Huailai County
| Huailai County 怀来县 | |
|---|---|
| County | |
  Huailai Location in Hebei | |
| Coordinates: 40°25′N 115°31′E / 40.417°N 115.517°ECoordinates: 40°25′N 115°31′E / 40.417°N 115.517°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hebei |
| Prefecture-level city | Zhangjiakou |
| County seat | Shacheng |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,793 km2 (692 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 338,000 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 075400 |
| Area code(s) | 0313 |
| Website |
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Huailai (simplified Chinese: 怀来县; traditional Chinese: 懷來縣; pinyin: Huáilái Xiàn) is a county in northwestern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiakou.
Huailai County is a center for grape wine production, with the China Great Wall Wine Company, Ltd. headquartered in the town of Shacheng.[1] Huailai Tianyuan Special Type Glass Co., Ltd. is also located in Huailai County.[2]
Geography
Huailai County is located in the eastern part of Zhangjiakou prefecture, with latitude ranging from 40° 04′ to 40° 35′ N and longitude 115° 16′ to 115° 58′ E. It contains the upper reaches of the Yongding River and borders Beijing Municipality. It is 87 kilometres (54 mi) east-southeast of the urban area of Zhangjiakou and 120 kilometres (75 mi) west-northwest of Beijing city proper.
Huailai County has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with cold, dry, and windy winters and hot, humid summers, with temperatures slightly warmer than Zhangjiakou due to the more southerly location but still significantly cooler than in Beijing due to the high elevation. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −7.4 °C (18.7 °F) in January to 24.4 °C (75.9 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 9.60 °C (49.3 °F). A majority of the annual rainfall occurs in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 60% in July to 73% in January and February, sunshine is abundant year-round, totalling about 3,030 hours annually.
| Climate data for Huailai County (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −1.2 (29.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
9.7 (49.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
24.4 (75.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
7.5 (45.5) |
0.6 (33.1) |
16.2 (61.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −12.2 (10) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
4.9 (40.8) |
11.5 (52.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
4.0 (39.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.7 (0.067) |
3.1 (0.122) |
6.6 (0.26) |
14.2 (0.559) |
28.6 (1.126) |
61.7 (2.429) |
107.5 (4.232) |
84.8 (3.339) |
41.3 (1.626) |
15.4 (0.606) |
6.0 (0.236) |
1.5 (0.059) |
372.4 (14.661) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.3 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 10.5 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 73.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 40 | 41 | 41 | 39 | 43 | 54 | 68 | 71 | 63 | 54 | 50 | 43 | 50.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 218.1 | 217.2 | 256.2 | 274.5 | 303.4 | 298.8 | 274.4 | 266.4 | 261.4 | 249.1 | 208.4 | 201.9 | 3,029.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 73 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 63 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 68 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
There are 11 towns, five townships and one ethnic township in the county:[3]
Towns (镇)
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Townships (乡)
- Langshan Township (狼山乡)
- Jijiyi Township (鸡鸣驿乡)
- Dongbali Township (东八里乡)
- Ruiyunguan Township (瑞云观乡)
- Sunzhuangzi Township (孙庄子乡)
- Wangjialou Hui Ethnic Township (王家楼回族乡)
References
- ↑ http://www.winechina.com/EN/brands/gw02.asp
- ↑ http://www.ty-glass.com/
- ↑ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：怀来县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2013-02-24.