Tunchang County

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Tunchang
屯昌县
County
海南国际旅游岛——屯昌新区景观（东向） - panoramio.jpg
Location in Hainan
Location in Hainan
Coordinates: 19°21′58″N 110°9′54″E / 19.36611°N 110.16500°E / 19.36611; 110.16500
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHainan
Area
 • Total1,231.5 km2 (475.5 sq mi)
Population
 (1999)
 • Total250,059
 • Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China standard time)

Tunchang County is a county of Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. Its postal code is 571600, and in 1999 its population was 250,059 people. The administrative seat lies at Tuncheng.

There are four main attractions in this county: The , The , and the .

In 1983, a company from Guangxi[citation needed] moved to Tunchang and started raising geoemydid turtles on a farm.[1] They have since moved to a place near Sanya, which is closer to the ocean.

Tunchang deer farm

Climate[]

Climate data for Tunchang (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 33.5
(92.3) 		36.3
(97.3) 		36.8
(98.2) 		39.3
(102.7) 		39.1
(102.4) 		38.2
(100.8) 		39.5
(103.1) 		37.2
(99.0) 		36.8
(98.2) 		34.2
(93.6) 		34.1
(93.4) 		32.0
(89.6) 		39.5
(103.1)
Average high °C (°F) 22.6
(72.7) 		24.3
(75.7) 		27.6
(81.7) 		30.9
(87.6) 		32.5
(90.5) 		33.4
(92.1) 		33.5
(92.3) 		32.6
(90.7) 		31.0
(87.8) 		28.8
(83.8) 		26.1
(79.0) 		23.0
(73.4) 		28.9
(83.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.0
(64.4) 		19.6
(67.3) 		22.4
(72.3) 		25.6
(78.1) 		27.1
(80.8) 		28.2
(82.8) 		28.2
(82.8) 		27.4
(81.3) 		26.3
(79.3) 		24.6
(76.3) 		21.8
(71.2) 		18.8
(65.8) 		24.0
(75.2)
Average low °C (°F) 15.0
(59.0) 		16.6
(61.9) 		19.0
(66.2) 		22.1
(71.8) 		23.7
(74.7) 		24.9
(76.8) 		24.8
(76.6) 		24.3
(75.7) 		23.5
(74.3) 		21.9
(71.4) 		19.0
(66.2) 		15.9
(60.6) 		20.9
(69.6)
Record low °C (°F) 4.8
(40.6) 		5.4
(41.7) 		5.9
(42.6) 		14.0
(57.2) 		15.5
(59.9) 		20.0
(68.0) 		21.3
(70.3) 		19.5
(67.1) 		18.3
(64.9) 		12.7
(54.9) 		9.3
(48.7) 		3.8
(38.8) 		3.8
(38.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 31.7
(1.25) 		40.2
(1.58) 		45.2
(1.78) 		118.8
(4.68) 		273.1
(10.75) 		201.7
(7.94) 		202.8
(7.98) 		295.6
(11.64) 		327.4
(12.89) 		300.5
(11.83) 		110.9
(4.37) 		55.5
(2.19) 		2,003.4
(78.88)
Average relative humidity (%) 86 85 82 81 81 80 80 84 86 85 84 84 83
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2005.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) , page 15. Their source, with details and photos, is: Shi, Haitao; Parham, James Ford (2000), "Preliminary Observations of a Large Turtle Farm in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China", Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter, 3: 4–6

External links[]

  • Media related to Tunchang at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 19°21′58″N 110°09′54″E / 19.366°N 110.165°E / 19.366; 110.165



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