Tunchang County is a county of Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. Its postal code is 571600, and in 1999 its population was 250,059 people. The administrative seat lies at Tuncheng.
Tunchang
屯昌县 | |
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County | |
Location in Hainan | |
| Coordinates: 19°21′58″N 110°9′54″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,231.5 km2 (475.5 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 250,059 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
There are four main attractions in this county: The Muse Lake, The Standard Model Deer Farm, Shi Xia Hairui Ancestral Home and the Wolong Mountain.
In 1983, a company from Guangxi[citation needed] moved to Tunchang and started raising geoemydid turtles on a farm.[1] They have since moved to a place near Sanya, which is closer to the ocean.
| Climate data for Tunchang (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33.5 (92.3) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.8 (98.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.1 (102.4) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
36.8 (98.2) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
24.3 (75.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
28.9 (83.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.0 (64.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
24.0 (75.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
3.8 (38.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 31.7 (1.25) |
40.2 (1.58) |
45.2 (1.78) |
118.8 (4.68) |
273.1 (10.75) |
201.7 (7.94) |
202.8 (7.98) |
295.6 (11.64) |
327.4 (12.89) |
300.5 (11.83) |
110.9 (4.37) |
55.5 (2.19) |
2,003.4 (78.88) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86 | 85 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 84 | 86 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 83 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) , page 15. Their source, with details and photos, is: Shi, Haitao; Parham, James Ford (2000), "Preliminary Observations of a Large Turtle Farm in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China", Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter, 3: 4–6
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