Changtai District[1]
长泰区
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  Changtai Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates: 24°41′N 117°47′E / 24.683°N 117.783°E / 24.683; 117.783 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhangzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Changtai, Zhangzhou | |||||||||||||
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Maps of "Kien-ning-fou" and "Tchang-tai-hien" from Du Halde's 1735 Description of China, based on Jesuit accounts
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| Traditional Chinese | 長泰區 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长泰区 | ||||||||||||
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Changtai Districtⓘ[1] is a DistrictinZhangzhou in southern Fujian Province in the People's Republic of China. It is located just outside the Zhangzhou's central urban area.
The one and only local dialect of Changtai District is Hokkien, which is spoken with a unique Changtai accent that falls under the Zhangzhou Hokkien accent umbrella, but bears significant differences in pronunciation of certain Chinese characters from the well-known Zhangzhou city accent.
| Climate data for Changtai (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) | 29.6 (85.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
37.7 (99.9) |
38.4 (101.1) |
39.6 (103.3) |
38.4 (101.1) |
37.4 (99.3) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.2 (95.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
25.9 (78.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
25.5 (77.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.7 (56.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 49.6 (1.95) |
74.3 (2.93) |
116.4 (4.58) |
133.5 (5.26) |
194.7 (7.67) |
280.8 (11.06) |
210.3 (8.28) |
243.4 (9.58) |
160.1 (6.30) |
51.5 (2.03) |
39.1 (1.54) |
45.4 (1.79) |
1,599.1 (62.97) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.4 | 11.3 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 136.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 80 | 82 | 77 | 79 | 76 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 136.2 | 105.2 | 106.7 | 123.5 | 137.3 | 157.3 | 234.7 | 209.1 | 191.8 | 195.7 | 165.5 | 155.4 | 1,918.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 41 | 33 | 29 | 32 | 33 | 39 | 56 | 52 | 52 | 55 | 51 | 47 | 43 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Towns:[4]
The only township is Banli Township (坂里乡)
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