Longnan, Jiangxi

Longnan

龙南市
Lungnan
Longnan 龙南市 Lungnan
County-level city
	Guanxi Xinwei, a Hakka walled village
	Location within Jiangxi
	Coordinates: 25°54′38″N 114°47′10″E / 25.9106°N 114.786°E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city	Ganzhou
Postal Code	341700

Longnan (simplified Chinese: 龙南; traditional Chinese: 龍南; pinyin: Lóngnán) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in the far southwest of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Guangdong province to the south.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Longnan City has 8 towns and 5 townships.^[1]

8 towns

Longnan (龙南镇)
Wudang (武当镇)
Yangcun (杨村镇)
Wenlong (汶龙镇)

Chenglong (程龙镇)
Guanxi (关西镇)
Liren (里仁镇)
Dujiang (渡江镇)

5 townships

Taojiang (桃江乡)
Dongjiang (东江乡)
Lintang (临塘乡)

Nanxiang (南享乡)
Jiahu (夹湖乡)

Traditional architecture

Longnan is notable for the variety of traditional Hakka walled villages in Jiangxi.^[2] ^[3] By one count, there are around 370 of them within the city's boundaries.^[2] They are known locally as weiwu (围屋) or wei (围);^[2]

Longnan is also regarded as "the Hometown of Weiwu in China" 新华网-客家围屋之乡. Some of the most famous weiwu are Guangxi Wei 百度百科-关西围屋 and Yanyiwei.关西围屋与燕翼围 Some researchers call them "Jiangxi tulou" (literally, "[tall] earthen buildings"), as opposed to the better known Fujian tulou.^[4]

Climate

Climate data for Longnan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	27.4 (81.3)	30.7 (87.3)	32.0 (89.6)	34.0 (93.2)	35.7 (96.3)	37.8 (100.0)	39.0 (102.2)	39.0 (102.2)	37.0 (98.6)	35.1 (95.2)	34.2 (93.6)	28.5 (83.3)	39.0 (102.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	14.3 (57.7)	16.8 (62.2)	19.7 (67.5)	25.1 (77.2)	28.8 (83.8)	31.4 (88.5)	33.7 (92.7)	33.2 (91.8)	30.4 (86.7)	26.6 (79.9)	21.8 (71.2)	16.3 (61.3)	24.8 (76.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	9.1 (48.4)	11.5 (52.7)	14.8 (58.6)	20.1 (68.2)	24.0 (75.2)	26.5 (79.7)	28.1 (82.6)	27.6 (81.7)	25.2 (77.4)	21.0 (69.8)	16.0 (60.8)	10.6 (51.1)	19.5 (67.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	5.7 (42.3)	8.0 (46.4)	11.6 (52.9)	16.7 (62.1)	20.6 (69.1)	23.3 (73.9)	24.2 (75.6)	24.0 (75.2)	21.8 (71.2)	17.1 (62.8)	11.9 (53.4)	6.7 (44.1)	16.0 (60.7)
Record low °C (°F)	−4.1 (24.6)	−2.1 (28.2)	−1.9 (28.6)	4.7 (40.5)	11.0 (51.8)	15.0 (59.0)	19.2 (66.6)	19.3 (66.7)	12.6 (54.7)	4.7 (40.5)	−1.5 (29.3)	−5.4 (22.3)	−5.4 (22.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	67.2 (2.65)	84.8 (3.34)	174.2 (6.86)	194.5 (7.66)	225.4 (8.87)	238.7 (9.40)	140.0 (5.51)	171.6 (6.76)	98.9 (3.89)	36.1 (1.42)	46.9 (1.85)	47.9 (1.89)	1,526.2 (60.1)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	9.6	11.4	17.3	16.4	17.4	17.9	14.5	15.5	10.4	5.1	7.1	7.5	150.1
Average snowy days	0.5	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	1.1
Average relative humidity (%)	76	78	82	81	82	83	78	80	79	74	75	73	78
Mean monthly sunshine hours	93.1	83.1	73.7	93.1	119.2	140.1	214.9	191.9	162.1	163.2	138.3	128.1	1,600.8
Percent possible sunshine	28	26	20	24	29	34	52	48	44	46	43	39	36
Source: China Meteorological Administration^[5]^[6]

Famous people from Longnan

Wang Sheng, a Kuomintang general, and in his later life, Taiwan's ambassador to Paraguay

Notes

^ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chen Liang, Another cluster of Tulou in Longnan of Jiangxi bordering Fujian. China Daily. Published on www.whatsonxiamen.com on 2008-07-19
^ Knapp, Ronald G. (2000), China's old dwellings, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 275–277, ISBN 0-8248-2214-5
^ Huang Hanmin (黄汉民) (2009), 福建土楼-中国传统民居的瑰宝 [Fujian Tulou: a jewel of China's traditional residential architecture], Sanlian Books (三联书店), p. 114, ISBN 9787108031754 (Revised edition)
^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.