| Kuandian County 宽甸县 |
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| — Autonomous county — | |
| 宽甸满族自治县 Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County |
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| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Prefecture-level city | Dandong |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | |
Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 宽甸满族自治县; traditional Chinese: 寬甸滿族自治縣; pinyin: Kuāndiàn Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn), or simply Kuandian County (宽甸县), is a county of eastern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Dandong City, which lies 75 kilometres (47 mi) to the southwest. The county borders North Korea to the east and south. In Kuandian is Hushan Great Wall. This is the most easterly section of the Great Wall of China. A short reconstruction of the wall is open to tourists. The area has an abandoned airstrip that was used by the Chinese airforce during the Korean War.
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There are 19 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township in the county.
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| Climate data for Kuandian (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
14.9 (58.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
13.20 (55.76) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −17.7 (0.1) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
1.8 (35.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
10.4 (50.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
1.68 (35.03) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 10.4 (0.409) |
12.5 (0.492) |
19.0 (0.748) |
50.7 (1.996) |
74.6 (2.937) |
129.7 (5.106) |
284.7 (11.209) |
274.8 (10.819) |
92.6 (3.646) |
52.2 (2.055) |
34.4 (1.354) |
15.5 (0.61) |
1,051.1 (41.382) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 10.7 | 13.0 | 16.8 | 13.4 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 108 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
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