Lingtai County
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Lingtai County (simplified Chinese: 灵台县; traditional Chinese: 靈台縣; pinyin: Língtái Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Gansu province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the south and east. It is under the administration of Pingliang City. Its postal code is 744400, and in 1999 its population was 226,576 people. It was first established in 605 AD.
Lingtai is named after the Lingtai acupuncture point, since one of the founders of acupuncture, Huangfu Mi, was born in Lingtai. In ancient history it was known as Mixu (密须).
Administrative divisions
Lingtai County is divided to 1 Subdistrict, 9 towns 4 townships and 1 other.
Subdistricts
- Chengshi residential community (城市社区街道)
Towns
- Zhongtai (中台镇)
- Shaozhai (邵寨镇)
- Dudian (独店镇)
- Shizi (什字镇)
- Chaona (朝那镇)
- Xitun (西屯镇)
- Shangliang (上良镇)
- Baili (百里镇)
- Puwo (蒲窝镇)
Townships
- Xinkai Township (新开乡)
- Liangyuan Township (梁原乡)
- Longmen Township (龙门乡)
- Xinghuo Township (星火乡)
Others
- Wanbaochuan Farm (万宝川农场)
Climate
| Climate data for Lingtai, elevation 967 m (3,173 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) | 15.6 (60.1) | 22.0 (71.6) | 29.8 (85.6) | 36.5 (97.7) | 35.8 (96.4) | 38.8 (101.8) | 37.7 (99.9) | 36.7 (98.1) | 34.8 (94.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 23.4 (74.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 15.4 (59.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 30.3 (86.5) | 28.2 (82.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 11.7 (53.1) | 5.7 (42.3) | 18.4 (65.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) | 0.0 (32.0) | 6.3 (43.3) | 12.2 (54.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 21.4 (70.5) | 16.5 (61.7) | 10.4 (50.7) | 3.5 (38.3) | −2.7 (27.1) | 10.3 (50.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) | −5.7 (21.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 12.7 (54.9) | 6.0 (42.8) | −1.7 (28.9) | −8.1 (17.4) | 4.6 (40.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −20.3 (−4.5) | −17.7 (0.1) | −11.3 (11.7) | −7.1 (19.2) | −0.8 (30.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | 9.2 (48.6) | 8.8 (47.8) | 2.4 (36.3) | −3.6 (25.5) | −14.6 (5.7) | −23.1 (−9.6) | −23.1 (−9.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.9 (0.27) | 9.5 (0.37) | 17.3 (0.68) | 31.9 (1.26) | 48.3 (1.90) | 71.9 (2.83) | 120.5 (4.74) | 105.2 (4.14) | 103.3 (4.07) | 46.3 (1.82) | 16.6 (0.65) | 3.9 (0.15) | 581.6 (22.88) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.4 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 5.5 | 2.7 | 96.1 |
| Average snowy days | 6.4 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 22.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65 | 65 | 60 | 60 | 66 | 70 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 82 | 76 | 68 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 150.6 | 147.7 | 192.3 | 209.5 | 218.4 | 213.6 | 205.5 | 169.3 | 119.4 | 127.9 | 147.3 | 159.8 | 2,061.3 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 48 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 41 | 32 | 37 | 48 | 53 | 46 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |
Born in Lingtai
- Huangfu Mi, author and physician
- Niu Sengru, government official during Tang era
- Yao Yuanjun, Chinese Border police officer