Longnan, Jiangxi

Longnan
龙南市
Lungnan
County-level city
Guanxi Xinwei, a Hakka walled village
Guanxi Xinwei, a Hakka walled village
Location within Jiangxi
Location within Jiangxi
Coordinates: 25°54′38″N 114°47′10″E / 25.9106°N 114.786°E / 25.9106; 114.786
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityGanzhou
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.

8 towns
5 townships

Traditional architecture

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

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.

Climate

Climate data for Longnan, elevation 250 m (820 ft), (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
Percentage possible sunshine 28 26 20 24 29 34 52 48 44 46 43 39 36
Source: China Meteorological Administration

Famous people from Longnan

Notes

  1. ↑ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  2. 1 2 3 Chen Liang, Another cluster of Tulou in Longnan of Jiangxi bordering Fujian. China Daily. Published on www.whatsonxiamen.com on 2008-07-19
  3. ↑ Knapp, Ronald G. (2000), China's old dwellings, University of Hawaii Press, pp. 275–277, ISBN 0-8248-2214-5
  4. ↑ 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)
  5. ↑ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ↑ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 June 2023.