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Qihe County (simplified Chinese: 齐河县; traditional Chinese: 齊河縣; pinyin: Qíhé Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is the southernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level cityofDezhou.
Qihe County
齐河县
Tsiho
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Qihe in Dezhou
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Dezhou in Shandong
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| Coordinates: 36°46′59″N 116°45′47″E / 36.783°N 116.763°E / 36.783; 116.763 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Dezhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,411 km2 (545 sq mi) |
| Population
(2019)[2]
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| • Total | 622,000 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
251100
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Qihe County is subordinate to Dezhou City, located in the northwestern plain of Lu, on the north bank of the Yellow River, facing Jinan across the river. The county governs 2 townships, 11 towns and 2 sub-district offices with a total population of 780,000 and a total area of 1,411 square kilometers. It belongs to the alluvial plain of the lower Yellow River. It has fertile soil, suitable climate and sufficient sunshine.
Qihe is China's most beautiful eco-tourism demonstration city. It is the only China's new energy automobile manufacturing city and China's emerging industrial equipment manufacturing city. Qihe County is also the only one of the top 100 counties in the economically underdeveloped areas of Shandong Province.[citation needed]
As 2012, this County is divided to 9 towns and 5 townships.[3]
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| Climate data for Qihe (1999–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 17.9 (64.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
32.7 (90.9) |
38.1 (100.6) |
40.8 (105.4) |
41.8 (107.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
36.1 (97.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
12.9 (55.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
2.0 (35.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
7.1 (44.8) |
0.3 (32.5) |
13.9 (57.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
9.1 (48.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.6 (−3.3) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−8.96 (15.87) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−18.1 (−0.6) |
−19.6 (−3.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.2 (0.20) |
9.1 (0.36) |
8.9 (0.35) |
39.7 (1.56) |
48.8 (1.92) |
90.4 (3.56) |
163.8 (6.45) |
160.4 (6.31) |
47.9 (1.89) |
28.2 (1.11) |
19.8 (0.78) |
4.4 (0.17) |
626.6 (24.66) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 66 |
| Average snowy days | 3.1 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 10.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 59 | 53 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 78 | 82 | 77 | 70 | 68 | 64 | 67 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 146.1 | 147.0 | 205.8 | 217.9 | 242.4 | 210.4 | 179.4 | 182.4 | 174.6 | 172.9 | 149.8 | 148.9 | 2,177.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 47 | 48 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 48 | 40 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 49 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||