Yuanping City

Yuanping 原平市
County-level city
The Zhu Clan Pailou in Yuanping
Yuanping Location in Shanxi
Coordinates:
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Shanxi
Prefecture-level city	Xinzhou
Elevation	825 m (2,707 ft)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	034100
Area code(s)	0350
Website	yuanping.gov.cn

Yuanping (Chinese: 原平; pinyin: Yuánpíng) is a county-level city in the north of Shanxi province, People's Republic of China. It is located along the G55 Erenhot–Guangzhou Expressway nearly due north of the provincial capital of Taiyuan, and is under the administration of Xinzhou City.

History

Yuanping has a history of township over two thousands years. In Warring States period of China, it belonged to Zhao. In Qin Dynasty, it was put into administration of Taiyuan county. In BC 114, during the administration of Emperor Wu of Han, it started as Yuanping county, still under the administration of Taiyuan county. In Eastern Han (Later Han) Jian An 15th year, its replaced as Yunzhong county, under the administration of Xinxing county. In Jian An 18th year, it restored as Yuanping county, under the administration of Yanmen county. In the Three Kingdoms period, Yuanping still belonged to Yanmen county.

Transportation

Yuanping is at the junction of the Beijing–Yuanping Railway and the Datong–Puzhou Railway.

Climate

Yuanping has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with cold and very dry winters, and hot, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −7.7 °C (18.1 °F) in January to 23.3 °C (73.9 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 9.03 °C (48.3 °F). A majority of the 417 millimetres (16.4 in) of precipitation occurs in July and August alone. Due to the high elevation and dry climate, the diurnal temperature variation easily exceeds 15 °C (27 °F) in winter and spring. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 50% in July to 62% in four months, and the average annual total is 2,585 hours.

Climate data for Yuanping (1971−2000)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	−0.1 (31.8)	3.5 (38.3)	10.1 (50.2)	19.0 (66.2)	25.3 (77.5)	28.6 (83.5)	29.2 (84.6)	27.5 (81.5)	23.1 (73.6)	17.0 (62.6)	8.1 (46.6)	1.5 (34.7)	16.1 (60.9)
Average low °C (°F)	−13.7 (7.3)	−9.5 (14.9)	−3 (27)	3.9 (39)	10.2 (50.4)	14.7 (58.5)	17.7 (63.9)	16.3 (61.3)	10.0 (50)	3.3 (37.9)	−4.4 (24.1)	−11.3 (11.7)	2.9 (37.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	1.9 (0.075)	3.7 (0.146)	9.2 (0.362)	15.9 (0.626)	30.7 (1.209)	54.9 (2.161)	102.9 (4.051)	114.8 (4.52)	52.6 (2.071)	19.9 (0.783)	8.9 (0.35)	1.7 (0.067)	417.1 (16.421)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	1.7	2.4	3.7	4.3	5.7	9.7	13.3	12.8	9.2	5.4	3.0	1.3	72.5
Average relative humidity (%)	47	45	48	42	43	54	69	73	68	59	57	51	54.7
Mean monthly sunshine hours	185.7	185.8	211.2	238.0	273.8	255.2	226.4	222.6	217.6	216.3	181.6	170.5	2,584.7
Percent possible sunshine	62	62	57	60	62	58	50	53	59	62	60	58	58
Source: China Meteorological Administration

References

• www.yuanping.gov.cn (Chinese)