Xinning
新宁县
Sinning
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  Xinning Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates: 26°25′59″N 110°51′25″E / 26.433°N 110.857°E / 26.433; 110.857 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Shaoyang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Xinning | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 新寧 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 新宁 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Newly Pacified | ||||||
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Xinning County (Chinese: 新宁县; pinyin: Xīnníng Xiàn) is a county in the ProvinceofHunan, China, it is under the administration of Shaoyang City. Located on the south western margin of Hunan, the county is bordered to the northeast by Shaoyang County, to the northwest by Wugang City, to the west by Chengbu Autonomous County, to the south by Ziyuan CountyofGuangxi, to the east by Dong'an County. Xinning County covers 2,756.13 km2 (1,064.15 sq mi), as of 2015, it had a registered population of 649,700 and a permanent resident population of 574,100.[1] The county has eight towns and eight townships under its jurisdiction, the county seatisJinshi (金石镇).[2]
As of 2022, Yanling County has 8 towns 6 townships and 2 ethnic townships.
The Xinning County Gazetteer (1995:653) lists the following ethnic groups and their respective locations.
| Climate data for Xinning (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) | 9.4 (48.9) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
23.2 (73.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
28.6 (83.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
22.2 (71.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.6 (78.1) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
14.3 (57.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70.7 (2.78) |
74.2 (2.92) |
123.5 (4.86) |
131.9 (5.19) |
177.8 (7.00) |
184.4 (7.26) |
138.1 (5.44) |
135.9 (5.35) |
78.4 (3.09) |
84.7 (3.33) |
69.2 (2.72) |
56.8 (2.24) |
1,325.6 (52.18) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.2 | 15.8 | 19.5 | 17.0 | 17.5 | 16.5 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 176.9 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 7.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 82 | 83 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 74 | 77 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 80 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 50.9 | 52.4 | 67.5 | 101.3 | 122.4 | 120.0 | 201.2 | 171.3 | 127.6 | 107.9 | 96.2 | 82.6 | 1,301.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 15 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 48 | 43 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 25 | 29 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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Township-level divisions of Xinning County, Hunan (December 2, 2015 - present)
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county seat: Ningxiu Community (凝秀社区) of Jinshi Town | |
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| 6townships |
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| 2Yao ethnic townships |
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