Jixian County

Jixian County

集贤县
Jixian County 集贤县
County
	Jixian Location in Heilongjiang
	Coordinates: 46°43′41″N 131°08′24″E / 46.728°N 131.140°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
Prefecture-level city	Shuangyashan
Area
• Total	2,860 km2 (1,100 sq mi)
Population (2003)
• Total	310,000
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Jixian County (simplified Chinese: 集贤县; traditional Chinese: 集賢縣; pinyin: Jíxián Xiàn) is a county of eastern Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Shuangyashan.

Administrative divisions

Jixian County is divided into 5 towns and 3 townships.^[1]

5 towns

Fuli (福利镇), Jixian (集贤镇), Shengchang (升昌镇), Fengle (丰乐镇), Taiping (太平镇)

3 townships

Yaotun (腰屯乡), Xing'an (兴安乡), Yong'an (永安乡)

Demographics

The population of the district was 305,051 in 1999.^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Jixian (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	3.9 (39.0)	9.2 (48.6)	18.6 (65.5)	30.8 (87.4)	33.1 (91.6)	36.9 (98.4)	38.6 (101.5)	34.7 (94.5)	32.5 (90.5)	26.6 (79.9)	17.2 (63.0)	7.1 (44.8)	38.6 (101.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−11.8 (10.8)	−6.7 (19.9)	1.8 (35.2)	12.8 (55.0)	20.9 (69.6)	25.6 (78.1)	27.8 (82.0)	26.1 (79.0)	21.2 (70.2)	12.2 (54.0)	−0.5 (31.1)	−10.3 (13.5)	9.9 (49.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−16.6 (2.1)	−12 (10)	−3.3 (26.1)	7.1 (44.8)	15.0 (59.0)	20.2 (68.4)	23.1 (73.6)	21.2 (70.2)	15.4 (59.7)	6.8 (44.2)	−5.1 (22.8)	−14.7 (5.5)	4.8 (40.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−21 (−6)	−17.4 (0.7)	−8.9 (16.0)	1.2 (34.2)	9.0 (48.2)	14.8 (58.6)	18.2 (64.8)	16.4 (61.5)	9.7 (49.5)	1.3 (34.3)	−9.7 (14.5)	−19 (−2)	−0.4 (31.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−35.1 (−31.2)	−30.2 (−22.4)	−26.1 (−15.0)	−12.3 (9.9)	−2.6 (27.3)	4.3 (39.7)	9.6 (49.3)	7.4 (45.3)	−2.9 (26.8)	−12.9 (8.8)	−25.4 (−13.7)	−33.0 (−27.4)	−35.1 (−31.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	6.8 (0.27)	4.8 (0.19)	14.2 (0.56)	26.2 (1.03)	57.1 (2.25)	88.2 (3.47)	118.9 (4.68)	114.7 (4.52)	63.1 (2.48)	32.1 (1.26)	15.3 (0.60)	10.8 (0.43)	552.2 (21.74)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	6.3	4.8	7.1	8.0	11.9	13.6	13.3	13.4	10.1	7.5	6.7	8.5	111.2
Average snowy days	9.1	6.8	8.4	4.0	0.1	0	0	0	0	2.6	8.0	11.1	50.1
Average relative humidity (%)	67	61	55	51	55	67	75	78	70	59	60	67	64
Mean monthly sunshine hours	179.5	207.6	244.2	231.2	241.3	229.9	228.8	217.6	214.0	191.9	161.0	154.0	2,501
Percent possible sunshine	64	71	66	57	52	49	48	50	57	58	58	58	57
Source: China Meteorological Administration^[3]^[4]