Fengcheng (simplified Chinese: 凤城; traditional Chinese: 鳳城; pinyin: Fèngchéng; lit. 'Phoenix City') is a city in the southeast of Liaoning Province in Northeast China. Administratively, it is a county-level city under the administration of Dandong, the downtown of which lies 45 kilometres (28 mi) southeast of the city.
Fengcheng
凤城市 | |
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Fengcheng Location in Liaoning | |
Coordinates: 40°27′N 124°04′E / 40.450°N 124.067°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Liaoning |
Prefecture-level city | Dandong |
Area | |
• County-level city | 5,515.0 km2 (2,129.4 sq mi) |
• Urban | 329.33 km2 (127.16 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• County-level city | 580,000 |
• Density | 110/km2 (270/sq mi) |
• Urban | 195,700 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Formally known as the Fengcheng Manchu Autonomous County, its city status (a county-level city) was approved in 1994.[citation needed]
There are three subdistricts, 18 town, and one ethnic township under the city's administration.[2]
Subdistricts:
Towns:
The only township is Dabao Mongol Ethnic Township (大堡蒙古族乡)
Climate data for Fengcheng (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) | 9.4 (48.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
28.3 (82.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.3 (99.1) |
36.9 (98.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
28.4 (83.1) |
19.3 (66.7) |
11.0 (51.8) |
37.3 (99.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
8.2 (46.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.1 (15.6) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
18.0 (64.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
8.6 (47.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.4 (6.1) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
4.3 (39.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−11.9 (10.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −31.4 (−24.5) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
0.8 (33.4) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
−20.5 (−4.9) |
−27.5 (−17.5) |
−31.4 (−24.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.9 (0.23) |
13.4 (0.53) |
19.4 (0.76) |
48.2 (1.90) |
74.7 (2.94) |
110.5 (4.35) |
218.4 (8.60) |
275.7 (10.85) |
72.0 (2.83) |
53.3 (2.10) |
32.3 (1.27) |
12.6 (0.50) |
936.4 (36.86) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 14.9 | 12.9 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 96.4 |
Average snowy days | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 26.6 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 67 | 78 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 70 | 65 | 63 | 68 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 195.3 | 193.4 | 230.7 | 230.8 | 253.1 | 202.0 | 163.8 | 206.6 | 227.5 | 210.4 | 168.9 | 169.8 | 2,452.3 |
Percent possible sunshine | 65 | 64 | 62 | 58 | 57 | 45 | 36 | 49 | 62 | 62 | 57 | 59 | 56 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] |