Yangchun

Yangchun, alternately romanized as Yeungchun,[lower-alpha 1] is a county-level city in southwestern Guangdong, China, administered as a part of the prefecture-level city of Yangjiang. Yangchun has an area of 4,055 km² (1,566 sq mi) and had approximately 1.05 million inhabitants in 2003.

Yangchun 阳春市 Yeungchun
County-level & Sub-prefectural city
Yangchun is the northernmost division on this map of Yangjiang
Yangchun Yangchun is the northernmost division on this map of Yangjiang
Coordinates: 22°10′13″N 111°47′30″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Yangjiang
Area
• Total	4,055 km^2 (1,566 sq mi)
Population  (2010 census)
• Total	849,504
• Density	210/km^2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	529600
Area code(s)	662
Licence plates	粤QX, 粤QY
Website	Official website

Yangchun
Simplified Chinese	阳春
Traditional Chinese	陽春
Hanyu Pinyin	Yángchūn
Cantonese Yale	Yèuhngchēun
Postal	Yeungchun
Literal meaning	Sunny Spring Yang Spring
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yángchūn Gwoyeu Romatzyh Yangchuen Wade–Giles Yang^2-ch‘un^1 IPA [jǎŋ.ʈʂʰwə́n] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Yèuhngchēun Jyutping Joeng4ceon1 IPA [jœ̏ːŋ.tsʰɵ́n]

History

Under the Qing, Yangchun County made up part of the commandery of Zhaoqing.[1]

Administrative divisions

Yangchun (as Chunzhou) on the 1136 Yuji Tu

Yangchun is divided into the urban quarter Chuncheng (春城街道) and fifteen towns (镇).[4]

The municipalities are:

• 河塱镇 Helang Town
• 松柏镇 Songbai Town
• 石望镇 Shiwang Town
• 春湾镇 Chunwan Town
• 合水镇 Heshui Town
• 陂面镇 Baimian Town
• 圭岗镇 Kyu Kong Town
• 永宁镇 Yongning Town
• 马水镇 Mashui Town
• 岗美镇 Gangmei Town
• 河口镇 Hekou Town
• 潭水镇 Tanshui Town
• 三甲镇 Sanjia Town
• 双滘镇 Shuangjiao Town
• 八甲镇 Bajia Town

Climate

Climate data for Yangchun (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	28.6 (83.5)	29.4 (84.9)	30.1 (86.2)	33.1 (91.6)	35.1 (95.2)	36.9 (98.4)	37.4 (99.3)	38.4 (101.1)	37.4 (99.3)	33.4 (92.1)	33.9 (93.0)	30.0 (86.0)	38.4 (101.1)
Average high °C (°F)	19.7 (67.5)	18.9 (66.0)	22.0 (71.6)	26.1 (79.0)	29.8 (85.6)	31.5 (88.7)	32.4 (90.3)	32.7 (90.9)	31.5 (88.7)	29.0 (84.2)	25.4 (77.7)	21.6 (70.9)	26.7 (80.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	14.8 (58.6)	15.3 (59.5)	18.7 (65.7)	22.7 (72.9)	25.9 (78.6)	27.7 (81.9)	28.3 (82.9)	28.1 (82.6)	26.9 (80.4)	24.2 (75.6)	20.0 (68.0)	16.0 (60.8)	22.4 (72.3)
Average low °C (°F)	11.5 (52.7)	12.9 (55.2)	16.3 (61.3)	20.4 (68.7)	23.3 (73.9)	25.0 (77.0)	25.4 (77.7)	25.2 (77.4)	23.9 (75.0)	20.8 (69.4)	16.3 (61.3)	12.2 (54.0)	19.4 (67.0)
Record low °C (°F)	1.8 (35.2)	3.5 (38.3)	4.1 (39.4)	9.8 (49.6)	14.6 (58.3)	18.9 (66.0)	21.6 (70.9)	22.6 (72.7)	16.2 (61.2)	10.8 (51.4)	4.9 (40.8)	1.4 (34.5)	1.4 (34.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	41.9 (1.65)	85.0 (3.35)	84.5 (3.33)	205.5 (8.09)	333.4 (13.13)	430.6 (16.95)	373.8 (14.72)	316.2 (12.45)	240.8 (9.48)	102.8 (4.05)	56.9 (2.24)	30.8 (1.21)	2,302.2 (90.65)
Average relative humidity (%)	76	83	85	86	84	85	83	83	81	76	73	71	81
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center

Notes

1. Yangchun has also been romanized as Yang Chun,[1] Yung-chun,[2] and Yang-chuen.[3]

References

Citations

1. Bolton & al. (1941), p. 262.
2. Gützlaff, Charles, China Opened, p. 527.
3. Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed. (1878), Vol. V, "China". sfnp error: no target: CITEREFEncyclopædia_Britannica,_9th_ed.1878 (help)
4. 阳春市 (in Chinese).

Bibliography

• "阳春市概况地图 (Yangchun overview map)".
• Bolton, Kingsley; et al. (1941), Triad Societies, Vol. 5, Abingdon: Routledge, reprinted 2000.