Xiapu

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| name = Xiapu County

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|霞浦县}}}}

| other_name = Siapu

| settlement_type = County

| image_skyline = 霞浦县影集.png

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| image_caption = People's government of Xiapu County, Xiaohao Mudflat in Sansha Town, view of Guxian village (古县村), Chinese burbur on a Pinus massoniana, Xiapu Museum, view of Yangjiaxi Scenic Area, Funing Cultural Park (counterclockwise order)

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| map_caption = Xiapu in Ningde

| image_map1 = ChinaFujianNingde.png

| map_caption1 = Ningde in Fujian

| coordinates = {{coord|26|57|37|N|119|58|28|E|region:CN-35|display=inline,title}}

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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 = Ningde

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| area_total_km2 = 1716

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| population_total = 475,936

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| website = {{URL|xiapu.gov.cn}} {{in lang|zh-hans}}

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Xiapu ({{zh|c=霞浦|p=Xiápǔ}}; Foochow Romanized: Hà-puō) is a county in the municipal region of Ningde, Fujian, People's Republic of China, located along a stretch of East China Sea coast, with many harbours and islands. It is bordered by Fuding City and Zherong County to the north, Fu'an City and Ningde's urban area to the west, and Luoyuan County, Fuzhou and the Matsu Islands of Lienchiang County, Republic of China (Taiwan) to the south.

Xiapu is famous among landscapes lover photographers.

Area: {{convert|1716|km²}}
Population: 475,900 (2020)
Postal code: 355100

Administration

The county executive, legislature and judiciary are in {{ill|Songcheng Subdistrict, Xiapu|lt=Songcheng Subdistrict|zh|松城街道 (霞浦县)}} ({{Lang|zh|松城街道}}), together with the CPC branch. The county court and PSB branch are in {{ill|Songgang Subdistrict, Xiapu|lt=Songgang Subdistrict|zh|松港街道}} ({{Lang|zh|松港街道}}), the county hospital and industrial district are in {{ill|Songshan Subdistrict, Xiapu|lt=Songshan Subdistrict|zh|松山街道 (霞浦县)}} ({{Lang|zh|松山街道}}).

Xiapu has jurisdiction over 6 towns ({{zh|labels=no |s=镇 |p=zhèn}}) and over 6 townships ({{zh|labels=no |s=乡 |p=xiāng}}), of which three are ethnic townships designated for the native She people.{{cite web |title= |script-title=zh:2022年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：霞浦县 |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2022/35/09/350921.html |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=National Bureau of Statistics of China}} Zhouyang Township (州洋乡) was once a township under the jurisdiction of Xiapu and was abolished in 2003.{{cite web |date=2003-07-14 |title= |script-title=zh:福建省人民政府关于霞浦县撤销松城镇设立松城、松港街道办事处的批复 |url=http://zfgb.fujian.gov.cn/2080 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218004621/http://zfgb.fujian.gov.cn/2080 |archive-date=2022-12-18 |accessdate=2023-01-15 |website=People's government of Fujian Province}}

File:L. Richard's Comprehensive geography of the Chinese empire and dependencies translated into English, revised and enlarged (1908) (14590697189).jpg

=Towns=

Sansha (三沙镇)
Yacheng (牙城镇)
Xi'nan (溪南镇){{cite web|url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=10419018&fid=1149&c=china |title=Xiapu, China |work=Geographical Names |access-date=2021-02-21}}
Shajiang (沙江镇)
Xiahu (下浒镇)
Changchun (长春镇)

=Townships=

Baiyang (柏洋乡)
Beibi (北壁乡)
Haidao ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|海岛|乡}}}})
Yantian She Ethnic Township (盐田畲族乡)
Shuimen She Ethnic Township (水门畲族乡)
Chongru She Ethnic Township (崇儒畲族乡)

