Pingtang County (Chinese: 平塘县; pinyin: Píngtáng Xiàn) is a county in the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It is a high mountain valley and is inhabited mainly by members of the Buyei and Miao ethnic minorities, who together make up 55% of the county's population.[1]
Pingtang County
平塘县 | |
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County | |
Coordinates (Pingtang County government): 25°49′21″N 107°19′21″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guizhou |
Autonomous prefecture | Qiannan |
Area | |
• Total | 2,799.08 km2 (1,080.73 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 228,377 |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
The county's area is 2,799.08 square km and at the 2010 Census its population was 228,560. The county's government is based in the town of Pinghu.
The Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is located in the southwestern part of Pingtan County, near its Kedu and Tangbian Towns and Dongjia Township of the adjacent Luodian County.
The towns and townships under the jurisdiction of Pingtang County include:
In June 2002, Chinese researchers announced the discovery of a 270-million-year-old stone called Hidden character stone inscribed with six Chinese characters, reading "中国共产党亡" ("the Communist Party of China Perish") at the Zhangbu Scenic Spot in Zhangbu village (掌布乡).[2][3]
Climate data for Pingtang (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 24.6 (76.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.8 (91.0) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
34.2 (93.6) |
36.1 (97.0) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.8 (96.4) |
33.5 (92.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
36.6 (97.9) |
Average high °C (°F) | 11.1 (52.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
28.1 (82.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
22.2 (71.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.8 (55.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
17.0 (62.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.1 (70.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
2.4 (36.3) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
10.0 (50.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25.4 (1.00) |
31.8 (1.25) |
50.9 (2.00) |
100.5 (3.96) |
186.6 (7.35) |
214.4 (8.44) |
194.3 (7.65) |
124.3 (4.89) |
90.8 (3.57) |
72.7 (2.86) |
45.5 (1.79) |
20.6 (0.81) |
1,157.8 (45.57) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 76 | 79 |
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[4] |
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