Xinchang County (Chinese: 新昌县; pinyin: Xīnchāng Xiàn) is a county in the east-central part of Zhejiang province, administratively under the municipal government of Shaoxing. 430,000 people live in Xinchang.[when?]
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Xinchang
新昌县 Sinchang | |
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County | |
![]() ![]() Xinchang Location of the seat in Zhejiang | |
Coordinates: 29°29′59″N 120°54′14″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Zhejiang |
Prefecture-level city | Shaoxing |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Subdistricts:[1]
Towns:
Townships:
Climate data for Xinchang (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) |
29.5 (85.1) |
33.4 (92.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
37.0 (98.6) |
38.3 (100.9) |
41.8 (107.2) |
42.8 (109.0) |
40.3 (104.5) |
35.7 (96.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
42.8 (109.0) |
Average high °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
29.4 (84.9) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.0 (53.6) |
22.0 (71.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.4 (50.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.8 (83.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
Average low °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.9 (75.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
2.8 (37.0) |
12.9 (55.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −7.5 (18.5) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
0.3 (32.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
11.2 (52.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.9 (2.59) |
76.5 (3.01) |
134.8 (5.31) |
124.3 (4.89) |
127.9 (5.04) |
212.0 (8.35) |
155.7 (6.13) |
173.4 (6.83) |
133.5 (5.26) |
61.6 (2.43) |
63.3 (2.49) |
49.5 (1.95) |
1,378.4 (54.28) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 81 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 78 |
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] |
The town of Ru'ao (儒岙) became synonymous with poison. The factories using industrial gelatin to make pills were closed soon after CCTV reported the scandal on April 15, 2012.[3] A third of Ruao's 30,000 population is employed in the capsule industry.
Xinchang is home to the Dafo Temple (大佛寺).
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