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==History== |
==History== |
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Yanggao was formerly known as '''Gaoliu'''. Under the [[Qin dynasty|Qin]] and [[Western Han]], it was part of [[Dai Commandery]]. Under the [[Eastern Han dynasty|Eastern Han]], it served as the prefectural seat, although lost this status to Daixian (near present-day [[Yuzhou, Hebei|Yuzhou]] in [[Hebei]]) during the [[Three Kingdoms |
Yanggao was formerly known as '''Gaoliu'''. Under the [[Qin dynasty|Qin]] and [[Western Han]], it was part of [[Dai Commandery]]. Under the [[Eastern Han dynasty|Eastern Han]], it served as the prefectural seat, although lost this status to Daixian (near present-day [[Yuzhou, Hebei|Yuzhou]] in [[Hebei]]) during the [[Three Kingdoms period]].<ref name=daijun>{{harvp|Xiong|2009|loc=s.v. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=UD8Nvn7Ca18C&pg=PA106 Daijun]"}}.</ref> |
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==Climate== |
==Climate== |
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|location = Yanggao (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |
|location = Yanggao, elevation {{convert|1050|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |
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Yanggao County
阳高县
Yangkao
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Location of the seat in Shanxi | |
Coordinates: 40°21′40″N 113°44′56″E / 40.361°N 113.749°E / 40.361; 113.749 | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Datong |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Yanggao County | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 陽高縣 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 阳高县 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Sunny Heights County Yang-Heights County | ||||||||
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Gaoliu | |||||||||
Chinese | 高柳 | ||||||||
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Yanggao County is a county in the northeast of Shanxi province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the northwest and Hebei province to the east. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level cityofDatong.
Yanggao was formerly known as Gaoliu. Under the Qin and Western Han, it was part of Dai Commandery. Under the Eastern Han, it served as the prefectural seat, although lost this status to Daixian (near present-day YuzhouinHebei) during the Three Kingdoms period.[1]
Climate data for Yanggao, elevation 1,050 m (3,440 ft), (1991–2020 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) | 11.0 (51.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.6 (99.7) |
38.1 (100.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.5 (95.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
38.1 (100.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) |
2.0 (35.6) |
9.1 (48.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
15.2 (59.4) |
6.1 (43.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
14.5 (58.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
1.9 (35.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
8.1 (46.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
2.9 (37.2) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.1 (57.4) |
16.5 (61.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
1.6 (34.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −31.8 (−25.2) |
−25.7 (−14.3) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
9.2 (48.6) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−25.4 (−13.7) |
−29.9 (−21.8) |
−31.8 (−25.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.4 (0.09) |
4.4 (0.17) |
9.4 (0.37) |
18.2 (0.72) |
33.9 (1.33) |
53.1 (2.09) |
100.3 (3.95) |
75.3 (2.96) |
55.7 (2.19) |
21.2 (0.83) |
9.1 (0.36) |
2.3 (0.09) |
385.3 (15.15) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 7.3 | 11.3 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 76.9 |
Average snowy days | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 19.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 43 | 39 | 36 | 38 | 52 | 66 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 51 | 48 | 51 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 192.0 | 194.1 | 231.3 | 249.4 | 266.4 | 238.8 | 235.5 | 236.2 | 218.7 | 221.0 | 188.6 | 181.6 | 2,653.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 64 | 64 | 62 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 52 | 56 | 59 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 60 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] |
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