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Former names
Former names
Lanzhou
Traditional Chinese	嵐州
Simplified Chinese	岚州
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lánzhōu
Wade–Giles	Lan-chou

Lan County
Lan County
Traditional Chinese	嵐縣
Simplified Chinese	岚县
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lánxiàn
Wade–Giles	Lan Hsien

Lan County

岚县
Lan County 岚县
County
	Lanxian Location of the seat in Shanxi
	Coordinates: 38°16′46″N 111°40′16″E / 38.27944°N 111.67111°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
Prefecture-level city	Lüliang
Population (2020)	148,315
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Lan County or Lanxian is a county under the administration of Lüliang City, in west-central Shanxi province, China.

History

Lanxian was formerly the seat of Lan Prefecture, during which time it was known as Lanzhou.

Climate

Climate data for Lanxian, elevation 1,221 m (4,006 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	11.6 (52.9)	21.3 (70.3)	25.6 (78.1)	34.3 (93.7)	34.1 (93.4)	39.3 (102.7)	37.7 (99.9)	35.4 (95.7)	34.8 (94.6)	27.7 (81.9)	22.9 (73.2)	14.4 (57.9)	39.3 (102.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	0.4 (32.7)	4.5 (40.1)	11.0 (51.8)	18.5 (65.3)	24.0 (75.2)	27.8 (82.0)	28.5 (83.3)	26.4 (79.5)	22.1 (71.8)	16.1 (61.0)	8.2 (46.8)	1.5 (34.7)	15.7 (60.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−8.9 (16.0)	−4.6 (23.7)	2.1 (35.8)	9.4 (48.9)	15.5 (59.9)	19.7 (67.5)	21.4 (70.5)	19.3 (66.7)	13.9 (57.0)	7.4 (45.3)	−0.3 (31.5)	−7.0 (19.4)	7.3 (45.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−16.1 (3.0)	−11.8 (10.8)	−5.3 (22.5)	1.1 (34.0)	6.8 (44.2)	11.8 (53.2)	15.3 (59.5)	13.6 (56.5)	7.6 (45.7)	0.7 (33.3)	−6.4 (20.5)	−13.4 (7.9)	0.3 (32.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−30.6 (−23.1)	−27.6 (−17.7)	−20.7 (−5.3)	−11.1 (12.0)	−4.6 (23.7)	2.0 (35.6)	6.5 (43.7)	3.8 (38.8)	−5.7 (21.7)	−11.1 (12.0)	−23.4 (−10.1)	−33.0 (−27.4)	−33.0 (−27.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	2.8 (0.11)	5.3 (0.21)	11.0 (0.43)	26.9 (1.06)	38.5 (1.52)	61.4 (2.42)	105.4 (4.15)	113.8 (4.48)	69.3 (2.73)	32.0 (1.26)	13.7 (0.54)	2.7 (0.11)	482.8 (19.02)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	2.0	3.0	4.4	5.5	7.1	10.7	13.0	12.3	10.1	6.2	4.0	2.0	80.3
Average snowy days	3.0	4.2	3.7	1.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	3.3	3.0	18.7
Average relative humidity (%)	54	50	47	46	48	58	72	78	76	67	61	54	59
Mean monthly sunshine hours	206.0	200.2	242.2	255.0	276.8	249.6	229.5	216.5	201.9	213.1	199.6	202.3	2,692.7
Percent possible sunshine	67	65	65	64	63	56	51	52	55	62	67	69	61
Source: China Meteorological Administration^[2]^[3]