Pingyuan County (simplified Chinese: 平原县; traditional Chinese: 平原縣; pinyin: Píngyuán Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by the prefecture-level cityofDezhou. It has an area of 1,050 square kilometres (410 sq mi).
Pingyuan County
平原县
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Pingyuan in Dezhou
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Dezhou in Shandong
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| Coordinates: 37°09′55″N 116°26′03″E / 37.1653°N 116.4341°E / 37.1653; 116.4341 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Dezhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,047 km2 (404 sq mi) |
| Population
(2019)[2]
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| • Total | 447,000 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
253100
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At the end of the Han dynasty, Liu Bei began his political career as prefect of Pingyuan Commandery. The town was one of the starts for the anti-Western Boxer Rebellion.
The population was 437,584 in 1999.[3]
As 2012, this County is divided to 2 subdistricts, 7 towns and 3 townships.[4]
| Climate data for Pingyuan (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.6 (79.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.4 (86.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
14.6 (58.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
6.4 (43.5) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
13.5 (56.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
2.8 (37.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.4 (0.13) |
9.2 (0.36) |
8.8 (0.35) |
28.8 (1.13) |
44.2 (1.74) |
75.3 (2.96) |
161.4 (6.35) |
145.7 (5.74) |
40.4 (1.59) |
29.3 (1.15) |
16.3 (0.64) |
4.2 (0.17) |
567 (22.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 64.4 |
| Average snowy days | 2.6 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 59 | 55 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 77 | 82 | 75 | 68 | 66 | 63 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 167.5 | 167.2 | 220.7 | 241.5 | 270.9 | 240.3 | 203.9 | 199.7 | 198.1 | 195.7 | 161.7 | 156.7 | 2,423.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 54 | 54 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 55 | 46 | 48 | 54 | 57 | 54 | 53 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||