Sunwu County

Sunwu County 孙吴县
County
Location of Sunwu County within Heihe
Sunwu Location in Heilongjiang
Coordinates: 49°26′N 127°20′E / 49.433°N 127.333°E / 49.433; 127.333
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
Prefecture-level city	Heihe
Township-level divisions	1 subdistrict 2 towns 9 townships
County seat	Sunwuchengqu Subdistrict (孙吴城区街道)
Area
• Total	4,448 km2 (1,717 sq mi)
Elevation	226 m (741 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	104,717
• Density	24/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	164200
Area code	0456

Sunwu County (simplified Chinese: 孙吴县; traditional Chinese: 孫吳縣; pinyin: Sūnwú Xiàn) is a county under the administration of Heihe City in the north of Heilongjiang province, China, situated on the bank of Amur River, which demarcates the Sino-Russian border. The length of border line within Sunwu county is 36 km (22 mi).

Sunwu County is surrounded by Lesser Khingan Mountains, and its forest coverage is 45%. The urbanization level is 40%.^{[citation needed]}

Sunwu County has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb) with very warm, humid summers and severely cold, extremely dry winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −23.3 °C (−9.9 °F) in January to 20.4 °C (68.7 °F), while the annual mean is +0.18 °C (32.3 °F). More than three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 52% in July to 73% in February, the area receives 2,576 hours of bright sunshine annually.

There are two towns and nine townships in the county:^[4][5]

Towns:

• Sunwu (孙吴镇), Chenqing (辰清镇)

Townships:

• Xixing Township (西兴乡), Yanjiang Manchu Township (沿江满族乡), Yaotun Township (腰屯乡), Woniuhe Township (卧牛河乡), Qunshan Township (群山乡), Fendou Township (奋斗乡), Hongqi Township (红旗乡), Zhengyangshan Township (正阳山乡), Qingxi Township (清溪乡)

• China National Highway 202
• Beihei Railway

• Official site of Sunwu County