Suining County, Jiangsu
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Suining County (simplified Chinese: 睢宁县; traditional Chinese: 睢寧縣; pinyin: Suīníng Xiàn; Wade–Giles: Sui-ning) is under the administration of Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, China; it is the southernmost county-level division of Xuzhou and borders the prefecture-level cities of Suqian to the east and Suzhou of Anhui to the south and west.
History
Suining basically was a part of former Suiling (睢陵) county by the Han. The seat of the Suiling was relocated to present-day Suining during the Three Kingdoms, and Suiling was merged into Suqian later. In 1218, it became a separate county seated at the old walled city of Suqian, and named "Suining" (literally: Bring peace to the Sui basin). The county was defunct in early Yuan, but restored in 1275. It was under Pizhou of Huai'an until Pizhou became a part of Xuzhou in 1733.
The ancient city Xiapi, where Pizhou used to seated is located in Gupi (古邳) Town.
Administration
Suining County is divided into 3 subdistricts and 15 towns.
3 subdistricts
- Suicheng (睢城街道)
- Jincheng (金城街道)
- Suihe (睢河街道)-is upgraded from town.
15 towns
- Wangji (王集镇)
- Shuanggou (双沟镇)
- Lanshan (岚山镇)
- Liji (李集镇)
- Taoyuan (桃园镇)
- Guanshan (官山镇)
- Gaozuo (高作镇)
- Shaji (沙集镇)
- Lingcheng (凌城镇)
- Qiuji (邱集镇)
- Gupi (古邳镇)
- Yaoji (姚集镇)
- Weiji (魏集镇)
- Liangji (梁集镇)
- Qing'an (庆安镇)
Climate
| Climate data for Suining, elevation 24 m (79 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) | 26.0 (78.8) | 33.1 (91.6) | 32.7 (90.9) | 37.2 (99.0) | 38.8 (101.8) | 39.1 (102.4) | 38.0 (100.4) | 36.3 (97.3) | 33.8 (92.8) | 28.3 (82.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 39.1 (102.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | 14.5 (58.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 26.1 (79.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.6 (87.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 14.9 (58.8) | 8.1 (46.6) | 20.1 (68.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.1 (48.4) | 15.4 (59.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.6 (79.9) | 22.2 (72.0) | 16.4 (61.5) | 9.6 (49.3) | 3.2 (37.8) | 15.0 (59.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.3 (27.9) | 0.2 (32.4) | 4.6 (40.3) | 10.3 (50.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 12.1 (53.8) | 5.4 (41.7) | −0.5 (31.1) | 11.0 (51.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.5 (7.7) | −16.7 (1.9) | −8.2 (17.2) | −0.7 (30.7) | 4.4 (39.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 14.3 (57.7) | 6.7 (44.1) | −1.3 (29.7) | −7.4 (18.7) | −16.3 (2.7) | −16.7 (1.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.5 (0.85) | 26.4 (1.04) | 40.9 (1.61) | 45.0 (1.77) | 72.8 (2.87) | 128.7 (5.07) | 220.4 (8.68) | 181.6 (7.15) | 87.5 (3.44) | 45.2 (1.78) | 36.3 (1.43) | 19.0 (0.75) | 925.3 (36.44) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.0 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 13.2 | 11.4 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 89.4 |
| Average snowy days | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 67 | 64 | 65 | 69 | 72 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 139.6 | 140.9 | 179.5 | 203.7 | 210.6 | 180.0 | 177.3 | 177.3 | 172.9 | 171.3 | 148.8 | 145.8 | 2,047.7 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 44 | 45 | 48 | 52 | 49 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 46 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |
Education
- Suining Senior High School
- Wenhua Middle School
- Ninghai Middle School
- Jinghua Middle School
- Shuren Middle School
- Liji Middle School
Transport
Xuzhou Guanyin Airport is located in Shuanggou Town.
The town is served by two railway stations both located on the Xuzhou–Yancheng high-speed railway: Guanyin Airport and Suining.