# Bin County, Heilongjiang

Bin County, or Binxian (simplified Chinese: 宾县; traditional Chinese: 賓縣; pinyin: Bīn Xiàn), is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. Its seat is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of central Harbin. It borders Bayan County and Mulan County to the north, Fangzheng County to the east, Yanshou County to the southeast, Shangzhi to the south, Acheng District to the southwest, Daowai District to the west, and Hulan District to the northwest.

## Administrative divisions

There are 12 towns and five townships in the county:

### Towns (镇)

| Binzhou (宾州镇) Juren (居仁镇) Binxi (宾西镇) Tangfang (糖坊镇) Bin'an (宾安镇) Xindian (新甸镇) | Shengli (胜利镇) Ningyuan (宁远镇) Baidu (摆渡镇) Pingfang (平坊镇) Manjing (满井镇) Chang'an (常安镇) |

### Townships (乡)

* Yonghe Township (永和乡)
* Niaohe Township (鸟河乡)
* Minhe Township (民和乡)
* Jingjian Township (经建乡)
* Sanbao Township (三宝乡)

## Demographics

The population of the district was 596,640 in 1999.

## Climate

Climate data for Binxian, elevation 184 m (604 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) | 2.9 (37.2) | 12.2 (54.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 29.3 (84.7) | 34.1 (93.4) | 37.8 (100.0) | 36.1 (97.0) | 35.6 (96.1) | 31.3 (88.3) | 26.4 (79.5) | 17.7 (63.9) | 8.4 (47.1) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) | −6.1 (21.0) | 2.6 (36.7) | 13.5 (56.3) | 21.0 (69.8) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.9 (82.2) | 26.4 (79.5) | 21.4 (70.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 0.1 (32.2) | −9.6 (14.7) | 10.3 (50.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −17.1 (1.2) | −11.9 (10.6) | −2.8 (27.0) | 7.6 (45.7) | 15.2 (59.4) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.6 (60.1) | 6.9 (44.4) | −4.6 (23.7) | −14.5 (5.9) | 5.0 (41.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.8 (−7.2) | −17.3 (0.9) | −8.1 (17.4) | 1.9 (35.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 15.5 (59.9) | 18.6 (65.5) | 17.1 (62.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 1.8 (35.2) | −8.8 (16.2) | −18.8 (−1.8) | 0.0 (32.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −34.0 (−29.2) | −33.1 (−27.6) | −23.9 (−11.0) | −8.6 (16.5) | −1.8 (28.8) | 5.1 (41.2) | 10.1 (50.2) | 8.6 (47.5) | −0.7 (30.7) | −13.5 (7.7) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −31.6 (−24.9) | −34.0 (−29.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.9 (0.15) | 5.1 (0.20) | 12.7 (0.50) | 21.2 (0.83) | 66.3 (2.61) | 92.1 (3.63) | 154.8 (6.09) | 118.7 (4.67) | 65.0 (2.56) | 28.2 (1.11) | 15.1 (0.59) | 8.0 (0.31) | 591.1 (23.25) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 7.6 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 111.8 |
| Average snowy days | 8.1 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 48 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 63 | 56 | 50 | 54 | 66 | 76 | 78 | 69 | 60 | 63 | 69 | 64 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 177.4 | 202.3 | 241.8 | 240.0 | 261.9 | 268.4 | 259.8 | 244.9 | 234.7 | 195.4 | 161.6 | 155.9 | 2,644.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 63 | 69 | 65 | 59 | 57 | 57 | 55 | 57 | 63 | 59 | 58 | 58 | 60 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Transport

* G1011 Harbin–Tongjiang Expressway, which provides access to downtown Harbin