Linghai
凌海市
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Location of the city
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  Linghai Location in Liaoning | |
| Coordinates: 41°10′N 121°21′E / 41.167°N 121.350°E / 41.167; 121.350 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Prefecture-level city | Jinzhou |
| City seat | Dalinghe Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 2,585.5 km2 (998.3 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 136.74 km2 (52.80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 19 m (64 ft) |
| Population
(2017)[1]
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| • County-level city | 532,000 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 137,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
121200
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Linghai (Chinese: 凌海; pinyin: Línghǎi) is a county-level city in the west of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It was called JinxianorJin County (Chinese: 锦县) until 1993, when it was reorganized into a county-level city and renamed Linghai. With its urban core lying on the west (right) bank of the Daling River, which flows into Liaodong Bay near the city, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level cityofJinzhou, the seat of which is 21 kilometres (13 mi) to the southwest.
There are three subdistricts, 11 towns, seven townships, and one ethnic township under the city's administration.[2]
Subdistricts:
Towns:
Townships:
Others:
| Climate data for Linghai (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) | −2.7 (27.1) |
1.3 (34.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
16.2 (61.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
17.1 (62.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
14.8 (58.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.0 (17.6) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
10.4 (50.7) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
19.1 (66.4) |
11.4 (52.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
9.5 (49.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
5.4 (41.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
6.5 (43.7) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
5.2 (41.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.0 (0.12) |
3.9 (0.15) |
9.0 (0.35) |
26.3 (1.04) |
48.9 (1.93) |
90.7 (3.57) |
146 (5.7) |
151.5 (5.96) |
39.9 (1.57) |
33.5 (1.32) |
16.0 (0.63) |
3.9 (0.15) |
572.6 (22.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 67 |
| Average snowy days | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 15 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 50 | 50 | 48 | 50 | 56 | 71 | 81 | 80 | 68 | 59 | 54 | 52 | 60 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 207.2 | 209.2 | 251.2 | 251.1 | 276.7 | 235.4 | 209.4 | 230.4 | 240.6 | 226.9 | 192.3 | 192.5 | 2,722.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 70 | 69 | 67 | 63 | 62 | 52 | 46 | 54 | 65 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 62 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Linghai is served by Linghai South railway station, an infill station on the Qinhuangdao–Shenyang passenger railway and the southern terminus of the Chaoyang–Linghai high-speed railway.
Jinzhou Bay Airport is located here.
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