Taihe County, Jiangxi

Taihe County
泰和县
Taiho
Location in Ji'an City (yellow) and Jiangxi province
Location in Ji'an City (yellow) and Jiangxi province
Coordinates: 26°47′24″N 114°54′32″E / 26.790°N 114.909°E / 26.790; 114.909
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceJiangxi
Prefecture-level cityJi'an
Area
 • Total2,666 km2 (1,029 sq mi)
Elevation
57 m (188 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total512,225
 • Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code0796
GDP (RMB)4.692 billion
Websitehttp://www.jxth.gov.cn/

Taihe County (simplified Chinese: 泰和县; traditional Chinese: 泰和縣; pinyin: Tàihé Xiàn) is a county of southwest Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, situated on the west (left) bank of the Gan River. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Ji'an, 37 kilometres (23 mi) to the north-northeast.

Its area is almost the size of that of Rhode Island.[1]

Administrative divisions

์Nowadays, Taihe County consists of 16 towns and 6 townships.[2]

16 towns
  • Chengjiang (澄江镇))
  • Bixi (碧溪镇))
  • Qiaotou (桥头镇)))
  • Heshi (禾市镇))
  • Luoxi (螺溪镇))
  • Suxi (马市镇)
  • Mashi (馬市镇))
  • Tangzhou (塘洲镇))
  • Guanchao (冠朝镇))
  • Shacun (沙村镇))
  • Laoyingpan (老营盘镇)))
  • Xiaolong (小龙镇))
  • Guanxi (灌溪镇))
  • Yuanqian (苑前镇))
  • Wanhe (万合镇))
  • Yanxi (沿溪镇))
6 townships
  • Shishan (石山乡)
  • Nanxi (南溪乡)
  • Shangmo (上模乡)
  • Shuicha (水槎乡)
  • Shangyi (上圯乡)
  • Zhonglong (中龙乡)

Demographics

Map including Taihe (labeled as 泰和 T'AI-HO) (AMS, 1954)

The population of the district was 505,795 in 1999.[3] [4]

History

According to recent archaeological discoveries, the history of Taihe County may date back to the western Zhou dynasty. Readers of English who are interested in this county should read John W. Dardess, A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Centuries (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996). The book was preceded by a number of articles about the county, including John W Dardess, "A Ming Landscape: Settlement, Land Use, Labor, and Estheticism in T'ai-ho County, Jiangxi," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 49.1 (1989): 295-364.

Climate

Climate data for Taihe (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 26.5
(79.7)
31.0
(87.8)
33.2
(91.8)
36.2
(97.2)
36.8
(98.2)
38.3
(100.9)
41.4
(106.5)
41.5
(106.7)
38.5
(101.3)
36.9
(98.4)
33.3
(91.9)
27.4
(81.3)
41.5
(106.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 10.9
(51.6)
14.1
(57.4)
17.7
(63.9)
24.3
(75.7)
28.6
(83.5)
31.4
(88.5)
34.8
(94.6)
34.2
(93.6)
30.6
(87.1)
25.7
(78.3)
19.7
(67.5)
13.6
(56.5)
23.8
(74.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 7.2
(45.0)
9.8
(49.6)
13.4
(56.1)
19.5
(67.1)
24.0
(75.2)
27.0
(80.6)
29.8
(85.6)
29.1
(84.4)
25.8
(78.4)
20.8
(69.4)
14.9
(58.8)
9.2
(48.6)
19.2
(66.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.6
(40.3)
6.9
(44.4)
10.4
(50.7)
16.2
(61.2)
20.7
(69.3)
24.0
(75.2)
26.2
(79.2)
25.6
(78.1)
22.4
(72.3)
17.2
(63.0)
11.5
(52.7)
6.0
(42.8)
16.0
(60.8)
Record low °C (°F) −4.1
(24.6)
−2.8
(27.0)
−1.2
(29.8)
4.0
(39.2)
11.1
(52.0)
14.9
(58.8)
19.0
(66.2)
20.2
(68.4)
15.0
(59.0)
4.0
(39.2)
0.3
(32.5)
−6.0
(21.2)
−6.0
(21.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 70.4
(2.77)
84.1
(3.31)
159.1
(6.26)
173.9
(6.85)
211.4
(8.32)
254.4
(10.02)
122.0
(4.80)
133.0
(5.24)
69.9
(2.75)
58.8
(2.31)
74.1
(2.92)
52.5
(2.07)
1,463.6
(57.62)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 13.3 12.9 18.3 17.7 17.5 15.9 10.9 12.5 9.2 6.9 9.5 10.0 154.6
Average snowy days 2.4 1.3 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 4.6
Average relative humidity (%) 79 79 81 79 79 80 72 75 76 74 77 76 77
Mean monthly sunshine hours 66.8 70.0 75.6 104.2 123.6 133.5 230.8 203.9 154.7 146.0 114.9 103.4 1,527.4
Percent possible sunshine 20 22 20 27 30 32 55 51 42 41 36 32 34
Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6]

Education

Culture

Its famous landmark is K'uai-ko Pavilion, which Huang Tingjian wrote about.[1]

Famous Local Products

One of the most famous local products of Taihe County is Gallus domesticus, called "Taihe Wuji" in Chinese.

Scenery

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Chu, Hung-Lam (1998). "A Ming Society: T'ai-ho County, Kiangsi, in the Fourteenth to Seventeenth Century". 5 (2). China Review International: 401–405. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) - Cited: p. 401: "In the minds of Chinese literati, T'ai-ho County, covering an area slightly smaller than Rhode Island, in the southwestern part of Kiangsi Province,[...]"
  2. ^ "南京市-行政区划网 www.xzqh.org" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  3. ^ (in English) National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
  4. ^ (in English) Government of Taihe County, Jiangxi Province, China - 2008 Period, in Taihe China Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  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.

Further reading

External links

  • (in Chinese and English) Government site - Google translation
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