# Yuncheng County

Yuncheng (simplified Chinese: 郓城; traditional Chinese: 鄆城; pinyin: Yùnchéng) is a county in the southwest of Shandong province, China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Heze. It borders the Yellow River and Henan (Taiqian County and Fan County) to the north, Liangshan County to the northeast, Jiaxiang County to the east, Juye County to the southeast, and Mudan District to the southwest, and Juancheng County to the west. It stretches 44 km (27 mi) from north to south and 36 km (22 mi) from east to west.

## Administrative divisions

As 2012, this County is divided to 2 subdistricts, 15 towns and 5 townships.

### Subdistricts

* Yunzhou Subdistrict (郓州街道)
* Tangta Subdistrict (唐塔街道)

### Towns

| Huang'an (黄安镇) Yangzhuangji (杨庄集镇) Houyanji (侯咽集镇) Wu'an (武安镇) Guotun (郭屯镇) Dinglichang (丁里长镇) Yuhuangmiao (玉皇庙镇) Chengtun (程屯镇) | Suiguantun (随官屯镇) Zhangying (张营镇) Pandu (潘渡镇) Shuangqiao (双桥镇) Tangmiao (唐庙镇) Nanzhaolou (南赵楼镇) Huangduiji (黄堆集镇) |

### Townships

| Huangji Township (黄集乡) Liji Township (李集乡) Zhangluji Township (张鲁集乡) | Shuibao Township (水堡乡) Chenpo Township (陈坡乡) |

## Climate

Climate data for Yuncheng, elevation 46 m (151 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) | 16.5 (61.7) | 24.9 (76.8) | 28.6 (83.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 37.9 (100.2) | 41.0 (105.8) | 40.8 (105.4) | 36.1 (97.0) | 36.9 (98.4) | 35.0 (95.0) | 27.3 (81.1) | 21.4 (70.5) | 41.0 (105.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) | 8.8 (47.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 31.5 (88.7) | 32.0 (89.6) | 30.6 (87.1) | 27.1 (80.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 6.5 (43.7) | 20.0 (67.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) | 3.2 (37.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 15.5 (59.9) | 21.0 (69.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.4 (81.3) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.5 (59.9) | 7.8 (46.0) | 1.5 (34.7) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.0 (24.8) | −0.9 (30.4) | 4.3 (39.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 15.7 (60.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 23.7 (74.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.0 (51.8) | 3.8 (38.8) | −2.0 (28.4) | 10.2 (50.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.1 (−0.6) | −14.9 (5.2) | −10.9 (12.4) | −2.1 (28.2) | 2.9 (37.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 16.9 (62.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 5.0 (41.0) | −1.4 (29.5) | −13.3 (8.1) | −13.5 (7.7) | −18.1 (−0.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.2 (0.24) | 11.8 (0.46) | 15.9 (0.63) | 32.3 (1.27) | 50.7 (2.00) | 69.0 (2.72) | 180.1 (7.09) | 135.6 (5.34) | 67.7 (2.67) | 30.0 (1.18) | 29.8 (1.17) | 8.5 (0.33) | 637.6 (25.1) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 70.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 9.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 64 | 60 | 57 | 63 | 66 | 65 | 79 | 82 | 76 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 68 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 139.4 | 148.1 | 195.8 | 218.8 | 239.2 | 218.4 | 189.6 | 181.7 | 175.4 | 172.7 | 148.7 | 139.6 | 2,167.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 45 | 48 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 43 | 44 | 48 | 50 | 49 | 46 | 49 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Transportation

* China National Highway 220
* Yuncheng railway station

## Notable natives

* Peng Liyuan, Spouse of President and paramount leader
* Ma Xingrui, scientist and current party chief of Shenzhen