# Jingyuan County, Gansu

Jingyuan County (simplified Chinese: 靖远县; traditional Chinese: 靖遠縣; pinyin: Jìngyuǎn Xiàn) is a county in the east of Gansu Province. It is under the administration of Baiyin City, and consists of two separate tracts of territory to the north and south of Pingchuan District. The northern tract borders Ningxia to the north. The southern area consists of an irrigated area around the Yellow River and the northern area is semi-arid highlands.
The name originated from 'settling down in the borderlands'. Jingyuan belonged to the Yiqu kingdom, later becoming part of the Qin state. The county was first established during the Han dynasty in 114 BC. During the Western Wei it was known as Huizhou (会州), the defensive outpost of Huining County. It was located at the battleground of the Northern Song dynasty and the Western Xia. In 1730 the county got its current name. In 1928, Jingyuan was transferred from Shaanxi to Gansu.
Jingyuan has extensive coal reserves, part of the Yaojie Formation, as well as Palygorskite clay reserves of 1 billion tons.

## Administrative divisions

Jingyuan County is divided to 13 towns and 5 townships.

### Towns

| Beiwan (北湾镇) Dongwan (东湾镇) Wulan (乌兰镇) Liuchuan (刘川镇) Beitan (北滩镇) Wuhe (五合镇) Dalu (大芦镇) | Mitan (糜滩镇) Gaowan (高湾镇) Pingbao (平堡镇) Dongsheng (东升镇) Shuanglong (双龙镇) Sandan (三滩镇) |

### Townships

| Xinglong (兴隆乡) Shimen (石门乡) Jing'an (靖安乡) | Yongxin (永新乡) Ruoli (若笠乡) |

## Climate

Climate data for Jingyuan, elevation 1,398 m (4,587 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) | 11.1 (52.0) | 21.6 (70.9) | 27.5 (81.5) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.5 (94.1) | 36.0 (96.8) | 39.5 (103.1) | 36.5 (97.7) | 34.3 (93.7) | 27.3 (81.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 9.3 (48.7) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 13.5 (56.3) | 20.4 (68.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.6 (83.5) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 23.7 (74.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 9.6 (49.3) | 2.3 (36.1) | 17.3 (63.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) | −1.1 (30.0) | 5.8 (42.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.6 (70.9) | 23.2 (73.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 9.9 (49.8) | 2.1 (35.8) | −4.8 (23.4) | 9.9 (49.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) | −6.8 (19.8) | −0.2 (31.6) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.0 (59.0) | 17.2 (63.0) | 16.1 (61.0) | 11.4 (52.5) | 4.4 (39.9) | −2.9 (26.8) | −9.8 (14.4) | 4.1 (39.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −23.8 (−10.8) | −22.5 (−8.5) | −13.3 (8.1) | −5.4 (22.3) | −1.6 (29.1) | 5.5 (41.9) | 9.3 (48.7) | 6.7 (44.1) | 0.4 (32.7) | −9.8 (14.4) | −13.1 (8.4) | −24.3 (−11.7) | −24.3 (−11.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.2 (0.09) | 2.7 (0.11) | 5.0 (0.20) | 11.6 (0.46) | 27.7 (1.09) | 31.2 (1.23) | 46.3 (1.82) | 49.5 (1.95) | 30.2 (1.19) | 17.9 (0.70) | 2.7 (0.11) | 1.0 (0.04) | 228 (8.99) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.9 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 58.9 |
| Average snowy days | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 14.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 52 | 46 | 43 | 47 | 52 | 60 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 64 | 62 | 57 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 196.2 | 204.1 | 234.0 | 243.0 | 263.8 | 258.2 | 259.9 | 247.2 | 204.2 | 210.5 | 201.6 | 202.2 | 2,724.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 63 | 66 | 63 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 68 | 62 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Transport

* G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway
* China National Highway 109
* China National Highway 247
* Honghui Railway
* Yinchuan–Lanzhou high-speed railway