Jinxiang County
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Jinxiang County (simplified Chinese: 金乡县; traditional Chinese: 金鄉縣; pinyin: Jīnxiāng Xiàn; lit. 'gold hometown') is a county of southwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangsu province to the southeast. It is under the administration of Jining City.
The population was 601,369 in 1999.
The county town of Jinxiang is known as "the world's garlic capital", producing 80% of the world's garlic exports.
Administrative divisions
As of 2012, this county is divided to 9 towns and 4 townships.
Towns
- Jinxiang (金乡镇)
- Yangshan (羊山镇)
- Huji (胡集镇)
- Xiaoyun (肖云镇)
- Jishu (鸡黍镇)
- Wangpi (王丕镇)
- Sima (司马镇)
- Yushan (鱼山镇)
- Mamiao (马庙镇)
Townships
- Huayu Township (化雨乡)
- Buji Township (卜集乡)
- Gaohe Township (高河乡)
- Xinglong Township (兴隆乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Jinxiang, elevation 36 m (118 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.7 (62.1) | 25.3 (77.5) | 28.9 (84.0) | 34.0 (93.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 39.3 (102.7) | 39.6 (103.3) | 37.5 (99.5) | 36.1 (97.0) | 35.5 (95.9) | 26.9 (80.4) | 20.3 (68.5) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 15.0 (59.0) | 21.4 (70.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.7 (87.3) | 27.1 (80.8) | 21.7 (71.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 6.9 (44.4) | 20.1 (68.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.5 (59.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 8.4 (47.1) | 1.9 (35.4) | 14.7 (58.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) | −1.0 (30.2) | 4.1 (39.4) | 10.1 (50.2) | 15.8 (60.4) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.5 (72.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 4.1 (39.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | 10.2 (50.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.2 (4.6) | −13.4 (7.9) | −9.7 (14.5) | −1.8 (28.8) | 3.9 (39.0) | 11.9 (53.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.2 (45.0) | −0.3 (31.5) | −9.7 (14.5) | −13.0 (8.6) | −15.2 (4.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9.4 (0.37) | 15.0 (0.59) | 20.8 (0.82) | 37.4 (1.47) | 52.4 (2.06) | 67.8 (2.67) | 182.4 (7.18) | 169.6 (6.68) | 69.4 (2.73) | 30.0 (1.18) | 28.0 (1.10) | 11.6 (0.46) | 693.8 (27.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 74.4 |
| Average snowy days | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 8.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65 | 61 | 58 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 80 | 83 | 77 | 68 | 69 | 67 | 68 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 138.2 | 147.4 | 194.3 | 220.8 | 238.4 | 220.8 | 199.0 | 192.7 | 179.3 | 177.3 | 152.7 | 143.0 | 2,203.9 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 44 | 47 | 52 | 56 | 55 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 50 | 47 | 50 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |