County in Shaanxi, People's Republic of China
Foping (Chinese: 佛坪; pinyin: Fópíng) is a county under the administration and in the northeast corner of Hanzhong City, in the south of Shaanxi province, China.
The county was first established in 1824.[2]
It has been called the 'home of dogwood', having over 100,000 Mu (ca. 162 km2.) of dogwood forests.[3] The Qinling panda was first discovered in Foping.[4][5]
Administrative divisions
As 2019, Foping County is divided to 1 subdistrict and 6 towns.[6]
- Subdistricts
- Yuanjiazhuang Subdistrict (袁家庄街道)
- Towns
- Chenjiaba (陈家坝镇)
- Daheba (大河坝镇)
- Xichahe (西岔河镇)
- Yueba (岳坝镇)
- Changjiaoba (长角坝镇)
- Shidunhe (石墩河镇)
Climate
| Climate data for Foping, elevation 827 m (2,713 ft), (2001–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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| Record high °C (°F)
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17.7
(63.9)
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22.7
(72.9)
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30.2
(86.4)
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31.5
(88.7)
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34.9
(94.8)
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37.0
(98.6)
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38.7
(101.7)
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37.2
(99.0)
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36.8
(98.2)
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28.3
(82.9)
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24.6
(76.3)
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19.0
(66.2)
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38.7
(101.7)
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
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7.7
(45.9)
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10.2
(50.4)
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16.1
(61.0)
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21.7
(71.1)
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24.5
(76.1)
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28.0
(82.4)
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29.7
(85.5)
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29.0
(84.2)
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23.4
(74.1)
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18.7
(65.7)
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13.6
(56.5)
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8.7
(47.7)
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19.3
(66.7)
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| Daily mean °C (°F)
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1.8
(35.2)
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4.3
(39.7)
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9.3
(48.7)
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14.2
(57.6)
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17.6
(63.7)
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21.4
(70.5)
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23.6
(74.5)
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22.9
(73.2)
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18.3
(64.9)
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13.2
(55.8)
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7.8
(46.0)
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2.9
(37.2)
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13.1
(55.6)
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| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
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−2.2
(28.0)
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0.4
(32.7)
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4.5
(40.1)
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8.9
(48.0)
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12.7
(54.9)
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16.6
(61.9)
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19.5
(67.1)
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19.1
(66.4)
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15.1
(59.2)
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10.0
(50.0)
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4.1
(39.4)
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−0.9
(30.4)
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9.0
(48.2)
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| Record low °C (°F)
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−9.7
(14.5)
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−7.9
(17.8)
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−6.8
(19.8)
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−2.9
(26.8)
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3.3
(37.9)
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8.3
(46.9)
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11.2
(52.2)
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10.4
(50.7)
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6.1
(43.0)
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−5.5
(22.1)
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−8.0
(17.6)
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−14.4
(6.1)
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−14.4
(6.1)
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| Average precipitation mm (inches)
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3.7
(0.15)
|
12.8
(0.50)
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23.9
(0.94)
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57.4
(2.26)
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95.8
(3.77)
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114.6
(4.51)
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198.9
(7.83)
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178.5
(7.03)
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156.3
(6.15)
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74.3
(2.93)
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29.0
(1.14)
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5.0
(0.20)
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950.2
(37.41)
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| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
|
4.1
|
6.4
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8.8
|
10.2
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12.9
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12.2
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15.7
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14.3
|
14.1
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13.5
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8.0
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4.0
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124.2
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| Average snowy days
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5.2
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3.9
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1.1
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0.2
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0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1.1
|
2.6
|
14.1
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| Average relative humidity (%)
|
64
|
66
|
63
|
66
|
73
|
76
|
80
|
81
|
84
|
83
|
77
|
66
|
73
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| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
100.2
|
90.3
|
131.2
|
155.0
|
152.6
|
154.5
|
164.2
|
161.9
|
101.2
|
99.0
|
94.6
|
97.7
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1,502.4
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| Percent possible sunshine
|
32
|
29
|
35
|
40
|
35
|
36
|
38
|
40
|
28
|
28
|
31
|
32
|
34
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| Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]
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References
33°34′N 107°59′E / 33.567°N 107.983°E / 33.567; 107.983
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