| Huailai County | |
| Postal Code: | 075400 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Settlement Type: | County |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hebei |
| Pushpin Label: | Huailai |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Hebei |
| Coordinates: | 40.4167°N 146°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hebei |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Zhangjiakou |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Shacheng |
| Area Code: | 0313 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1793 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Total: | 338,000 |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
Huailai is a county in northwestern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiakou.
Huailai County is a center for grape wine production, with the China Great Wall Wine Company, Ltd. headquartered in the town of Shacheng.[1] Huailai Tianyuan Special Type Glass Co., Ltd. is also located in Huailai County.[2]
Huailai County is located in the eastern part of Zhangjiakou prefecture, with latitude ranging from 40° 04′ to 40° 35′ N and longitude 115° 16′ to 115° 58′ E. It contains the upper reaches of the Yongding River and borders Beijing Municipality. It is east-southeast of the urban area of Zhangjiakou and west-northwest of Beijing city proper.
Huailai County has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with cold, dry, and windy winters and hot, humid summers, with temperatures slightly warmer than Zhangjiakou due to the more southerly location but still significantly cooler than in Beijing due to the high elevation. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from NaN°C in January to 24.8°C in July, and the annual mean is 10.01°C. A majority of the annual rainfall occurs in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 60% in July to 73% in January and February, sunshine is abundant year-round, totalling about 3,030 hours annually.
There are 11 towns, five townships and one ethnic township in the county:[3]
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