# Juye County

Juye (simplified Chinese: 巨野; traditional Chinese: 鉅野; pinyin: Jùyě) is a county in western Shandong province which is under the administration of Heze municipality. The county is 1,303 square km in area and has a population of approximately 910,000.

## History

Juye originally belonged to Huxi prefecture.

### Qing & Republic

Juye was the site of the "Juye Incident" on November 1, 1897. The murder of Christian missionaries was used by the German Empire as an excuse to occupy Jiaozhou Bay.

### Liberation

From 1949 to 1952 Huxi prefecture (Juye and the other county-level parts) was under the provincial administration of Pingyuan.
In April 1953 Huxi was dismantled and its parts shared out. Juye then came into its present municipal region of Heze.

## Administrative divisions

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

### Subdistricts

* Fenghuang Subdistrict (凤凰街道)
* Yongfeng Subdistrict (永丰街道)

### Towns

| Longgu (龙固镇) Dayi (大义镇) Liulin (柳林镇) Zhangfeng (章缝镇) Daxieji (大谢集镇) Dushan (独山镇) Qilin (麒麟镇) Hetaoyuan (核桃园镇) | Tianzhuang (田庄镇) Taiping (太平镇) Wanfeng (万丰镇) Taomiao (陶庙镇) Dongguantun (董官屯镇) Tianqiao (田桥镇) Yingli (营里镇) |

## Climate

Climate data for Juye, elevation 41 m (135 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) | 16.3 (61.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.4 (83.1) | 32.5 (90.5) | 38.7 (101.7) | 39.9 (103.8) | 41.6 (106.9) | 37.5 (99.5) | 35.9 (96.6) | 34.8 (94.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 20.1 (68.2) | 41.6 (106.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) | 8.7 (47.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 21.2 (70.2) | 26.6 (79.9) | 31.3 (88.3) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.5 (86.9) | 27.0 (80.6) | 21.5 (70.7) | 13.4 (56.1) | 6.5 (43.7) | 19.8 (67.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) | 2.9 (37.2) | 8.8 (47.8) | 15.1 (59.2) | 20.7 (69.3) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27.2 (81.0) | 25.7 (78.3) | 21.2 (70.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 7.6 (45.7) | 1.2 (34.2) | 14.2 (57.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) | −1.4 (29.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | 9.6 (49.3) | 15.1 (59.2) | 20.2 (68.4) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 16.7 (62.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 3.1 (37.6) | −2.7 (27.1) | 9.6 (49.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.0 (1.4) | −17.2 (1.0) | −7.5 (18.5) | −1.7 (28.9) | 4.5 (40.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 10.9 (51.6) | 4.9 (40.8) | −1.4 (29.5) | −10.6 (12.9) | −14.0 (6.8) | −17.2 (1.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.2 (0.28) | 12.9 (0.51) | 16.7 (0.66) | 33.5 (1.32) | 52.0 (2.05) | 68.6 (2.70) | 171.7 (6.76) | 151.3 (5.96) | 62.2 (2.45) | 33.3 (1.31) | 29.1 (1.15) | 8.6 (0.34) | 647.1 (25.49) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 8.2 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 73.1 |
| Average snowy days | 2.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 8.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 63 | 59 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 79 | 84 | 78 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 143.5 | 151.9 | 198.4 | 221.2 | 238.9 | 215.7 | 190.5 | 181.0 | 174.0 | 175.8 | 152.5 | 143.1 | 2,186.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 46 | 49 | 53 | 56 | 55 | 50 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 50 | 47 | 49 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||