Qingtian (Chinese: 青田; pinyin: Qīngtián; Wade–Giles: Ch'ing-t'ien; lit. 'azure field'), is a county in southeastern Zhejiang Province, on the middle-lower reaches of the Ou River which flows 388 kilometers (241 mi) before finally reaching the city of Wenzhou and emptying into the East China Sea. The county is known from AD 711 on and was named for its rich rice paddy fields. Subtropical monsoon climate: annual average temperature 18.3 °C (64.9 °F), annual rainfall 1,747 mm (68.8 in). Hilly territory with many ravines. Its capital is Hecheng, also known as Qingtian City. The inhabitants speak Wenzhounese and Qingtianese, both Wu dialects.
Qingtian
青田县 Tsingtien | |
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County | |
Hecheng (seat of Qingtian), from the north-west, in 2011 | |
Nickname: Little Europe (小欧洲) | |
![]() ![]() Qingtian Location of the seat in Zhejiang | |
Coordinates: 28°8′3″N 120°17′27″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Zhejiang |
Prefecture-level city | Lishui |
Area | |
• County | 2,493 km2 (963 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• County | 564,900 |
• Urban | 75,152 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 323900 |
Area code | 0578 |
Website | Qingtian County |
Before 1963, when Qingtian county was ruled by the central government to go under the administration of Lishui, the area had been organised under Wenzhou from 323-1963 AD, a total of 1640 years.[citation needed] The area is well known by its traditional stonecarving industry, that has been defined as "embroidery on stone" since the Northern and Southern dynasties period at least.[1][2]
Towns:[3]
Townships:
Climate data for Qingtian (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 26.7 (80.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
35.3 (95.5) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.4 (102.9) |
41.9 (107.4) |
40.6 (105.1) |
40.1 (104.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
41.9 (107.4) |
Average high °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.4 (63.3) |
23.0 (73.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
30.1 (86.2) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.4 (59.7) |
23.7 (74.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.3 (59.5) |
9.9 (49.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
15.2 (59.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −3.7 (25.3) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
3.4 (38.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55.1 (2.17) |
75.6 (2.98) |
143.7 (5.66) |
154.6 (6.09) |
173.4 (6.83) |
263.9 (10.39) |
210.5 (8.29) |
251.7 (9.91) |
190.2 (7.49) |
77.2 (3.04) |
60.4 (2.38) |
41.5 (1.63) |
1,697.8 (66.86) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 81 | 77 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 75 |
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[4] |
Qingtian is served by the Jinhua–Wenzhou high-speed railway.
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