Fanshi County

Fanshi County, is a county in Xinzhou City, in the northeast of Shanxi Province, China, bordering Hebei province to the southeast. It is the easternmost county-level division of Xinzhou.

Fanshi County 繁峙县[1] Fansze
County
Location in Xinzhou
Fanshi Location of the seat in Shanxi
Coordinates: 39.189°N 113.266°E / 39.189; 113.266
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
Prefecture-level city	Xinzhou
Population  (2020[2])	250,409
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	fsx.sxxz.gov.cn

Fanshi County
Simplified Chinese	繁峙县
Traditional Chinese	繁峙縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fánshì Xiàn Wade–Giles Fan-shih Hsien

History

Fanshi County was one of the divisions of Yanmen Commandery under the Qin and Han.

Geography

Fanshi is located north of Mount Wutai and east of Daixian.

Climate

Climate data for Fanshi, elevation 934 m (3,064 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)	11.2 (52.2)	17.4 (63.3)	26.4 (79.5)	35.7 (96.3)	36.7 (98.1)	40.9 (105.6)	38.4 (101.1)	35.6 (96.1)	34.6 (94.3)	28.5 (83.3)	20.6 (69.1)	14.0 (57.2)	40.9 (105.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	0.1 (32.2)	4.1 (39.4)	10.8 (51.4)	18.9 (66.0)	24.9 (76.8)	28.6 (83.5)	29.1 (84.4)	27.6 (81.7)	23.2 (73.8)	16.6 (61.9)	7.9 (46.2)	1.1 (34.0)	16.1 (60.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−7.8 (18.0)	−3.8 (25.2)	3.2 (37.8)	11.1 (52.0)	17.4 (63.3)	21.5 (70.7)	23.0 (73.4)	21.3 (70.3)	15.9 (60.6)	8.9 (48.0)	0.6 (33.1)	−6.2 (20.8)	8.8 (47.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−13.5 (7.7)	−9.6 (14.7)	−3.2 (26.2)	3.9 (39.0)	10.0 (50.0)	14.9 (58.8)	17.6 (63.7)	15.9 (60.6)	9.9 (49.8)	3.1 (37.6)	−4.6 (23.7)	−11.4 (11.5)	2.8 (36.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−25.7 (−14.3)	−23.1 (−9.6)	−18.8 (−1.8)	−8.1 (17.4)	−2.2 (28.0)	4.9 (40.8)	8.0 (46.4)	5.9 (42.6)	−2.3 (27.9)	−9.5 (14.9)	−24.9 (−12.8)	−25.1 (−13.2)	−25.7 (−14.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	1.2 (0.05)	3.3 (0.13)	7.4 (0.29)	18.1 (0.71)	33.7 (1.33)	61.0 (2.40)	108.8 (4.28)	83.7 (3.30)	57.1 (2.25)	25.1 (0.99)	9.1 (0.36)	1.4 (0.06)	409.9 (16.15)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	1.4	2.6	3.7	5.4	7.4	10.7	12.9	11.2	9.4	6.1	3.4	1.5	75.7
Average snowy days	2.6	4.1	3.6	1.1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.3	2.8	3.0	17.6
Average relative humidity (%)	46	43	41	41	44	55	70	73	69	60	55	50	54
Mean monthly sunshine hours	182.6	180.7	222.2	244.0	264.0	237.9	229.5	228.8	210.7	203.5	176.1	167.9	2,547.9
Percentage possible sunshine	60	59	60	61	59	53	51	55	57	60	59	58	58
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

Economy

The primary industry of Fanshi county is gold mining.^{[citation needed]}