Scenic Areas

File:从山上看霞浦县.jpg

{{ill|Dongchong Peninsula|lt=|zh|东冲半岛}} ({{lang|zh|东冲半岛}}, includes Changchun Town, Xiahu Town and Beibi Township)
{{ill|Guanyin Tingzhai|lt=|zh|半岭畲族观音亭寨}} ({{lang|zh|观音亭寨}}, means the castle of Guanyin pavilion, located in Shuimen She Ethnic Township)
{{ill|Yangjiaxi Scenic Area|lt=|zh|杨家溪风景区}} (杨家溪风景区, located in Yacheng Town)

Transportation

Xiapu Railway Station on the Wenzhou-Fuzhou Railway

Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts

{{Main|Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts|Manichaean stone reliefs of Shangwan village}}

In 2008, the Xiapu Manichaean manuscripts of Shangwan Village 上万村, in Baiyang Township, Xiapu County became publicly known to the scientific world. They are manuscripts from a religion known as Manichaeism, which now only exists as Chinese Manichaeism. They continue to be used by a local priest, Chen Peisheng 陈培生, in his Manichaean rituals.{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325808021|first=Gábor|last=Kósa|journal=Manichaean Studies Newsletter|title=The Fifth Buddha: An overview of the Chinese Manichaean material from Xiapu (Fujian)|volume=28|year=2014|publisher=The International Association of Manichaean Studies|editor-first=Gunner|editor-last=Mikkelsen}}

Xiapu in the News

In 2009 August 9, Xiapu was where Typhoon Morakot made continental landfall. A million people had just been evacuated from vulnerable areas of this and surrounding counties.{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}

Climate

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|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Xiapu, elevation {{convert|57|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)

|Jan high C = 13.3

|Feb high C = 13.7

|Mar high C = 16.1

|Apr high C = 20.8

|May high C = 25.3

|Jun high C = 29.1

|Jul high C = 32.3

|Aug high C = 32.0

|Sep high C = 29.4

|Oct high C = 25.4

|Nov high C = 21.1

|Dec high C = 16.0

|Jan mean C = 9.9

|Feb mean C = 10.3

|Mar mean C = 12.6

|Apr mean C = 17.1

|May mean C = 21.8

|Jun mean C = 25.7

|Jul mean C = 28.7

|Aug mean C = 28.4

|Sep mean C = 26.0

|Oct mean C = 21.7

|Nov mean C = 17.4

|Dec mean C = 12.3

|Jan low C = 7.5

|Feb low C = 7.9

|Mar low C = 10.2

|Apr low C = 14.4

|May low C = 19.1

|Jun low C = 22.9

|Jul low C = 25.6

|Aug low C = 25.5

|Sep low C = 23.1

|Oct low C = 18.7

|Nov low C = 14.6

|Dec low C = 9.5

|Jan record high C = 26.2 |Jan record low C = -1.0

|Feb record high C = 26.7 |Feb record low C = -1.4

|Mar record high C = 31.6 |Mar record low C = 0.2

|Apr record high C = 33.1 |Apr record low C = 5.5

|May record high C = 35.6 |May record low C = 9.9

|Jun record high C = 38.4 |Jun record low C = 15.1

|Jul record high C = 40.1 |Jul record low C = 20.2

|Aug record high C = 38.6 |Aug record low C = 21.7

|Sep record high C = 37.5 |Sep record low C = 15.5

|Oct record high C = 34.4 |Oct record low C = 7.8

|Nov record high C = 30.8 |Nov record low C = 3.5

|Dec record high C = 28.0 |Dec record low C = -2.7

|year high C= |year low C=

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|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 56.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 76.7

|Mar precipitation mm = 131.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 118.6

|May precipitation mm = 157.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 241.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 135.3

