:Minqing County

{{hatnote|The title Minqing was sometimes applied to the county seat at Meicheng. Not to be confused with Minqin County in Gansu.}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Minqing

|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|闽清县}}}}

|other_name = Mintsing

|postal_code_type = Postal code

|settlement_type = County

|image_skyline = File:闽清梅溪 - Mei River - 2014.11 - panoramio.jpg

|image_map =

|map_caption = Location of the county

|pushpin_map = China Fujian

|pushpin_label = Minqing

|pushpin_label_position =

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Fujian

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = People's Republic of China

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Fujian

|subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city

|subdivision_name2 = Fuzhou

|area_total_km2 = 1,495

|population_total = 256,181

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_density_km2 = auto

|coordinates = {{coord|26|13|N|118|52|E|region:CN-35|display=inline,title}}

|elevation_ft =

|elevation_m =

|timezone = China Standard

|utc_offset = +8

|website =

}}

{{chinese

|s={{linktext|闽清|县}} |t={{linktext|閩清|縣}} |p=Mǐnqīng Xiàn |w=Min-ch'ing Hsien |lang1_content=Mìng-chiăng |lang1=Foochow

}}

Minqing County is a county in the eastern Fujian Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou, the provincial capital.

History

Fire from the soldiers at Meicheng (then romanized "Min-tsing") turned back an expedition by Karl Gützlaff and Edwin Stevens to explore and evangelize in Fujian's tea country in 1835.{{citation |last=Wylie |first=Alexander |authorlink=Alexander Wylie (missionary) |location=Shanghai |publisher=American Presbyterian Mission Press |date=1867 |title=Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jRQQAAAAIAAJ |contribution=Edwin Stevens |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jRQQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA84 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jRQQAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA84 84–5] }}.

Division

Minqing County includes the towns of Meicheng ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|梅城镇}}), Bandong ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|坂东镇}}), Chiyuan ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|池园镇}}), Meixi ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|梅溪镇}}), Baizhang ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|白樟镇}}), Baizhong ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|白中镇}}), Tazhuang ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|塔庄镇}}), Dongqiao ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|东桥镇}}), Xiongjiang ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|雄江镇}}), Jinsha ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|金沙镇}}), and Shenghuang ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|省璜镇}}) and the townships of Yunlong ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|云龙乡}}), Shanglian ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|上莲乡}}), Sanxi ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|三溪乡}}), Xiazhu ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|下祝乡}}), and Kulin ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|桔林乡}}).

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Minqing, elevation {{convert|41|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)

|Jan high C = 16.2

|Feb high C = 17.6

|Mar high C = 20.4

|Apr high C = 25.3

|May high C = 28.9

|Jun high C = 31.9

|Jul high C = 35.3

|Aug high C = 34.6

|Sep high C = 32.0

|Oct high C = 27.8

|Nov high C = 23.2

|Dec high C = 18.3

|Jan mean C = 11.3

|Feb mean C = 12.4

|Mar mean C = 15.0

|Apr mean C = 19.7

|May mean C = 23.5

|Jun mean C = 26.7

|Jul mean C = 29.3

|Aug mean C = 28.8

|Sep mean C = 26.6

|Oct mean C = 22.3

|Nov mean C = 17.9

|Dec mean C = 13.1

|Jan low C = 8.0

|Feb low C = 9.0

|Mar low C = 11.3

|Apr low C = 15.7

|May low C = 19.7

|Jun low C = 23.1

|Jul low C = 25.0

|Aug low C = 24.8

|Sep low C = 22.7

|Oct low C = 18.2

|Nov low C = 14.2

|Dec low C = 9.5

|Jan record high C = 28.2 |Jan record low C = -2.4

|Feb record high C = 31.9 |Feb record low C = -2.1

|Mar record high C = 36.3 |Mar record low C = -2.3

|Apr record high C = 36.7 |Apr record low C = 5.2

|May record high C = 38.6 |May record low C = 9.2

|Jun record high C = 39.2 |Jun record low C = 13.3

|Jul record high C = 42.3 |Jul record low C = 20.2

|Aug record high C = 40.7 |Aug record low C = 19.3

|Sep record high C = 39.9 |Sep record low C = 13.6

|Oct record high C = 36.3 |Oct record low C = 6.3

|Nov record high C = 33.6 |Nov record low C = 1.2

|Dec record high C = 28.5 |Dec record low C = -4.1

|year high C= |year low C=

|year high F = |year low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 56.1

|Feb precipitation mm = 78.8

|Mar precipitation mm = 131.6

|Apr precipitation mm = 155.8

|May precipitation mm = 199.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 260.8

|Jul precipitation mm = 156.7

|Aug precipitation mm = 168.3

|Sep precipitation mm = 123.9

|Oct precipitation mm = 45.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 52.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 42.7

|Jan humidity = 73

|Feb humidity = 74

|Mar humidity = 74

|Apr humidity = 74

|May humidity = 76

|Jun humidity = 79

|Jul humidity = 73

|Aug humidity = 75

|Sep humidity = 73

|Oct humidity = 71

|Nov humidity = 74

|Dec humidity = 73

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 9.8

|Feb precipitation days = 12.6

|Mar precipitation days = 16.2

|Apr precipitation days = 15.6

|May precipitation days = 17.0

|Jun precipitation days = 17.5

|Jul precipitation days = 12.3

|Aug precipitation days = 15.1

|Sep precipitation days = 10.6

|Oct precipitation days = 6.6

|Nov precipitation days = 8.1

|Dec precipitation days = 8.3

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 98.1

|Feb sun = 89.8

|Mar sun = 99.6

|Apr sun = 115.8

|May sun = 127.6

|Jun sun = 131.9

|Jul sun = 219.1

|Aug sun = 197.9

|Sep sun = 168.8

|Oct sun = 154.0

|Nov sun = 118.7

|Dec sun = 109.7

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 30

| Feb percentsun = 28

| Mar percentsun = 27

| Apr percentsun = 30

| May percentsun = 31

| Jun percentsun = 32

| Jul percentsun = 52

| Aug percentsun = 49

| Sep percentsun = 46

| Oct percentsun = 43

| Nov percentsun = 37

| Dec percentsun = 34

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 0.1

|Feb snow days = 0.1

|Mar snow days = 0

|Apr snow days = 0

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0

|Dec snow days = 0.1

|year snow days =

|source 1 = China Meteorological Administration{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=23 June 2023}}

{{cite web|url=https://experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网|publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans | access-date =23 June 2023}}

}}

Transportation

The county is served by Minqing North railway station on the Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed railway. The Nanping–Fuzhou railway passes through the county but there is no passenger service. The last passenger station, Minqing railway station, was closed in 2016.

References

Category:County-level divisions of Fujian

Category:Fuzhou