Qixia (simplified Chinese: 栖霞; traditional Chinese: 棲霞; pinyin: Qīxiá) is a landlocked county-level city of the Shandong Peninsula, and is under the administration of Yantai City, Shandong province.
Qixia
栖霞市 Tsisia | |
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.jpg) Qixia Skyline | |
 Location in Yantai | |
  Qixia Location in Shandong | |
| Coordinates: 37°18′20″N 120°49′44″E / 37.3056°N 120.829°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Yantai |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,793 km2 (692 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 622,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 265300 |
| Website | www |
The population was 664,510 in 1999.[1] It borders Penglai to the north, Fushan District to the northeast, Muping District to the east, Haiyang and Laiyang to the south, Zhaoyuan to the west, and Longkou to the northwest.
Administrative divisions
editAs 2012, this city is divided to 3 subdistricts and 12 towns.[2]
- Subdistricts
- Cuizhan Subdistrict (翠屏街道)
- Zhuangyuan Subdistrict (庄园街道)
- Songshan Subdistrict (松山街道)
- Towns
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Climate
edit| Climate data for Qixia (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) | 13.3 (55.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
32.3 (90.1) |
35.9 (96.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.2 (95.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
30.6 (87.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
4.8 (40.6) |
10.9 (51.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
4.2 (39.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
5.2 (41.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
14.1 (57.4) |
6.6 (43.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
12.2 (53.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.8 (21.6) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
0.8 (33.4) |
7.3 (45.1) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.8 (64.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
8.2 (46.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −16.1 (3.0) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.7 (56.7) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.3 (0.29) |
11.8 (0.46) |
16.4 (0.65) |
31.3 (1.23) |
52.7 (2.07) |
76.5 (3.01) |
182.1 (7.17) |
169.2 (6.66) |
49.6 (1.95) |
28.1 (1.11) |
26.9 (1.06) |
12.8 (0.50) |
664.7 (26.16) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 77.5 |
| Average snowy days | 8.5 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 8.6 | 27.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66 | 60 | 54 | 53 | 58 | 68 | 79 | 81 | 73 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 167.5 | 176.1 | 223.4 | 236.5 | 263.0 | 225.7 | 189.0 | 198.2 | 209.9 | 208.6 | 167.0 | 154.9 | 2,419.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 54 | 57 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 51 | 43 | 48 | 57 | 61 | 55 | 52 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
- ^ 潍坊市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.