Beipiao
北票市
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Beipiao Bus Station
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Location in Chaoyang City
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  Beipiao Location in Liaoning | |
| Coordinates: 41°48′04″N 120°46′16″E / 41.801°N 120.771°E / 41.801; 120.771 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Prefecture-level city | Chaoyang |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 4,469.0 km2 (1,725.5 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 183.00 km2 (70.66 sq mi) |
| Population
(2017)[1]
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| • County-level city | 576,000 |
| • Urban | 184,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Beipiao (Chinese: 北票; pinyin: Běipiào; Wade–Giles: Pei3-p'iao4) is a city in Chaoyang prefecture, Liaoning province, in Northeast China. It has a population of 202,807. The main industry in the area is coal mining. With vertical shafts of almost 1000m, these are some of the deepest coal mines in China. The coal produced is used for coking. Daheishan National Forest Park is located in the northwestern part of Beipiao city.
The dinosaur Beipiaosaurus was named after the city where its fossils were found nearby.
There are 7 subdistricts, 7 towns, 17 townships, and 2 ethnic townships under the administration of the city.[2]
Subdistricts:
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Beipiao (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) | 12.8 (55.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
33.9 (93.0) |
40.4 (104.7) |
41.1 (106.0) |
42.3 (108.1) |
40.1 (104.2) |
35.2 (95.4) |
30.1 (86.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.5 (63.5) |
42.3 (108.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
18.4 (65.1) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.2 (15.4) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
11.5 (52.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
18.3 (64.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
0.4 (32.7) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
18.6 (65.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −28.2 (−18.8) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
−25.8 (−14.4) |
−28.2 (−18.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.5 (0.06) |
1.9 (0.07) |
6.7 (0.26) |
21.7 (0.85) |
47.2 (1.86) |
89.7 (3.53) |
125.5 (4.94) |
94.9 (3.74) |
35.0 (1.38) |
22.8 (0.90) |
9.3 (0.37) |
1.6 (0.06) |
457.8 (18.02) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 7.6 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 63.3 |
| Average snowy days | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 12 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 47 | 42 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 62 | 74 | 75 | 64 | 55 | 51 | 50 | 53 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 213.0 | 216.7 | 258.7 | 252.4 | 278.0 | 239.9 | 223.3 | 243.1 | 247.5 | 227.2 | 193.5 | 193.2 | 2,786.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 72 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 62 | 53 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 64 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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