# Zhenghe County

Zhenghe County (simplified Chinese: 政和县; traditional Chinese: 政和縣; pinyin: Zhènghé Xiàn) is a county of northern Fujian province, People's Republic of China, bordering Zhejiang to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Nanping. The Min-Bei dialect, or Northern Min (Guing'ei Di) prevails in Zhenghe County.

## History

Zhenghe became a county in 1000AD, but its previous name is Guanli (simplified Chinese: 关隶; traditional Chinese: 關隸; pinyin: Guānlì). In 1115AD, the emperor appreciated the Gongfu tea from Guanli County. He delightfully named the county after his reign title "Zhenghe", which lasts till now.

## Administration
### 1 Subdistrict

* Xiongshan (熊山街道)

### 4 Towns

* Dongping (东平镇)
* Tieshan (铁山镇)
* Zhenqian (镇前镇)
* Shitun (石屯镇)

### 5 Townships

* Xingxi (星溪乡)
* Waitun (外屯乡)
* Yangyuan (杨源乡)
* Chengyuan (澄源乡)
* Lingyao (岭腰乡)

## Climate

Climate data for Zhenghe, elevation 262 m (860 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) | 28.4 (83.1) | 32.3 (90.1) | 33.1 (91.6) | 34.6 (94.3) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.6 (99.7) | 42.0 (107.6) | 42.1 (107.8) | 39.2 (102.6) | 37.0 (98.6) | 33.8 (92.8) | 26.1 (79.0) | 42.1 (107.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.0 (57.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 30.9 (87.6) | 34.5 (94.1) | 34.2 (93.6) | 31.2 (88.2) | 27.0 (80.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 16.1 (61.0) | 24.9 (76.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) | 10.8 (51.4) | 14.0 (57.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 25.6 (78.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 25.2 (77.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.1 (50.2) | 19.0 (66.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.3 (50.5) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 22.0 (71.6) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 21.0 (69.8) | 16.1 (61.0) | 11.4 (52.5) | 6.2 (43.2) | 15.0 (59.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) | −4.0 (24.8) | −3.5 (25.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | 8.9 (48.0) | 13.1 (55.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | −1.7 (28.9) | −7.0 (19.4) | −7.0 (19.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70.0 (2.76) | 105.9 (4.17) | 204.6 (8.06) | 194.1 (7.64) | 253.7 (9.99) | 339.2 (13.35) | 138.6 (5.46) | 125.2 (4.93) | 79.6 (3.13) | 44.7 (1.76) | 62.1 (2.44) | 58.8 (2.31) | 1,676.5 (66) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12 | 13.1 | 18.2 | 16.7 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 10.1 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 157.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 77 | 81 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 72 | 76 | 77 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 99.2 | 94.0 | 98.3 | 119.4 | 133.1 | 130.8 | 225.6 | 207.7 | 178.7 | 172.0 | 130.9 | 125.9 | 1,715.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 30 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 54 | 52 | 49 | 49 | 41 | 39 | 39 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Transportation
### Expressways

* G15$_{14}$ Ningde-Shangrao Expressway
* G25 Changchun-Shenzhen Expressway
* S0313 Gutian-Zhenghe Expressway

### Provincial-level roads

* S204
* S301
* S302

## Specialty

Zhenghe is the second largest producer of chestnuts in China.