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Tunchang
屯昌县
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Location in Hainan
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| Coordinates: 19°21′58″N 110°9′54″E / 19.36611°N 110.16500°E / 19.36611; 110.16500 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,231.5 km2 (475.5 sq mi) |
| Population
(1999)
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| • Total | 250,059 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
Tunchang County is a countyofHainan Province, People's Republic of China. Its postal code is 571600, and in 1999 its population was 250,059 people. The administrative seat lies at Tuncheng.
There are four main attractions in this county: The Muse Lake, The Standard Model Deer Farm, Shi Xia Hairui Ancestral Home and the Wolong Mountain.
In 1983, a company from Guangxi[citation needed] moved to Tunchang and started raising geoemydid turtles on a farm.[1] They have since moved to a place near Sanya, which is closer to the ocean.
Tunchang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am).
| Climate data for Tunchang (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) | 33.5 (92.3) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.8 (98.2) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.1 (102.4) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
37.2 (99.0) |
36.8 (98.2) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
28.1 (82.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.9 (93.0) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
29.2 (84.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 18.2 (64.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.6 (79.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
24.3 (75.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.4 (59.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.3 (70.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
5.4 (41.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
3.8 (38.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.1 (1.19) |
37.6 (1.48) |
44.5 (1.75) |
115.5 (4.55) |
263.3 (10.37) |
192.5 (7.58) |
220.6 (8.69) |
321.5 (12.66) |
354.7 (13.96) |
361.0 (14.21) |
108.1 (4.26) |
66.5 (2.62) |
2,115.9 (83.32) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.0 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 17.7 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 14.5 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 170.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86 | 84 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 100.9 | 112.4 | 154.1 | 180.9 | 206.3 | 212.8 | 223.7 | 197.7 | 157.5 | 147.6 | 114.9 | 87.1 | 1,895.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 29 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 51 | 54 | 55 | 50 | 43 | 41 | 34 | 26 | 42 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) , page 15. Their source, with details and photos, is: Shi, Haitao; Parham, James Ford (2000), "Preliminary Observations of a Large Turtle Farm in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China", Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter, 3: 4–6
Media related to Tunchang at Wikimedia Commons19°21′58″N 110°09′54″E / 19.366°N 110.165°E / 19.366; 110.165
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