Luoding
Luoding
罗定市 Loting | |
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County-level & Sub-prefectural city | |
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  Luoding Location in Guangdong | |
| Coordinates: 22°46′08″N 111°34′11″E / 22.7689°N 111.5697°ECoordinates: 22°46′08″N 111°34′11″E / 22.7689°N 111.5697°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level city | Yunfu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,300 km2 (900 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | 959,067 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Luoding | |||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 罗定 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 羅定 | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Luódìng | ||||||||||||
| Postal | Loting | ||||||||||||
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Luoding, alternately romanized as Loting,[a] is a county-level city in the north of Guangdong province (粤北), South China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu.
History[]
As early as 10,000 years ago, there were ancient people inhabited within Luoding City. Famous monument is the rock carving called Long Anyan Grottoes (龍盦巖石窟).
Geography[]
Map including Luoding (labeled as LO-TING 罗定) (AMS, 1954)
Luoding borders Guangxi to the northwest.
Notable people[]
- Cai Tingkai( 蔡廷鍇 ), born in 1892, passed away in 1968, was a Chinese general.
- Cheung ka nien ( 張嘉年）： Hong Kong actor, mr cheung is the main cast of the film: suk suk
- Tang chun kit ( 鄧俊傑）： Hong Kong male historian, his research interest is the philosophy of scholar Zhan ruo shui( 湛若水）.
Climate[]
| Climate data for Luoding (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.2 (100.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
39.3 (102.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
19.0 (66.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.9 (1.85) |
60.6 (2.39) |
73.3 (2.89) |
145.3 (5.72) |
207.0 (8.15) |
200.3 (7.89) |
187.1 (7.37) |
176.4 (6.94) |
158.6 (6.24) |
66.6 (2.62) |
38.3 (1.51) |
27.1 (1.07) |
1,387.5 (54.64) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 78 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
See also[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
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