# Junan County

Junan County (simplified Chinese: 莒南县; traditional Chinese: 莒南縣; pinyin: Jǔnán Xiàn) is a county of southern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangsu province to the south. It is under the administration of Linyi City. Junan County has a total area of 1752 square kilometers.
The population was 986,661 in 1999. The resident population of Junan County is 841,000.
Junan County is an important part of the Yimeng revolutionary base area, one of the four first-class revolutionary old areas in the province, hailed as the "Red Capital of Qilu" and the "Little Yan'an of Shandong Province".

## Administrative divisions

As 2012, this county is divided to 16 towns and 2 townships.

### Towns

| Shizilu (十字路镇) Tuanlin (团林镇) Dadian (大店镇) Fangqian (坊前镇) Pingshang (坪上镇) Banquan (板泉镇) Zhubian (洙边镇) | Wentuan (文疃镇) Zhuanggang (壮岗镇) Tingshui (汀水镇) Shilianzi (石莲子镇) Lingquan (岭泉镇) Yanbin (筵宾镇) Laopo (涝坡镇) Zhulu (朱芦镇) |

### Townships

* Daokou Township (道口乡)
* Xianggou Township (相沟乡)
* Xiangdi Township（相坻乡）

## Climate

Junan County is a semi-humid continental climate in warm temperate monsoon area with continental degree of 61.1%.The average annual temperature is 12.7 °C, precipitation is 856.7mm, frost-free period is 200 days, and the average annual sunshine is 2434.6 hours.
Junan County's climate features: warm spring, dry and windy; humid summer, abundant rainfall; cool autumn, day and night temperature difference; cold winter, little rain and snow.Four distinct seasons, plenty of light, long frost-free period.
Climate data for Junan, elevation 114 m (374 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) | 16.1 (61.0) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.5 (81.5) | 32.7 (90.9) | 38.8 (101.8) | 38.0 (100.4) | 41.4 (106.5) | 36.5 (97.7) | 36.0 (96.8) | 33.7 (92.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 41.4 (106.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) | 7.7 (45.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 20.2 (68.4) | 25.7 (78.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.0 (86.0) | 26.7 (80.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 13.5 (56.3) | 6.6 (43.9) | 19.1 (66.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.4 (36.3) | 7.6 (45.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 8.5 (47.3) | 1.8 (35.2) | 13.9 (57.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) | −1.5 (29.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.8 (64.0) | 11.4 (52.5) | 4.4 (39.9) | −1.9 (28.6) | 9.9 (49.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.2 (1.0) | −14.0 (6.8) | −10.1 (13.8) | −2.6 (27.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | 10.3 (50.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 6.5 (43.7) | −1.4 (29.5) | −9.0 (15.8) | −16.1 (3.0) | −17.2 (1.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.7 (0.50) | 17.8 (0.70) | 21.9 (0.86) | 35.7 (1.41) | 67.7 (2.67) | 90.5 (3.56) | 228.3 (8.99) | 201.9 (7.95) | 86.0 (3.39) | 33.6 (1.32) | 31.6 (1.24) | 16.2 (0.64) | 843.9 (33.23) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 7.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 82.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 10.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 62 | 62 | 59 | 60 | 64 | 71 | 81 | 82 | 74 | 67 | 66 | 63 | 68 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 165.5 | 163.2 | 207.8 | 221.2 | 239.4 | 203.3 | 176.8 | 183.6 | 187.7 | 194.9 | 165.3 | 168.8 | 2,277.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 53 | 53 | 56 | 56 | 55 | 47 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 56 | 54 | 56 | 52 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||