Xing County

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Xing County

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

|postal_code_type = Postal code

|settlement_type = County

|image_skyline =

|image_map = ChinaLuliangXing.png

|map_caption = Xing County in Lüliang

|image_map1 = Location of Lüliang Prefecture within Shanxi (China).png

|map_caption1 = Lüliang in Shanxi

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = People's Republic of China

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Shanxi

|subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city

|subdivision_name2 = Lüliang

|area_total_km2 = 3164

|population = 183,484

|population_as_of = 2020[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/shanxi/admin/ Shānxī: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties]

|population_density_km2 = auto

|elevation_m =

|timezone = China Standard

|utc_offset = +8

|website =

}}

Xing County or Xingxian ({{zh|s=兴县 |t=興縣 |p=Xīng Xiàn}}) is a county in the west of Shanxi province, China, bordering Shaanxi province to the west across the Yellow River. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Lüliang.

Xing County was formerly known as Linwei ({{zh|labels=no |t=臨蔚縣}}) since the Northern and Southern dynasties. Xing County was formally established in the second year of the Hongwu era (1368–1398) of the Ming dynasty.

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Xingxian, elevation {{convert|1013|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)

|Jan high C = -0.9

|Feb high C = 4.5

|Mar high C = 11.8

|Apr high C = 19.6

|May high C = 25.3

|Jun high C = 29.4

|Jul high C = 30.6

|Aug high C = 28.2

|Sep high C = 23.4

|Oct high C = 16.7

|Nov high C = 8.4

|Dec high C = 0.9

|Jan mean C = -7.7

|Feb mean C = -2.6

|Mar mean C = 4.4

|Apr mean C = 12.1

|May mean C = 18.0

|Jun mean C = 22.5

|Jul mean C = 24.1

|Aug mean C = 22.0

|Sep mean C = 16.7

|Oct mean C = 9.8

|Nov mean C = 1.8

|Dec mean C = -5.6

|Jan low C = -12.5

|Feb low C = -7.8

|Mar low C = -1.3

|Apr low C = 5.4

|May low C = 11.1

|Jun low C = 16.0

|Jul low C = 18.7

|Aug low C = 17.1

|Sep low C = 11.9

|Oct low C = 5.0

|Nov low C = -2.5

|Dec low C = -9.9

|Jan record high C = 11.7 |Jan record low C = -25.5

|Feb record high C = 20.1 |Feb record low C = -22.6

|Mar record high C = 28.7 |Mar record low C = -16.6

|Apr record high C = 35.7 |Apr record low C = -6.6

|May record high C = 35.4 |May record low C = -2.2

|Jun record high C = 39.9 |Jun record low C = 3.7

|Jul record high C = 39.2 |Jul record low C = 10.6

|Aug record high C = 36.1 |Aug record low C = 7.7

|Sep record high C = 35.5 |Sep record low C = -1.5

|Oct record high C = 28.5 |Oct record low C = -9.1

|Nov record high C = 23.2 |Nov record low C = -18.8

|Dec record high C = 16.6 |Dec record low C = -26.7

|year high C = |year low C =

|year high F = |year low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 4.3

|Feb precipitation mm = 5.0

|Mar precipitation mm = 9.7

|Apr precipitation mm = 25.4

|May precipitation mm = 40.8

|Jun precipitation mm = 58.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 109.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 122.3

|Sep precipitation mm = 68.8

|Oct precipitation mm = 31.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 15.2

|Dec precipitation mm = 4.4

|Jan humidity = 56

|Feb humidity = 50

|Mar humidity = 43

|Apr humidity = 39

|May humidity = 41

|Jun humidity = 49

|Jul humidity = 61

|Aug humidity = 66

|Sep humidity = 64

|Oct humidity = 60

|Nov humidity = 57

|Dec humidity = 55

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 2.7

|Feb precipitation days = 3.1

|Mar precipitation days = 3.9

|Apr precipitation days = 4.9

|May precipitation days = 7.1

|Jun precipitation days = 10.0

|Jul precipitation days = 12.3

|Aug precipitation days = 11.7

|Sep precipitation days = 9.3

|Oct precipitation days = 6.7

|Nov precipitation days = 4.4

|Dec precipitation days = 2.8

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 172.1

|Feb sun = 176.0

|Mar sun = 214.0

|Apr sun = 233.5

|May sun = 257.5

|Jun sun = 235.9

|Jul sun = 226.0

|Aug sun = 214.3

|Sep sun = 201.5

|Oct sun = 204.3

|Nov sun = 179.5

|Dec sun = 172.6

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 56

| Feb percentsun = 57

| Mar percentsun = 57

| Apr percentsun = 59

| May percentsun = 58

| Jun percentsun = 53

| Jul percentsun = 50

| Aug percentsun = 51

| Sep percentsun = 55

| Oct percentsun = 60

| Nov percentsun = 60

| Dec percentsun = 59

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 3.0

|Feb snow days = 3.3

|Mar snow days = 2.3

|Apr snow days = 0.4

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0.2

|Nov snow days = 2.1

|Dec snow days = 3.0

|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=26 August 2023}}

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