Yongnian
永年区
Yungnien
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  Yongnian Location in Hebei | |
| Coordinates: 36°44′38″N 114°32′38″E / 36.744°N 114.544°E / 36.744; 114.544 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Handan |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
057150
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| Yongnian, Handan | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 永年區 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 永年区 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | All Year District Longevity District | ||||||||
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| Former names | |||||||||
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| Yongnian County | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 永年縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 永年县 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | All Year County Longevity County | ||||||||
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| Guangping Prefecture | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣平府 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广平府 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Expansively Pacified Prefecture | ||||||||
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| Ming Prefecture | |||||||||
| Chinese | 洺州 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | Ming River Prefecture | ||||||||
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Yongnian is an urban district of the city of Handan, Hebei province, China. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yongnian.
During the middle ages, the region was known as Ming Prefecture and administered from Mingzhou, now known as Guangfu. Guangfu continued to serve as the local seat of government when Ming Prefecture first became Guangping Prefecture and then Yongnian County. The area's population was about 220,000 in 1491;[1] 1,225,408 in 1820; 1,101,876 in 1883; and 1,734,036 in 1946.[2]
Towns:
Townships:
| Climate data for Yongnian (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) | 18.6 (65.5) |
26.3 (79.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
36.5 (97.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
43.9 (111.0) |
42.0 (107.6) |
36.9 (98.4) |
38.6 (101.5) |
33.8 (92.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
43.9 (111.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
8.4 (47.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
30.5 (86.9) |
27.2 (81.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.6 (29.1) |
2.2 (36.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
15.1 (59.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
0.3 (32.5) |
14.1 (57.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.0 (50.0) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
9.2 (48.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.5 (−6.7) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
2.0 (35.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
12.0 (53.6) |
5.1 (41.2) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.8 (0.11) |
6.5 (0.26) |
9.0 (0.35) |
27.5 (1.08) |
41.3 (1.63) |
53.9 (2.12) |
142.9 (5.63) |
126.5 (4.98) |
47.3 (1.86) |
25.7 (1.01) |
14.5 (0.57) |
3.2 (0.13) |
501.1 (19.73) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 68.2 |
| Average snowy days | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 11.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 56 | 52 | 58 | 60 | 57 | 74 | 79 | 72 | 65 | 66 | 63 | 64 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 132.1 | 147.4 | 196.9 | 220.0 | 245.9 | 213.8 | 181.3 | 184.8 | 177.2 | 174.5 | 145.6 | 139.4 | 2,158.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 43 | 48 | 53 | 56 | 56 | 49 | 41 | 45 | 48 | 51 | 48 | 47 | 49 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
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