# Nanbu County

Nanbu County (Chinese: 南部县; pinyin: Nánbù Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Nanchong city.

## History

In 1960, local government officials tasked with cleaning up Qing-dynasty archives found 4000 Qing-era official documents in a watchtower of the county's public security bureau, covering political, economic, military, cultural, educational, judicial, religious, and diplomatic records of the years 1656 to 1911. It is one of the largest surviving collections of Qing-era judicial material. The archives are nowadays stored by the Nanchong Municipal Bureau of Archives.

## Administrative divisions

Nanbu County comprises 4 subdistricts, 33 towns and 5 townships:

### subdistricts

* Binjiang 滨江街道
* Shubei 蜀北街道
* Manfu 满福街道
* Nanlong 南隆街道

### towns

* Laoya 老鸦镇
* Yongding 永定镇
* Beiyuan 碑院镇
* Xiehe 谢河镇
* Panlong 盘龙镇
* Tiefotang 铁佛塘镇
* Shihe 石河镇
* Wangjia 王家镇
* Fuli 富利镇
* Nanmu 楠木镇
* Changping 长坪镇
* Dongba 东坝镇
* Heba 河坝镇
* Dingshui 定水镇
* Dawang 大王镇
* Huangjin 黄金镇
* Liuma 流马镇
* Jianxing 建兴镇
* Sanguan 三官镇
* Fuhu 伏虎镇
* Shuangfo 双佛镇
* Huaguan 花罐镇
* Daqiao 大桥镇
* Dahe 大河镇
* Wannian 万年镇
* Shengzhong 升钟镇
* Shengshui 升水镇
* Daping 大坪镇
* Shenba 神坝镇
* Ba'erhu 八尔湖镇
* Shilong 石龙镇
* Xishui 西水镇
* Tongping 桐坪镇

### townships

* Wuling 五灵乡
* Xiaoyuan 小元乡
* Hongguan 宏观乡
* Shuangfeng 双峰乡
* Taixia 太霞乡

## Climate

Climate data for Nanbu, elevation 406 m (1,332 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) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.6 (74.5) | 31.2 (88.2) | 34.1 (93.4) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.4 (99.3) | 39.5 (103.1) | 42.4 (108.3) | 38.8 (101.8) | 33.1 (91.6) | 25.4 (77.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 42.4 (108.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.6 (54.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 29.4 (84.9) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.3 (90.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 21.3 (70.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 10.4 (50.7) | 21.5 (70.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.8 (71.2) | 24.7 (76.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 22.5 (72.5) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.6 (54.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 17.2 (63.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 5.9 (42.6) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 10.3 (50.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 14.2 (57.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) | −1.6 (29.1) | −2.2 (28.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 1.7 (35.1) | 0.6 (33.1) | −4.3 (24.3) | −4.3 (24.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.1 (0.56) | 16.2 (0.64) | 32.0 (1.26) | 66.0 (2.60) | 102.1 (4.02) | 148.1 (5.83) | 167.7 (6.60) | 141.5 (5.57) | 140.3 (5.52) | 71.3 (2.81) | 33.0 (1.30) | 14.0 (0.55) | 946.3 (37.26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.7 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 8.4 | 7.1 | 127.7 |
| Average snowy days | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 78 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 48.6 | 58.7 | 98.5 | 134.9 | 138.2 | 129.5 | 169.9 | 179.8 | 99.1 | 73.6 | 58.7 | 41.6 | 1,231.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 15 | 19 | 26 | 35 | 32 | 31 | 40 | 44 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 27 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||