Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County (,
Manchu: ; Mölendroff: cingyuwan manju beye dasangga siyan), or simply Qingyuan County () is one of the three counties under the administration of the
prefecture-level city
A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure.
During the Republican era, many of China' ...
of
Fushun, in the east of
Liaoning, People's Republic of China, and is also one of the 11
Manchu autonomous counties and one of 117 autonomous counties nationally. It has a population of about 340,000, covering an area of .
Administrative divisions
There are 18
towns and seven
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in the county.
Towns:
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Qingyuan,
Dagujia (),
Hongtoushan (),
Ying'emen (),
Nanshancheng (),
Nankouqian (),
Caoshi (),
Xiajiabao (),
Wandianzi ()
Townships:
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Tukouzi Township (),
Beisanjia Township (),
Aojiabao Township (),
Dasuhe Township (),
Gounai Township ()
Geography and climate
Qingyuan is located in the north of
Fushun City. It spans 41°48′−42°29′ N latitude and 124°20′−125°29′ E longitude. Bordering county-level divisions are as follows:
In Liaoning:
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Xinbin Manchu Autonomous Countysouth
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Fushun Countywest
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Tieling County
Tieling County () is a county in the northeast of Liaoning province, China. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Tieling.
Administrative divisions
There are eight towns and seven townships under the county ...
west
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Xifeng Countynorth
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Kaiyuannorth
In
Jilin:
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Dongfeng County
Dongfeng County () is located in southwestern Jilin province, China and is under the administration of Liaoyuan City.
It is mainly agricultural with the main crops being wheat and maize (corn).
Its major industry is a pharmaceutical company (Don ...
east
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Meihekou
Meihekou () is a city of 600,000 in Jilin province, People's Republic of China. It is a regional transport hub, connecting three railway lines, all of which are single track, and 2 national highways. The city is also a major lorry transshipment po ...
east
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Liuhe Countyeast
Qingyuan has a
monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal osci ...
-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 freez ...
(
Köppen ''Dwa''), characterised by hot, humid summers and long, cold and windy, but dry winters. The four seasons here are distinctive. Over 60% of the annual rainfall of occurs from June to August alone. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, and the annual mean is . In winter, due to the elevation and normally dry climate,
diurnal temperature variation
In meteorology, diurnal temperature variation is the variation between a high air temperature and a low temperature that occurs during the same day.
Temperature lag
Temperature lag is an important factor in diurnal temperature variation: peak ...
regularly exceeds .
References
External links
Fushun
County-level divisions of Liaoning
Manchu autonomous counties
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