Ninghua County
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| name = Ninghua County
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|宁化县}}}}
| other_name = Ninghwa
| settlement_type = County
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| pushpin_map = China Fujian
| pushpin_label = Ninghua
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the seat in Fujian
| coordinates = {{coord|26.262|N|116.654|E|format=dms|type:adm3rd_region:CN-35_source:Gaode|display=it}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = People's Republic of China
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Fujian
| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city
| subdivision_name2 = Sanming
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| area_total_km2 = 2381
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| population_total = 340000
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| timezone1 = China Standard
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| postal_code = 365400
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Ninghua ({{zh|s=宁化县 |t=寧化縣 |p=Nínghuà Xiàn}}) is a county of the prefecture-level city of Sanming, in western Fujian province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangxi to the west. The town of Shibi of Ninghua is well known as the cradle of the Hakka. Ninghua is also marked as the starting place of the famous massive Long March undertaken by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party in 1934.
Administration
The county government is located in Cuijiang town ({{lang|zh-hans|翠江镇}}). There are four other towns, namely Quanshang ({{lang|zh-hans|泉上镇}}), Hucun ({{lang|zh|胡村}}) and Shibi ({{lang|zh-hans|石壁镇}}) Caofang ({{lang|zh-hans|曹坊镇}}). All four lie along a single east-west highway which transects Ninghua and connects the Mingxi County with National Highway 206 in Jiangxi Province.
There are twelve sub-townships, making a total of 16 township-level divisions in Ninghua:
Chengjiao (adjoining Cuijiang, the county seat), Anyuan, Shuixi, Helong, Zhongsha, Jicun, Huaitu, Fangtian, Zhiping, Caofang, Anle and Chengnan.
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
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|location = Ninghua, elevation {{convert|359|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
|Jan high C = 13.3
|Feb high C = 15.8
|Mar high C = 18.7
|Apr high C = 24.3
|May high C = 27.9
|Jun high C = 30.3
|Jul high C = 33.2
|Aug high C = 32.6
|Sep high C = 30.1
|Oct high C = 26.1
|Nov high C = 21.2
|Dec high C = 15.6
|Jan mean C = 7.6
|Feb mean C = 10.1
|Mar mean C = 13.4
|Apr mean C = 18.7
|May mean C = 22.5
|Jun mean C = 25.3
|Jul mean C = 27.2
|Aug mean C = 26.6
|Sep mean C = 24.3
|Oct mean C = 19.7
|Nov mean C = 14.6
|Dec mean C = 9.1
|Jan low C = 4.0
|Feb low C = 6.3
|Mar low C = 9.7
|Apr low C = 14.7
|May low C = 18.7
|Jun low C = 21.8
|Jul low C = 22.9
|Aug low C = 22.7
|Sep low C = 20.3
|Oct low C = 15.2
|Nov low C = 10.1
|Dec low C = 4.9
|Jan record high C = 27.9 |Jan record low C = -7.1
|Feb record high C = 31.0 |Feb record low C = -4.8
|Mar record high C = 32.9 |Mar record low C = -4.6
|Apr record high C = 33.8 |Apr record low C = 1.5
|May record high C = 35.3 |May record low C = 8.3
|Jun record high C = 44.4 |Jun record low C = 12.4
|Jul record high C = 38.4 |Jul record low C = 18.6
|Aug record high C = 38.6 |Aug record low C = 15.0
|Sep record high C = 36.5 |Sep record low C = 10.6
|Oct record high C = 35.1 |Oct record low C = 1.7
|Nov record high C = 32.2 |Nov record low C = -2.8
|Dec record high C = 27.7 |Dec record low C = -9.0
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 75.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 104.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 210.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 201.2
|May precipitation mm = 286.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 327.8
|Jul precipitation mm = 154.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 182.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 84.4
|Oct precipitation mm = 63.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 70.5
|Dec precipitation mm = 60.3
|Jan humidity = 81
|Feb humidity = 82
|Mar humidity = 84
|Apr humidity = 82
|May humidity = 83
|Jun humidity = 84
|Jul humidity = 79
|Aug humidity = 81
|Sep humidity = 80
|Oct humidity = 78
|Nov humidity = 80
|Dec humidity = 79
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 11.8
|Feb precipitation days = 13.5
|Mar precipitation days = 18.5
|Apr precipitation days = 17.1
|May precipitation days = 18.6
|Jun precipitation days = 18.4
|Jul precipitation days = 14.0
|Aug precipitation days = 15.0
|Sep precipitation days = 10.3
|Oct precipitation days = 6.9
|Nov precipitation days = 8.5
|Dec precipitation days = 9.0
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|Jan sun = 95.2
|Feb sun = 90.5
|Mar sun = 82.7
|Apr sun = 107.3
|May sun = 125.0
|Jun sun = 129.8
|Jul sun = 224.5
|Aug sun = 202.2
|Sep sun = 171.7
|Oct sun = 166.9
|Nov sun = 141.0
|Dec sun = 129.0
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| Jan percentsun = 29
| Feb percentsun = 28
| Mar percentsun = 22
| Apr percentsun = 28
| May percentsun = 30
| Jun percentsun = 31
| Jul percentsun = 54
| Aug percentsun = 50
| Sep percentsun = 47
| Oct percentsun = 47
| Nov percentsun = 44
| Dec percentsun = 40
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|Jan snow days = 1.0
|Feb snow days = 0.7
|Mar snow days = 0.1
|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 = 0.6
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|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}}
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Transportation
The area is served by Ninghua railway station.
References
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{{County-level divisions of Fujian}}
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