Jianping | |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Settlement Type: | County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Liaoning |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Chaoyang |
Area Total Km2: | 4838 |
Population Total: | 580000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Pushpin Map: | Liaoning |
Pushpin Label: | Jianping |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the county seat in Liaoning |
Coordinates: | 41.4°N 158°W |
Elevation M: | 411 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Jianping is a county in the west of Liaoning province, China, bordering Inner Mongolia to the north, west, and northeast. It is under the administration of Chaoyang City, the urban centre of which is more than 65km (40miles) to the east. The population is approximately 580,000.
There are 11 towns, 20 townships, and one ethnic township in the county.[1]
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Jianping has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa) that barely avoids semi-arid designation (Köppen BSk), with hot and humid summers and rather long, cold, and very dry winters. More than two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs from June thru August. Monthly 24-hour average temperatures range from NaN°C in January to 24.4°C in July, for an annual average of 8.8°C. The frost-free period lasts 120 to 155 days.