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Tunchang County

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Tunchang

|native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|屯昌县}}}}}}

|settlement_type = County

|image_skyline = 海南国际旅游岛——屯昌新区景观（东向） - panoramio.jpg

|image_map = Location of Tunchang within Hainan (China).png

|map_caption = Location in Hainan

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = People's Republic of China

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Hainan

|unit_pref = Metric

|area_total_km2 = 1231.5

|population =

|population_as_of = 1999

|population_density_km2 = auto

|population_total = 250,059

|coordinates = {{coord|19|21|58|N|110|9|54|E|region:CN-46|display=inline}}

|elevation_ft =

|elevation_m =

|timezone = China standard time

|utc_offset = +8

|website =

}}

Tunchang County is a county of Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. Its postal code is 571600, and in 1999 its population was 250,059 people. The administrative seat lies at Tuncheng.

There are four main attractions in this county: The Muse Lake, The Standard Model Deer Farm, Shi Xia Hairui Ancestral Home and the Wolong Mountain.

In 1983, a company from Guangxi{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}} moved to Tunchang and started raising geoemydid turtles on a farm.{{cite web |url=http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/12/prop/E12-P22.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2005-05-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041020074409/http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/12/prop/E12-P22.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2004 |df=dmy-all }} , page 15. Their source, with details and photos, is: {{citation

|first1 = Haitao

|last1 = Shi

|first2 = James Ford

|last2 = Parham

|url = http://www.chelonian.org/ttn/archives/ttn3/pp4-6.shtml

|title = Preliminary Observations of a Large Turtle Farm in Hainan Province, People's Republic of China

|journal = Turtle and Tortoise Newsletter

|year = 2000

|volume = 3

|pages = 4–6

}} They have since moved to a place near Sanya, which is closer to the ocean.

Image:Tunchang Deers.JPG

Climate

Tunchang has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am).

{{Weather box

| width = auto

| metric first = y

| single line = y

| collapsed = Y

| location = Tunchang, elevation {{convert|118|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)

| Jan high C = 22.6

| Feb high C = 24.7

| Mar high C = 28.1

| Apr high C = 31.1

| May high C = 33.2

| Jun high C = 33.9

| Jul high C = 33.6

| Aug high C = 32.9

| Sep high C = 31.4

| Oct high C = 29.2

| Nov high C = 26.5

| Dec high C = 23.0

| Jan mean C = 18.2

| Feb mean C = 19.9

| Mar mean C = 22.9

| Apr mean C = 25.8

| May mean C = 27.6

| Jun mean C = 28.6

| Jul mean C = 28.4

| Aug mean C = 27.7

| Sep mean C = 26.6

| Oct mean C = 24.8

| Nov mean C = 22.4

| Dec mean C = 19.1

| Jan low C = 15.4

| Feb low C = 16.9

| Mar low C = 19.6

| Apr low C = 22.4

| May low C = 24.2

| Jun low C = 25.3

| Jul low C = 25.1

| Aug low C = 24.6

| Sep low C = 23.9

| Oct low C = 22.1

| Nov low C = 19.8

| Dec low C = 16.6

| Jan record high C = 33.5

| Jan record low C = 4.8

| Feb record high C = 36.3

| Feb record low C = 5.4

| Mar record high C = 36.8

| Mar record low C = 5.9

| Apr record high C = 39.3

| Apr record low C = 14.0

| May record high C = 39.1

| May record low C = 15.5

| Jun record high C = 38.2

| Jun record low C = 20.0

| Jul record high C = 39.5

| Jul record low C = 21.3

| Aug record high C = 37.2

| Aug record low C = 19.5

| Sep record high C = 36.8

| Sep record low C = 18.3

| Oct record high C = 35.2

| Oct record low C = 12.7

| Nov record high C = 34.1

| Nov record low C = 9.3

| Dec record high C = 32.0

| Dec record low C = 3.8

| year high C =

| year low C =

| year high F =

| year low F =

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 30.1

| Feb precipitation mm = 37.6

| Mar precipitation mm = 44.5

| Apr precipitation mm = 115.5

| May precipitation mm = 263.3

| Jun precipitation mm = 192.5

| Jul precipitation mm = 220.6

| Aug precipitation mm = 321.5

| Sep precipitation mm = 354.7

| Oct precipitation mm = 361.0

| Nov precipitation mm = 108.1

| Dec precipitation mm = 66.5

| Jan humidity = 86

| Feb humidity = 84

| Mar humidity = 81

| Apr humidity = 80

| May humidity = 80

| Jun humidity = 78

| Jul humidity = 79

| Aug humidity = 83

| Sep humidity = 85

| Oct humidity = 84

| Nov humidity = 84

| Dec humidity = 84

| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 11.0

| Feb precipitation days = 10.6

| Mar precipitation days = 10.5

| Apr precipitation days = 12.5

| May precipitation days = 17.7

| Jun precipitation days = 16.5

| Jul precipitation days = 16.2

| Aug precipitation days = 19.2

| Sep precipitation days = 18.5

| Oct precipitation days = 14.5

| Nov precipitation days = 11.5

| Dec precipitation days = 12.2

| year precipitation days =

| Jan sun = 100.9

| Feb sun = 112.4

| Mar sun = 154.1

| Apr sun = 180.9

| May sun = 206.3

| Jun sun = 212.8

| Jul sun = 223.7

| Aug sun = 197.7

| Sep sun = 157.5

| Oct sun = 147.6

| Nov sun = 114.9

| Dec sun = 87.1

| year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 29

| Feb percentsun = 35

| Mar percentsun = 41

| Apr percentsun = 48

| May percentsun = 51

| Jun percentsun = 54

| Jul percentsun = 55

| Aug percentsun = 50

| Sep percentsun = 43

| Oct percentsun = 41

| Nov percentsun = 34

| Dec percentsun = 26

| year percentsun =

| 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=17 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 =17 June 2023}}

| source =

}}

See also

References

{{Reflist|}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html|title=China County & City Population 1999 FAQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109002546/http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html|archive-date=2016-01-09|date=1999|author= Harvard University Committee on the Environment}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828044628/http://www.tunchang.gov.cn/ Official website (Chinese)]

External links

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