA:/ki.rin/) is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in northeast China. As of th ...
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Administrative divisions
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Minghua Subdistrict (),
Yongji Subdistrict (),
Shengli Subdistrict (),
Qixin Subdistrict (),
Xinhua Subdistrict ()
Towns:
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Hongshi (),
Baishan
Baishan ( zh, s=白山 , p=Báishān), is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jilin province, in the Northeast China, Dongbei (northeastern) part of China. "" literally means "White Mountain", and is named after Changbai Mountain ( zh, s=长 ...
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Jiapigou (),
Erdaodianzi (),
Badaohezi (),
Yumuqiaozi (),
Laojinchang (),
Changshan
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Townships:
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Gongji Township (),
Huajiao Township (),
Jinsha Township (),
Huashulinzi Township (),
Huanan Township (),
Sumigou Township (),
Beitaizi Township (),
Hengdaohezi Township ()
Climate
Huadian has a four-season, monsoon-influenced,
humid continental climate
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''Dwa''). Winters are long (lasting from November to March), cold, and windy, but dry, due to the influence of the
Siberian anticyclone
The Siberian High (also Siberian Anticyclone; (''Aziatsky antitsiklon''); zh, 西伯利亞高壓; Pinyin ''Xībólìyǎ gāoyā''; Kazakh Азия антициклоны (''Aziya antitsiklonı'')) is a massive collection of cold dry air that a ...
, with a January mean temperature of . Spring and autumn are somewhat short transitional periods, with some precipitation, but are usually dry and windy. Summers are hot and humid, with a prevailing southeasterly wind due to the East Asian monsoon; July averages . Snow is usually light during the winter, and annual rainfall is heavily concentrated from June to August.
References
External links
Official website of Huadian Government
Cities in Jilin
County-level divisions of Jilin
Jilin City
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