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Qiongshan District, alternately romanizedasKiungshan, is a districtinHaikou City, Hainan.
Qiongshan
琼山区
Kiungshan; Chiungshan
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Location in Hainan | |
Coordinates: 20°00′12″N 110°21′14″E / 20.0032°N 110.3540°E / 20.0032; 110.3540 | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hainan |
Prefecture-level city | Haikou |
Area | |
• Total | 928.62 km2 (358.54 sq mi) |
Population
(2002)
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• Total | 360,000 |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
Qiongshan | |||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 琼山 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 瓊山 | ||||||||
Postal | Kiungshan | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Jade Mountain | ||||||||
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Former names | |||||||||
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Qiongzhou | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 瓊州 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 琼州 | ||||||||
Postal | Kiungchow | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Jade Prefecture | ||||||||
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AsQiongzhou, formerly romanized as Kiungchow,[a] the district was formerly a separate city which served as the center of Chinese administration on Hainan Island when it formed a part of Guangdong Province.[1]
The British Consulate in Kiungchow was opened in April 1876, as a result of the Treaty of Tientsin in 1858.[2]
Dongzhai Port Nature Reserve is located in the district and has an area of 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres). It includes six rivers, an irregular coastline, and a number of bays and tidewater gullies. The mangrove forest on the south coast provides a habitat for birds and other wildlife.[3]
Climate data for Qiongshan District (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
30.1 (86.2) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.7 (92.7) |
33.4 (92.1) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
28.4 (83.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.3 (64.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.8 (67.6) |
24.8 (76.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.4 (70.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
22.4 (72.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 28.1 (1.11) |
32.3 (1.27) |
43.6 (1.72) |
96.6 (3.80) |
208.0 (8.19) |
251.0 (9.88) |
243.3 (9.58) |
302.7 (11.92) |
284.7 (11.21) |
263.3 (10.37) |
63.7 (2.51) |
42.4 (1.67) |
1,859.7 (73.23) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 11.1 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 146.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 85 | 86 | 84 | 82 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 81 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 92.3 | 96.9 | 130.9 | 165.2 | 215.5 | 217.6 | 238.3 | 215.7 | 181.5 | 171.7 | 128.3 | 98.8 | 1,952.7 |
Percent possible sunshine | 27 | 30 | 35 | 44 | 53 | 55 | 59 | 55 | 50 | 48 | 39 | 29 | 44 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] |
Mandarin is the official language of administration and education, but locals also speak Haikou dialectofHainanese (aMin language), while other ethnic groups also speak the Qiongshan dialectofLingao.
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