Minqing County
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Minqing
闽清县 Mintsing | |
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  Minqing Location in Fujian | |
| Coordinates: 26°13′N 118°52′E / 26.217°N 118.867°ECoordinates: 26°13′N 118°52′E / 26.217°N 118.867°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Fuzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Minqing County | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 閩清縣 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 闽清县 | ||||||||
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| Foochow name | |||||||||
| Foochow | Mìng-chiăng | ||||||||
Minqing County is a county in the eastern Fujian Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the provincial capital.
History[]
Fire from the soldiers at Meicheng (then romanized "Min-tsing") turned back an expedition by Karl Gützlaff and Edwin Stevens to explore and evangelize in Fujian's tea country in 1835.[1]
Division[]
Minqing County includes the towns of Meicheng (梅城镇), (坂东镇), (池园镇), (梅溪镇), (白樟镇), (白中镇), (塔庄镇), (东桥镇), (雄江镇), (金沙镇), and (省璜镇) and the townships of (云龙乡), (上莲乡), (三溪乡), (下祝乡), and (桔林乡).
Climate[]
| Climate data for Minqing (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.2 (82.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
38.6 (101.5) |
39.2 (102.6) |
42.3 (108.1) |
40.7 (105.3) |
39.9 (103.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
33.6 (92.5) |
28.5 (83.3) |
42.3 (108.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
35.3 (95.5) |
34.6 (94.3) |
31.4 (88.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
23.0 (73.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
12.5 (54.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.5 (47.3) |
16.3 (61.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
5.2 (41.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
6.3 (43.3) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 47.7 (1.88) |
84.8 (3.34) |
148.0 (5.83) |
171.9 (6.77) |
204.9 (8.07) |
241.7 (9.52) |
129.7 (5.11) |
160.6 (6.32) |
145.5 (5.73) |
46.2 (1.82) |
37.4 (1.47) |
34.5 (1.36) |
1,452.9 (57.22) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 80 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 76 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
Transportation[]
The county is served by on the Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway. The Nanping–Fuzhou railway passes through the county but there is no passenger service. The last passenger station, Minqing railway station, was closed in 2016.
References[]
- ^ Wylie, Alexander (1867), "Edwin Stevens", Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, pp. 84–5.
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