Chicheng County
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Chicheng (Chinese: 赤城; pinyin: Chìchéng), or Ch’ih-ch’eng, is a county under the administration of Zhangjiakou City, northwestern Hebei province, bordering Beijing to the southeast. The total area of the county is 5,287 square kilometres (2,041 sq mi). The easternmost county-level division of Zhangjiakou, it administrates 9 towns and 9 townships, and as of 2010[update], has a population of 238,169. China National Highway 112 passes through the county just south of the county seat, Chicheng Town (赤城镇).
It was the setting of Zhang Yimou's 1999 film Not One Less.
History
It was formerly in the far southeast of Chahar province.
Administrative divisions
Chicheng County is divided into the following 18 divisions:
| Towns: Chicheng (赤城镇) Tianjiayao (田家窑镇) Longguan (龙关镇) Diao'e (雕鹗镇) Dushikou (独石口镇) Baicao (白草镇) Longmensuo (龙门所镇) Houcheng (后城镇) Dongmao (东卯镇) | Townships: Paoliang Township (炮梁乡) Dahaituo Township (大海陀乡) Zhenningbu Township (镇宁堡乡) Maying Township (马营乡) Yunzhou Township (云州乡) Sandaochuan Township (三道川乡) Dongwankou Township (东万口乡) Ciyingzi Township (茨营子乡) Yangtian Township (样田乡) |
Climate
| Climate data for Chicheng, elevation 868 m (2,848 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.3 (50.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 30.3 (86.5) | 35.2 (95.4) | 37.4 (99.3) | 39.4 (102.9) | 36.5 (97.7) | 35.7 (96.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 39.4 (102.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) | 1.4 (34.5) | 8.2 (46.8) | 16.5 (61.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 15.1 (59.2) | 5.7 (42.3) | −1.6 (29.1) | 14.0 (57.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.6 (12.9) | −6.8 (19.8) | 0.2 (32.4) | 8.5 (47.3) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.7 (71.1) | 20.2 (68.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 7.1 (44.8) | −1.8 (28.8) | −8.9 (16.0) | 6.6 (43.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.4 (2.5) | −13.4 (7.9) | −7.0 (19.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 12.9 (55.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 8.1 (46.6) | 0.6 (33.1) | −7.6 (18.3) | −14.4 (6.1) | 0.2 (32.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −28.2 (−18.8) | −26.6 (−15.9) | −23.8 (−10.8) | −12.1 (10.2) | −3.3 (26.1) | 3.3 (37.9) | 7.6 (45.7) | 0.4 (32.7) | −3.6 (25.5) | −12.6 (9.3) | −22.1 (−7.8) | −25.5 (−13.9) | −28.2 (−18.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.1 (0.04) | 2.9 (0.11) | 8.2 (0.32) | 18.0 (0.71) | 38.7 (1.52) | 76.0 (2.99) | 113.9 (4.48) | 79.3 (3.12) | 55.8 (2.20) | 23.5 (0.93) | 8.3 (0.33) | 1.9 (0.07) | 427.6 (16.82) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 78.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 20.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 47 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 46 | 60 | 72 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 52 | 49 | 54 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 207.7 | 202.4 | 238.9 | 248.5 | 268.1 | 237.2 | 227.5 | 235.0 | 224.5 | 225.5 | 195.3 | 196.9 | 2,707.5 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 70 | 67 | 64 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 50 | 56 | 61 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 62 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |