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Taihe County (simplified Chinese: 泰和县; traditional Chinese: 泰和縣; pinyin: Tàihé Xiàn) is a county of southwest Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, situated on the west (left) bank of the Gan River. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an, 37 kilometres (23 mi) to the north-northeast.

Taihe County
泰和县
Taiho
County
Location in Ji'an City (yellow) and Jiangxi province
Coordinates: 26°47′24″N 114°54′32″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityJi'an
Area
  Total2,666 km2 (1,029 sq mi)
Elevation
57 m (188 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total512,225
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code(s)0796
GDP (RMB)4.692 billion
Websitehttp://www.jxth.gov.cn/

Its area is almost the size of that of Rhode Island.[1]


Administrative divisions


์Nowadays, Taihe County consists of 16 towns and 6 townships.[2]

16 towns
  • Chengjiang (澄江镇))
  • Bixi (碧溪镇))
  • Qiaotou (桥头镇)))
  • Heshi (禾市镇))
  • Luoxi (螺溪镇))
  • Suxi (马市镇)
  • Mashi (馬市镇))
  • Tangzhou (塘洲镇))
  • Guanchao (冠朝镇))
  • Shacun (沙村镇))
  • Laoyingpan (老营盘镇)))
  • Xiaolong (小龙镇))
  • Guanxi (灌溪镇))
  • Yuanqian (苑前镇))
  • Wanhe (万合镇))
  • Yanxi (沿溪镇))
6 townships
  • Shishan (石山乡)
  • Nanxi (南溪乡)
  • Shangmo (上模乡)
  • Shuicha (水槎乡)
  • Shangyi (上圯乡)
  • Zhonglong (中龙乡)

Demographics


Map including Taihe (labeled as 泰和 T'AI-HO) (AMS, 1954)
Map including Taihe (labeled as 泰和 T'AI-HO) (AMS, 1954)

The population of the district was 505,795 in 1999.[3] [4]


History


According to recent archaeological discoveries, the history of Taihe County may date back to the western Zhou dynasty. Readers of English who are interested in this county should read John W. Dardess, A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996). The book was preceded by a number of articles about the county, including John W Dardess, "A Ming Landscape: Settlement, Land Use, Labor, and Estheticism in T'ai-ho County, Jiangxi," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 49.1 (1989): 295-364.


Education



Culture


Its famous landmark is K'uai-ko Pavilion, which Huang Tingjian wrote about.[1]


Famous Local Products


One of the most famous local products of Taihe County is Gallus domesticus, called "Taihe Wuji" in Chinese.


Climate


Climate data for Taihe (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 26.5
(79.7)
31.0
(87.8)
33.2
(91.8)
36.2
(97.2)
36.8
(98.2)
38.3
(100.9)
41.4
(106.5)
41.5
(106.7)
38.5
(101.3)
36.9
(98.4)
33.3
(91.9)
27.4
(81.3)
41.5
(106.7)
Average high °C (°F) 10.7
(51.3)
13.1
(55.6)
16.9
(62.4)
23.5
(74.3)
28.3
(82.9)
31.2
(88.2)
34.8
(94.6)
34.1
(93.4)
30.2
(86.4)
25.4
(77.7)
19.5
(67.1)
13.8
(56.8)
23.5
(74.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.9
(44.4)
9.1
(48.4)
12.8
(55.0)
19.0
(66.2)
23.7
(74.7)
26.8
(80.2)
29.8
(85.6)
29.0
(84.2)
25.4
(77.7)
20.4
(68.7)
14.5
(58.1)
8.9
(48.0)
18.9
(65.9)
Average low °C (°F) 4.1
(39.4)
6.4
(43.5)
9.8
(49.6)
15.7
(60.3)
20.3
(68.5)
23.7
(74.7)
26.0
(78.8)
25.4
(77.7)
22.1
(71.8)
16.9
(62.4)
10.9
(51.6)
5.3
(41.5)
15.6
(60.0)
Record low °C (°F) −4.1
(24.6)
−2.8
(27.0)
−1.2
(29.8)
4.0
(39.2)
11.1
(52.0)
14.9
(58.8)
19.0
(66.2)
20.2
(68.4)
15.0
(59.0)
4.0
(39.2)
0.3
(32.5)
−6.0
(21.2)
−6.0
(21.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 67.5
(2.66)
99.6
(3.92)
153.5
(6.04)
193.3
(7.61)
213.5
(8.41)
223.0
(8.78)
106.0
(4.17)
122.4
(4.82)
89.0
(3.50)
66.5
(2.62)
64.1
(2.52)
39.3
(1.55)
1,437.7
(56.6)
Average relative humidity (%) 81 82 83 81 80 80 72 76 78 76 77 77 79
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[5]

Scenery



Notes and references


  1. Chu, Hung-Lam (1998). "A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century". 5 (2). China Review International: 401–405. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) - Cited: p. 401: "In the minds of Chinese literati, T'ai-ho County, covering an area slightly smaller than Rhode Island, in the southwestern part of Kiangsi Province,[...]"
  2. "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  3. (in English) National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
  4. (in English) Government of Taihe County, Jiangxi Province, China - 2008 Period, in Taihe China Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

Further reading






На других языках


- [en] Taihe County, Jiangxi

[ru] Тайхэ (Цзиань)

Тайхэ́ (кит. упр. 吉水, пиньинь Jíshuǐ) — уезд городского округа Цзиань провинции Цзянси (КНР).



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