# Longnan, Jiangxi

Longnan (simplified Chinese: 龙南; traditional Chinese: 龍南; pinyin: Lóngnán) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Ganzhou Municipality, in the far southwest of Jiangxi province, China, bordering Guangdong province to the south.

## Administrative divisions

In the present, Longnan City has 8 towns and 5 townships.

### 8 towns

| Longnan (龙南镇) Wudang (武当镇) Yangcun (杨村镇) Wenlong (汶龙镇) | Chenglong (程龙镇) Guanxi (关西镇) Liren (里仁镇) Dujiang (渡江镇) |

### 5 townships

| Taojiang (桃江乡) Dongjiang (东江乡) Lintang (临塘乡) | Nanxiang (南享乡) Jiahu (夹湖乡) |

## Traditional architecture

Longnan is notable for the variety of traditional Hakka walled villages in Jiangxi. By one count, there are around 370 of them within the city's boundaries. They are known locally as weiwu (围屋) or wei (围).
Longnan is also regarded as "the Hometown of Weiwu in China" 新华网-客家围屋之乡. Some of the most famous weiwu are Guangxi Wei 百度百科-关西围屋 and Yanyiwei.关西围屋与燕翼围 Some researchers call them "Jiangxi tulou" (literally, "[tall] earthen buildings"), as opposed to the better known Fujian tulou.

## Climate

Climate data for Longnan, elevation 250 m (820 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) | 27.4 (81.3) | 30.7 (87.3) | 32.0 (89.6) | 34.0 (93.2) | 35.7 (96.3) | 37.8 (100.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 39.0 (102.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.2 (93.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 25.1 (77.2) | 28.8 (83.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 33.2 (91.8) | 30.4 (86.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 24.8 (76.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 28.1 (82.6) | 27.6 (81.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 21.0 (69.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 19.5 (67.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 8.0 (46.4) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 24.2 (75.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.7 (44.1) | 16.0 (60.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) | −2.1 (28.2) | −1.9 (28.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 4.7 (40.5) | −1.5 (29.3) | −5.4 (22.3) | −5.4 (22.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 67.2 (2.65) | 84.8 (3.34) | 174.2 (6.86) | 194.5 (7.66) | 225.4 (8.87) | 238.7 (9.40) | 140.0 (5.51) | 171.6 (6.76) | 98.9 (3.89) | 36.1 (1.42) | 46.9 (1.85) | 47.9 (1.89) | 1,526.2 (60.1) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.6 | 11.4 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 17.4 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 10.4 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 150.1 |
| Average snowy days | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 78 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 93.1 | 83.1 | 73.7 | 93.1 | 119.2 | 140.1 | 214.9 | 191.9 | 162.1 | 163.2 | 138.3 | 128.1 | 1,600.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 28 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 34 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 46 | 43 | 39 | 36 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Famous people from Longnan

* Wang Sheng, a Kuomintang general, and in his later life, Taiwan's ambassador to Paraguay