|Aug precipitation mm = 210.1

|Sep precipitation mm = 111.3

|Oct precipitation mm = 48.9

|Nov precipitation mm = 60.6

|Dec precipitation mm = 47.5

|Jan humidity = 76

|Feb humidity = 79

|Mar humidity = 81

|Apr humidity = 81

|May humidity = 81

|Jun humidity = 84

|Jul humidity = 79

|Aug humidity = 79

|Sep humidity = 76

|Oct humidity = 71

|Nov humidity = 73

|Dec humidity = 72

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 10.8

|Feb precipitation days = 12.9

|Mar precipitation days = 17.3

|Apr precipitation days = 15.8

|May precipitation days = 16.3

|Jun precipitation days = 16.0

|Jul precipitation days = 10.3

|Aug precipitation days = 13.1

|Sep precipitation days = 11.1

|Oct precipitation days = 6.6

|Nov precipitation days = 8.8

|Dec precipitation days = 9.4

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 90.9

|Feb sun = 83.2

|Mar sun = 95.5

|Apr sun = 112.6

|May sun = 125.7

|Jun sun = 134.1

|Jul sun = 232.0

|Aug sun = 210.3

|Sep sun = 166.1

|Oct sun = 159.4

|Nov sun = 108.8

|Dec sun = 109.3

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 28

| Feb percentsun = 26

| Mar percentsun = 26

| Apr percentsun = 29

| May percentsun = 30

| Jun percentsun = 33

| Jul percentsun = 55

| Aug percentsun = 52

| Sep percentsun = 45

| Oct percentsun = 45

| Nov percentsun = 34

| Dec percentsun = 34

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|Jan snow days = 0.3

|Feb snow days = 0.4

|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 = 0.1

|year snow days =

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{{Weather box|width=auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Sansha Town, Xiapu, elevation {{convert|92|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991−2020 normals)

|Jan high C = 12.2

|Feb high C = 12.5

|Mar high C = 15.2

|Apr high C = 19.6

|May high C = 23.9

|Jun high C = 27.3

|Jul high C = 30.2

|Aug high C = 30.8

|Sep high C = 28.4

|Oct high C = 24.2

|Nov high C = 19.8

|Dec high C = 14.9

|Jan mean C = 9.8

|Feb mean C = 9.8

|Mar mean C = 12.2

|Apr mean C = 16.6

|May mean C = 21.2

|Jun mean C = 24.7

|Jul mean C = 27.5

|Aug mean C = 28.1

|Sep mean C = 26.1

|Oct mean C = 21.9

|Nov mean C = 17.6

|Dec mean C = 12.3

|Jan low C = 7.9

|Feb low C = 7.9

|Mar low C = 10.2

|Apr low C = 14.5

|May low C = 19.3

|Jun low C = 22.8

|Jul low C = 25.6

|Aug low C = 26.1

|Sep low C = 24.2

|Oct low C = 20.1

|Nov low C = 15.8

|Dec low C = 10.3

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 58.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 66.6

|Mar precipitation mm = 127.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 118.7

|May precipitation mm = 131.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 212.0

|Jul precipitation mm = 96.6

|Aug precipitation mm = 166.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 144.9

|Oct precipitation mm = 42.7

|Nov precipitation mm = 79.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 48.4

|Jan humidity = 73

|Feb humidity = 77

|Mar humidity = 79

|Apr humidity = 80

|May humidity = 83

|Jun humidity = 87

|Jul humidity = 85

|Aug humidity = 82

|Sep humidity = 76

|Oct humidity = 70

|Nov humidity = 72

|Dec humidity = 68

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 10.0

|Feb precipitation days = 12.6

|Mar precipitation days = 15.8

|Apr precipitation days = 15.3

|May precipitation days = 16.2

|Jun precipitation days = 16.2

|Jul precipitation days = 9.5

|Aug precipitation days = 12.6

|Sep precipitation days = 12.9

|Oct precipitation days = 8.4

|Nov precipitation days = 10.1

|Dec precipitation days = 8.8

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 92.7

|Feb sun = 82.2

|Mar sun = 108.9

|Apr sun = 119.2

|May sun = 125.8

|Jun sun = 127.6

|Jul sun = 233.7

|Aug sun = 230.0

|Sep sun = 180.9

|Oct sun = 170.8

|Nov sun = 103.3

|Dec sun = 115.3

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 28

| Feb percentsun = 26

| Mar percentsun = 29

| Apr percentsun = 31

| May percentsun = 30

| Jun percentsun = 31

| Jul percentsun = 56

| Aug percentsun = 57

| Sep percentsun = 49

| Oct percentsun = 48

| Nov percentsun = 32

| Dec percentsun = 36

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 0.1

|Feb snow days = 0

|Mar snow days = 0