Pengze County

Pengze County (simplified Chinese: 彭泽县; traditional Chinese: 彭澤縣; pinyin: Péngzé Xiàn) is a county in the north of Jiangxi Province, situated on the southeast (right) bank of the Yangtze. The northernmost county-level division of the province, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang.

Pengze County 彭泽县
County
Location of Pengze County (red) within Jiujiang City (yellow) and Jiangxi
Coordinates (Longcheng government): 29°53′46″N 116°32′56″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city	Jiujiang
Area
• Total	1,544 km2 (596 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	364,800
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	332700

Pengze county has a long history of written record. This county firstly established in the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu, Western Han dynasty (201 BCE)

Pengze. Nieuhof: L'ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, 1665

Administrative divisions

Pengze County has ten towns and three townships.^[1]

Towns

The ten towns of Pengze County are:

Longcheng (龙城镇) Mianchuan (棉船镇) Madang (马垱镇) Furongdun (芙蓉墩镇) Dingshan (定山镇)

Tianhong (天红镇) Yangzi (杨椊镇) Dongsheng (东升镇) Langxi (浪溪镇) Huanghua (黄花镇)

Townships

The three townships of Pengze County are:

• Taipingguan (太平关乡)
• Huangling (黄岭乡)
• Haoshan (浩山乡)

Transport

Pengze is served by Pengze railway station on the Tongling–Jiujiang railway.

Climate

Climate data for Pengze, elevation 99 m (325 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)	21.6 (70.9)	27.4 (81.3)	32.6 (90.7)	33.0 (91.4)	35.1 (95.2)	37.5 (99.5)	39.7 (103.5)	40.0 (104.0)	36.8 (98.2)	33.6 (92.5)	30.3 (86.5)	22.8 (73.0)	40.0 (104.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	7.9 (46.2)	10.8 (51.4)	15.8 (60.4)	22.1 (71.8)	26.9 (80.4)	29.4 (84.9)	32.9 (91.2)	32.4 (90.3)	28.4 (83.1)	23.3 (73.9)	16.9 (62.4)	10.5 (50.9)	21.4 (70.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	4.6 (40.3)	7.1 (44.8)	11.5 (52.7)	17.4 (63.3)	22.3 (72.1)	25.4 (77.7)	28.7 (83.7)	28.2 (82.8)	24.2 (75.6)	18.9 (66.0)	12.8 (55.0)	6.8 (44.2)	17.3 (63.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	2.2 (36.0)	4.3 (39.7)	8.4 (47.1)	13.9 (57.0)	18.8 (65.8)	22.5 (72.5)	25.7 (78.3)	25.2 (77.4)	21.3 (70.3)	15.8 (60.4)	9.8 (49.6)	4.0 (39.2)	14.3 (57.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−6.4 (20.5)	−5.1 (22.8)	−2.7 (27.1)	3.2 (37.8)	9.2 (48.6)	14.9 (58.8)	19.1 (66.4)	17.9 (64.2)	13.8 (56.8)	4.5 (40.1)	−1.2 (29.8)	−6.5 (20.3)	−6.5 (20.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	79.8 (3.14)	95.1 (3.74)	135.7 (5.34)	165.2 (6.50)	199.6 (7.86)	248.5 (9.78)	219.8 (8.65)	145.1 (5.71)	64.0 (2.52)	61.8 (2.43)	72.0 (2.83)	53.6 (2.11)	1,540.2 (60.61)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	12.2	13.1	14.8	14.2	13.3	14.7	11.1	11.5	7.2	8.2	10.1	9.2	139.6
Average snowy days	3.6	2.3	0.4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1.4	7.9
Average relative humidity (%)	76	76	75	73	75	81	78	79	78	75	76	72	76
Mean monthly sunshine hours	82.6	85.6	112.8	140.9	161.5	141.0	209.6	200.4	166.9	144.4	113.2	108.5	1,667.4
Percentage possible sunshine	25	27	30	36	38	34	49	49	46	41	36	34	37
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]