Sunwu County | |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | Heilongjiang |
Pushpin Label: | Sunwu |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Heilongjiang |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Heilongjiang |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Heihe |
Subdivision Type3: | Township-level divisions |
Subdivision Name3: | 1 subdistrict 2 towns 9 townships |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Sunwuchengqu Subdistrict (孙吴城区街道) |
Area Total Km2: | 4448 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 104717 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Coordinates: | 49.4333°N 147°W |
Elevation M: | 226 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 164200 |
Area Code: | 0456 |
Sunwu County is a county under the administration of Heihe City in the north of Heilongjiang province, China, situated on the bank of Amur River, which demarcates the Sino-Russian border. The length of border line within Sunwu county is 36km (22miles).
Sunwu County is surrounded by Lesser Khingan Mountains, and its forest coverage is 45%. The urbanization level is 40%.
Sunwu County has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb) with very warm, humid summers and severely cold, extremely dry winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from NaN°C in January to 20.4°C, while the annual mean is 0.18°C. More than three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 52% in July to 73% in February, the area receives 2,576 hours of bright sunshine annually.
There are two towns and nine townships in the county:[1] [2]
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