Luoding
罗定市 Loting | |
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Coordinates: 22°46′08″N 111°34′11″E / 22.7689°N 111.5697°ECoordinates: 22°46′08″N 111°34′11″E / 22.7689°N 111.5697°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Guangdong |
Prefecture-level city | Yunfu |
Area | |
• Total | 2,300 km2 (900 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | 959,067 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Luoding | |||||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 罗定 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 羅定 | ||||||||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Luódìng | ||||||||||||
Postal | Loting | ||||||||||||
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Luoding, alternately romanized as Loting,[a] is a county-level city in the northwestern part of Guangdong province (粤北), South China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu.
History
As early as 10,000 years ago, there were ancient people inhabited within Luoding City. Famous monument is the rock carving called Long Anyan Grottoes (龍盦巖石窟).
Geography
Luoding borders Guangxi to the northwest.
Notable people
- Cai Tingkai( 蔡廷鍇 ), born in 1892, died in 1968, was a Chinese general.
- Cheung ka nien ( 張嘉年): Hong Kong actor, mr cheung is the main cast of the film: suk suk
- Tang chun kit ( 鄧俊傑): Hong Kong male historian, his research interest is the philosophy of scholar Zhan ruo shui( 湛若水).
Climate
Climate data for Luoding (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.3 (102.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.2 (100.8) |
36.3 (97.3) |
34.0 (93.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
39.3 (102.7) |
Average high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
34.1 (93.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.1 (70.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.8 (65.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
Average low °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.0 (51.8) |
19.0 (66.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 46.9 (1.85) |
60.6 (2.39) |
73.3 (2.89) |
145.3 (5.72) |
207.0 (8.15) |
200.3 (7.89) |
187.1 (7.37) |
176.4 (6.94) |
158.6 (6.24) |
66.6 (2.62) |
38.3 (1.51) |
27.1 (1.07) |
1,387.5 (54.64) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 78 |
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 5 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons ,
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