Lichuan County

Lichuan County (Chinese: 黎川县; pinyin: Líchuān Xiàn) is a county in the east of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Fujian province to the east. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Fuzhou.

Lichuan County 黎川县 Lichwan
County
Location in Jiangxi
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city	Fuzhou
Area
• Total	1,728 km2 (667 sq mi)
Population  (（2018）)
• Total	250,000
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal Code	344600
Website	www.jxlcx.gov.cn

Administrative divisions

In the present, Lichuan County has 6 towns and 8 townships.^[1]

6 towns

Rifeng (日峰镇) Hongcun (宏村镇) Xunkou (洵口镇)

Xiongcun (熊村镇) Long'an (龙安镇) Desheng (德胜镇)

8 townships

Tanxi (潭溪乡) Hufang (湖坊乡) Heyuan (荷源乡) Houcun (厚村乡)

Sheping (社萍乡) Zhangxi (樟溪乡) Xicheng (西城乡) Zhongtian (中田乡)

Demographics

The population of the district was 230,043 in 1999.^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Lichuan, elevation 131 m (430 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)	28.2 (82.8)	30.9 (87.6)	33.5 (92.3)	36.0 (96.8)	36.6 (97.9)	37.8 (100.0)	41.5 (106.7)	42.2 (108.0)	38.1 (100.6)	37.0 (98.6)	32.6 (90.7)	28.7 (83.7)	42.2 (108.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	11.2 (52.2)	14.5 (58.1)	18.0 (64.4)	24.4 (75.9)	28.5 (83.3)	31.1 (88.0)	34.7 (94.5)	34.1 (93.4)	30.8 (87.4)	26.0 (78.8)	20.2 (68.4)	14.0 (57.2)	24.0 (75.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.5 (43.7)	9.2 (48.6)	12.9 (55.2)	18.8 (65.8)	23.3 (73.9)	26.3 (79.3)	29.1 (84.4)	28.4 (83.1)	25.2 (77.4)	19.9 (67.8)	14.2 (57.6)	8.3 (46.9)	18.5 (65.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.3 (37.9)	5.6 (42.1)	9.3 (48.7)	14.8 (58.6)	19.3 (66.7)	22.7 (72.9)	24.6 (76.3)	24.3 (75.7)	21.1 (70.0)	15.5 (59.9)	9.9 (49.8)	4.3 (39.7)	14.6 (58.2)
Record low °C (°F)	−6.6 (20.1)	−5.0 (23.0)	−4.3 (24.3)	2.0 (35.6)	7.7 (45.9)	12.9 (55.2)	19.6 (67.3)	19.1 (66.4)	12.3 (54.1)	1.2 (34.2)	−3.6 (25.5)	−12.3 (9.9)	−12.3 (9.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	89.7 (3.53)	113.3 (4.46)	236.1 (9.30)	230.3 (9.07)	281.5 (11.08)	334.4 (13.17)	172.6 (6.80)	138.5 (5.45)	78.7 (3.10)	52.6 (2.07)	92.0 (3.62)	67.9 (2.67)	1,887.6 (74.32)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	14.4	14.4	19.3	17.6	17.8	18.1	11.6	13.1	9.5	7.1	9.4	10.7	163
Average snowy days	1.9	1.0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	3.7
Average relative humidity (%)	85	83	84	82	81	83	75	78	80	79	82	81	81
Mean monthly sunshine hours	67.9	72.0	75.6	98.0	118.7	122.4	221.9	200.3	159.9	146.8	116.3	102.8	1,502.6
Percentage possible sunshine	21	23	20	25	28	30	53	50	44	41	36	32	34
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

Education

Jigao Primary School (极高小学) is located in Xiongcun Town (熊村镇). Since September 2019 the school, as of December 2020, has a single student.^[5]