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Yongfu County
永福县
Yungfu
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  Yongfu Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 24°58′48″N 109°58′59″E / 24.9799°N 109.9831°E / 24.9799; 109.9831 | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Guilin |
| County seat | Yongfu Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,807 km2 (1,084 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Yongfu County (Chinese: 永福县; pinyin: Yǒngfú Xiàn) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level cityofGuilin, Guangxi, China, located 55 km (34 mi) to the southwest of downtown Guilin. The county is mostly rural and hilly, marked by the same dramatic karst topography for which Guilin is famous.
Yongfu is perhaps best known as a center of luohan guo (Siraitia grosvenorii) production, and in particular the town of Longjiang (龙江) has been called "the home of Chinese luohan guo".
Other agricultural products include mangosteens, honey, wild grapes, silkworms, rice, mushrooms, chestnuts, and yellow bamboo shoots.
Yongfu County is divided into 6 towns and 3 townships:[1]
| Climate data for Yongfu (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) | 26.3 (79.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.7 (90.9) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.4 (95.7) |
37.0 (98.6) |
38.9 (102.0) |
39.2 (102.6) |
37.8 (100.0) |
36.1 (97.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.1 (53.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.8 (91.0) |
33.2 (91.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
26.5 (79.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
23.9 (75.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.9 (82.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
19.3 (66.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
12.4 (54.3) |
7.4 (45.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
0.5 (32.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
10.5 (50.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
6.6 (43.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 84.6 (3.33) |
89.3 (3.52) |
165.7 (6.52) |
205.0 (8.07) |
351.1 (13.82) |
487.6 (19.20) |
272.3 (10.72) |
170.9 (6.73) |
81.6 (3.21) |
70.6 (2.78) |
85.5 (3.37) |
63.6 (2.50) |
2,127.8 (83.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.5 | 14.6 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 12.6 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 173.3 |
| Average snowy days | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 77 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 76 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 54.5 | 49.5 | 48.6 | 76.7 | 109.5 | 112.1 | 179.2 | 192.9 | 175.5 | 150.4 | 117.6 | 98.1 | 1,364.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 16 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 43 | 48 | 48 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 30 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
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