Yangshan County (postal: Yeungshan; simplified Chinese: 阳山县; traditional Chinese: 陽山縣; pinyin: Yángshān Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Guangdong Province, China, bordering Hunan province to the north. It is under the administration of the city of Qingyuan.
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Yangshan
阳山县 Yeungshan | |
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County | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Qingyuan |
Area | |
• Total | 3,372 km2 (1,302 sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
A military camp was established in the area in the late Qin dynasty. It was Emperor Han Wu Di who formally recognized Yangshan as a county. A Tang dynasty poet, Han You (Chinese: 韓愈), visited it and wrote a poem about his journey, "The Travel Diary of Swallow Pavilion" (Chinese: < 燕喜亭記>).
In Grand Theft Auto V, according to Trevor Philips, Los Santos Triads leader Wei Cheng and his son Tao Cheng were born in Yangshan.
other information: according to local gazette of Guangdong ( 《 廣東史志> ), yangshan county is hometown of about six thousand overseas chinese, these overseas chinese settle in Malaysia, United States of America, etc.
Climate data for Yangshan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.9 (93.0) |
34.8 (94.6) |
36.1 (97.0) |
38.1 (100.6) |
41.0 (105.8) |
40.0 (104.0) |
38.8 (101.8) |
36.8 (98.2) |
34.3 (93.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
41.0 (105.8) |
Average high °C (°F) | 15.2 (59.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.8 (89.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.1 (93.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
25.5 (78.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
20.5 (69.0) |
Average low °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72.1 (2.84) |
113.1 (4.45) |
169.1 (6.66) |
229.5 (9.04) |
315.9 (12.44) |
301.2 (11.86) |
203.9 (8.03) |
162.3 (6.39) |
123.3 (4.85) |
63.2 (2.49) |
54.2 (2.13) |
37.9 (1.49) |
1,845.7 (72.67) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 83 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 77 |
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center |
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