Fengkai County

Former names
Former names
Fengzhou
Chinese	封州
Literal meaning	Seal(ed) Prefecture
Hanyu Pinyin
showTranscriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fēngzhōu
Fengchuan
Chinese	封川
Postal	Fungchun
Literal meaning	Seal(ed) River
Hanyu Pinyin
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fēngchuān
Kaijian
Traditional Chinese	開建
Simplified Chinese	开建
Postal	Hoikin
Literal meaning	Open(ing) Establishment
Hanyu Pinyin
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Kāijiàn

Fengkai
Fengkai
Traditional Chinese	封開
Simplified Chinese	封开
Literal meaning	Sealed-&-Open; Fengchuan-&-Kaijian
Hanyu Pinyin
showTranscriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fēngkāi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Fung1-hoi1

Fengkai

封开县
Fengkai 封开县
County
	Fengkai Location in Guangdong
	Coordinates: 23°25′26″N 111°30′43″E / 23.424°N 111.512°ECoordinates: 23°25′26″N 111°30′43″E / 23.424°N 111.512°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Zhaoqing
Area
• Total	2,723 km2 (1,051 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Fengkai County is a county in western Guangdong Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaoqing. It was formed in 1961 from the merger of Fengchuan and Kaijian Counties, which were formerly romanized as Fungchuan (Fungchun, Fungshun) ^[a] and Hoikin^[b] respectively.

History[]

About 140,000 years ago, there were human beings settled in nowadays fengkai.

Fengkai (as Fengzhou) on the 1136 Yuji Tu

Feng Prefecture or Fengzhou was a prefecture of the Tang and Song empires.

Under the Qing, Fengchuan and Kaijian made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.^[1]

Administrative divisions[]

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2010)^[2]	Area (km²)
town	江口镇	Jiāngkǒu Zhèn	65,160	177
town	江川镇	Jiāngchuān Zhèn	8,286	120.08
town	白垢镇	Báigòu Zhèn	12,125	142.3
town	大洲镇	Dàzhōu Zhèn	12,514	161.84
town	渔涝镇	Yúlào Zhèn	18,187	118
town	河儿口镇	Hé'erkǒu Zhèn	21,483	368
town	莲都镇	Liándū Zhèn	24,838	256
Xinghua town	杏花镇	Xìnghuā Zhèn	23,277	156.3
town	罗董镇	Luōdǒng Zhèn	21,205	136.83
town	长岗镇	Chánggǎng Zhèn	20,497	152.64
town	平凤镇	Píngfèng Zhèn	16,901	107.67
town	南丰镇	Nánfēng Zhèn	71,479	306
town	大玉口镇	Dàyùkǒu Zhèn	11,279	129
Duping town	都平镇	Dōupíng Zhèn	8,913	130.54
town	金装镇	Jīnzhuāng Zhèn	27,247	127.08
town	长安镇	Cháng'ān Zhèn	34,867	139.04

Climate[]

showClimate data for Fengkai (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	29.1 (84.4)	34.1 (93.4)	34.5 (94.1)	35.7 (96.3)	36.6 (97.9)	37.5 (99.5)	39.4 (102.9)	39.0 (102.2)	38.0 (100.4)	35.6 (96.1)	33.3 (91.9)	30.0 (86.0)	39.4 (102.9)
Average high °C (°F)	17.3 (63.1)	18.2 (64.8)	21.3 (70.3)	26.3 (79.3)	30.3 (86.5)	32.5 (90.5)	34.0 (93.2)	33.8 (92.8)	32.1 (89.8)	29.1 (84.4)	24.4 (75.9)	19.8 (67.6)	26.6 (79.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	11.9 (53.4)	13.7 (56.7)	16.8 (62.2)	21.7 (71.1)	25.1 (77.2)	27.4 (81.3)	28.4 (83.1)	28.1 (82.6)	26.5 (79.7)	23.0 (73.4)	17.9 (64.2)	13.3 (55.9)	21.2 (70.1)
Average low °C (°F)	8.6 (47.5)	10.6 (51.1)	13.8 (56.8)	18.5 (65.3)	21.8 (71.2)	24.1 (75.4)	24.9 (76.8)	24.7 (76.5)	23.0 (73.4)	19.1 (66.4)	13.9 (57.0)	9.3 (48.7)	17.7 (63.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−1.1 (30.0)	0.3 (32.5)	0.4 (32.7)	7.3 (45.1)	12.0 (53.6)	16.8 (62.2)	19.7 (67.5)	21.4 (70.5)	14.5 (58.1)	5.7 (42.3)	2.6 (36.7)	−2.4 (27.7)	−2.4 (27.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	56.8 (2.24)	74.4 (2.93)	89.1 (3.51)	176.5 (6.95)	244.9 (9.64)	258.0 (10.16)	178.9 (7.04)	170.1 (6.70)	105.5 (4.15)	55.5 (2.19)	42.7 (1.68)	31.9 (1.26)	1,484.3 (58.45)
Average relative humidity (%)	79	82	84	84	84	84	82	83	81	78	77	77	81
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center

Notes[]

^ Fengchuan was also sometimes romanized as Fung Chuen.^[1]
^ Kaijian was also sometimes romanized as Kae Kin.^[1]

References[]

Citations[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
^ shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

Bibliography[]

Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, reprinted 2000.

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[2] Fengchuan was also sometimes romanized as Fung Chuen.^[1]

[3] Kaijian was also sometimes romanized as Kae Kin.^[1]

[FOOTNOTEBolton_&_al.1941[httpsbooksgooglecombooksid6irEoGgDrm4CpgPA262_262]-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.

[4] shi, Guo wu yuan ren kou pu cha ban gong; council, Guo jia tong ji ju ren kou he jiu ye tong ji si bian = Tabulation on the 2010 population census of the people's republic of China by township / compiled by Population census office under the state; population, Department of; statistics, employment statistics national bureau of (2012). Zhongguo 2010 nian ren kou pu cha fen xiang, zhen, jie dao zi liao (Di 1 ban. ed.). Beijing Shi: Zhongguo tong ji chu ban she. ISBN 978-7-5037-6660-2.

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Fengkai 封开县
County
Fengkai Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 23°25′26″N 111°30′43″E / 23.424°N 111.512°E / 23.424; 111.512Coordinates: 23°25′26″N 111°30′43″E / 23.424°N 111.512°E / 23.424; 111.512
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Zhaoqing
Area
• Total	2,723 km² (1,051 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)