Changtai County
Map including Changtai (labeled as CH'ANG-T'AI 長泰) (1954)
Changtai County 长泰县 | |
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County | |
  Changtai Location of the seat in Fujian | |
| Coordinates: 24°41′N 117°47′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Fujian |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhangzhou |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Changtai County | |||||||||||||
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 Maps of "Kien-ning-fou" and "Tchang-tai-hien" from Du Halde's 1735 Description of China, based on Jesuit accounts | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 長泰縣 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长泰县 | ||||||||||||
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Local Dialect
The one and only local dialect of Changtai county is Hokkien, which is spoken with a unique Changtai accent that falls under the Zhangzhou Hokkien accent umbrella, but bears significant differences in pronunciation of certain Chinese characters from the well-known Zhangzhou city accent.
Climate
| Climate data for Changtai (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
37.7 (99.9) |
38.4 (101.1) |
39.6 (103.3) |
38.4 (101.1) |
37.4 (99.3) |
36.3 (97.3) |
35.2 (95.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
39.6 (103.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.4 (92.1) |
31.7 (89.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
26.5 (79.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.8 (83.8) |
28.4 (83.1) |
26.8 (80.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
21.4 (70.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
13.1 (55.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
11.0 (51.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39.9 (1.57) |
94.7 (3.73) |
126.6 (4.98) |
161.5 (6.36) |
194.0 (7.64) |
258.3 (10.17) |
196.1 (7.72) |
234.7 (9.24) |
184.7 (7.27) |
49.6 (1.95) |
33.2 (1.31) |
30.2 (1.19) |
1,603.5 (63.13) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 79 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
Towns:[1]
- Wu'an (武安镇), Yanxi (岩溪镇), Chenxiang (陈巷镇), Fangyang (枋洋镇)
The only township is Banli Township (坂里乡)
References
- "漳州市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
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