Jianping () is a county in the west of

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province, China, bordering

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to the north, west, and northeast. It is under the administration of

Chaoyang City Chaoyang ( zh, s=朝阳, t=朝陽, p=Cháoyáng) is a prefecture-level city in western Liaoning province, People's Republic of China. With a vast land area of almost , it is by area the largest prefecture-level city in Liaoning, and borders on H ...

, the urban centre of which is more than to the east. The population was 455,826 in 2020.

Administrative divisions

There are 11

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, 20

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, and one ethnic township in the county. Towns: * Yebaishou () * Zhulike () * Jianping () * Heishui () * Kalaqin () * Shahai () * Wanshou () * Haladaokou () * Reshui () * Laoguandi () * Bei'ershijiazi Hui Town () Townships:

Climate

Jianping has a

monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...

-influenced

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

(

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''Dwa'') that barely avoids

semi-arid A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a aridity, dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below Evapotranspiration#Potential evapotranspiration, potential evapotranspiration, but not as l ...

designation (Köppen ''BSk''), with hot and humid summers and rather long, cold, and very dry winters. More than two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs from June thru August. Monthly 24-hour average temperatures range from in January to in July, for an annual average of . The frost-free period lasts 120 to 155 days.

References

External links

County-level divisions of Liaoning Chaoyang, Liaoning Long stubs with short prose {{Liaoning-geo-stub