Fuping County, Shaanxi

Fuping County (Chinese: 富平县; pinyin: Fùpíng Xiàn) is a county located in the center of Shaanxi Province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Weinan.

Fuping County 富平县
County
Fuping in Weinan
Weinan in Shaanxi
Coordinates (Fuping government): 34°45′06″N 109°10′48″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shaanxi
Prefecture-level city	Weinan
Area
• Total	1,242 km2 (480 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	750,300
• Density	600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	711700

The Fuping County has an area of 1,233 km² (476 sq mi) and a population of 750,000. Its postal code is 711700. It comprises 24 towns, 337 administrative villages.

Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, traces his ancestry here.^[1] His father, former Vice-Premier Xi Zhongxun was from here.

Administrative divisions

As of 2019, Fuping County is divided to 1 subdistrict and 14 towns.^[2]

Subdistricts

• Chengguan Subdistrict (城关街道)

Towns

Zhuangli (庄里镇) Zhangqiao (张桥镇) Meiyuan (美原镇) Liuqu (流曲镇) Dancun (淡村镇) Liugu (留古镇) Laomiao (老庙镇)

Xue (薛镇) Daoxian (到贤镇) Caocun (曹村镇) Gongli (宫里镇) Meijiaping (梅家坪镇) Liuji (刘集镇) Qicun (齐村镇)

Climate

Climate data for Fuping, elevation 827 m (2,713 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)	17.5 (63.5)	23.0 (73.4)	30.0 (86.0)	34.9 (94.8)	38.8 (101.8)	41.8 (107.2)	40.3 (104.5)	39.2 (102.6)	37.9 (100.2)	31.0 (87.8)	25.3 (77.5)	23.1 (73.6)	41.8 (107.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	4.8 (40.6)	9.3 (48.7)	15.3 (59.5)	21.7 (71.1)	26.7 (80.1)	31.8 (89.2)	32.6 (90.7)	30.4 (86.7)	25.5 (77.9)	19.6 (67.3)	12.5 (54.5)	6.3 (43.3)	19.7 (67.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.0 (30.2)	3.1 (37.6)	8.9 (48.0)	15.0 (59.0)	20.1 (68.2)	25.3 (77.5)	27.1 (80.8)	25.2 (77.4)	20.1 (68.2)	13.8 (56.8)	6.6 (43.9)	0.5 (32.9)	13.7 (56.7)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−5.3 (22.5)	−1.6 (29.1)	3.6 (38.5)	9.0 (48.2)	13.8 (56.8)	19.0 (66.2)	22.2 (72.0)	21.0 (69.8)	15.9 (60.6)	9.4 (48.9)	2.2 (36.0)	−3.8 (25.2)	8.8 (47.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−14.8 (5.4)	−11.8 (10.8)	−8.5 (16.7)	−2.4 (27.7)	3.4 (38.1)	10.1 (50.2)	15.2 (59.4)	11.5 (52.7)	5.9 (42.6)	−4.2 (24.4)	−9.5 (14.9)	−18.7 (−1.7)	−18.7 (−1.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	6.0 (0.24)	9.1 (0.36)	18.1 (0.71)	32.8 (1.29)	48.6 (1.91)	53.4 (2.10)	86.1 (3.39)	82.7 (3.26)	84.5 (3.33)	48.0 (1.89)	21.6 (0.85)	4.1 (0.16)	495 (19.49)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	3.7	3.9	5.3	6.8	8.6	7.8	9.6	9.4	10.6	8.7	5.0	2.7	82.1
Average snowy days	3.8	2.8	1.2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	2.8	12
Average relative humidity (%)	62	61	60	64	63	58	69	74	76	75	71	65	67
Mean monthly sunshine hours	158.7	155.3	186.5	212.8	230.5	224.6	240.2	218.9	162.7	153.1	152.3	160.8	2,256.4
Percentage possible sunshine	51	50	50	54	53	52	55	53	44	44	50	53	51
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]