Shimen County
石门县
Shihmen
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Location of Shimen County within Changde
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  Shimen Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 29°41′56″N 111°01′01″E / 29.699°N 111.017°E / 29.699; 111.017[1] | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Changde |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,970.13 km2 (1,532.88 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 559,500 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Shimen County (simplified Chinese: 石门县; traditional Chinese: 石門縣; pinyin: Shímén Xiàn) is a northernmost county of Hunan Province, China, it is under administration of the prefecture-level cityofChangde.
Located on the northern margin of Hunan and the west of Changde, Shimen County is bordered to the south and southwest by Taoyuan, Zili and Sangzhi Counties, to the west by Hefeng CountyofHubei, to the north by Wufeng County of Hubei, to the east by Songzi City of Hubei, Li and Linli Counties. Shimen is a mountainous county located on the Wuling Mountains, Mount Huping (壶瓶山) which, at 2,098.7 metres (6,885 ft) on the northwest of the county, is the highest point of Hunan.[2] Shimen is also the home of the Tujia people, the descendant of Chinese ancient Ba People, the Tujia people shares 50.9％ of the population in the county.[3]
The county has an area of 3,973 kilometres (2,469 mi) with 669,741 of registered population and 601,100 of permanent population (as of 2015).[4] It is divided into 19 towns and townships, five units of State-owned farms (as of 2016).[5][6]
According to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Shimen County on January, 2016 and May 29, 2015, Shimen County has four subdistricts, 11 towns, six townships and management area of five state-owned farms under its jurisdiction.[7][8] they are:
| Climate data for Shimen (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) | 22.2 (72.0) |
29.5 (85.1) |
33.4 (92.1) |
36.6 (97.9) |
36.6 (97.9) |
38.5 (101.3) |
39.8 (103.6) |
40.7 (105.3) |
38.2 (100.8) |
34.7 (94.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
40.7 (105.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.8 (47.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.5 (61.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.1 (41.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.8 (53.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.4 (77.7) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.8 (82.0) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
4.4 (39.9) |
13.9 (57.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
2.1 (35.8) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 47.9 (1.89) |
57.0 (2.24) |
88.6 (3.49) |
140.4 (5.53) |
179.9 (7.08) |
220.9 (8.70) |
237.3 (9.34) |
143.3 (5.64) |
92.8 (3.65) |
87.8 (3.46) |
64.5 (2.54) |
29.9 (1.18) |
1,390.3 (54.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.1 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 13.8 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 10.2 | 8.1 | 138.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 10.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 73 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 74.9 | 75.7 | 104.0 | 131.2 | 142.8 | 141.8 | 198.8 | 199.0 | 145.7 | 124.5 | 108.9 | 93.4 | 1,540.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 23 | 24 | 28 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 47 | 49 | 40 | 35 | 34 | 29 | 34 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[9][10] | |||||||||||||
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Township-level divisions of Shimen County (January, 2016 - present)
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County seat: Chujiang Subdistrict (楚江街道) | |
| 4Subdistricts |
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| 10Towns |
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| 7Townships |
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| 5 State-owned farms |
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