# Wangqing County

Wangqing County (simplified Chinese: 汪清县; traditional Chinese: 汪清縣; pinyin: Wāngqīng Xiàn; Korean: 왕칭현) is a county of southeastern Jilin province, China. It is under the administration of the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. The county's name Wangqing comes from the Manchu language meaning fortress.

## Administrative divisions

Wangqing has eight towns and one township.
Towns:
* Wangqing (汪清镇 / 왕청진)
* Daxinggou (大兴沟镇 / 대흥구진)
* Tianqiaoling (天桥岭镇 / 천교령진)
* Luozigou (罗子沟镇 / 라자구진)
* Chunyang (春阳镇 / 춘양진)
* Fuxing (复兴镇 / 복흥진)
* Baicaogou (百草沟镇 / 백초구진)
* Dongguang (东光镇 / 동광진)
The only township is Jiguan Township (鸡冠乡 / 계관향)

## Climate

Climate data for Wangqing, elevation 245 m (804 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) | 7.2 (45.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 20.2 (68.4) | 32.2 (90.0) | 33.2 (91.8) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.3 (99.1) | 35.7 (96.3) | 31.0 (87.8) | 28.0 (82.4) | 21.2 (70.2) | 10.2 (50.4) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) | −2.0 (28.4) | 5.0 (41.0) | 14.3 (57.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 22.0 (71.6) | 14.6 (58.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | −5.2 (22.6) | 11.9 (53.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.3 (4.5) | −10.2 (13.6) | −2.0 (28.4) | 6.7 (44.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 6.6 (43.9) | −3.5 (25.7) | −12.5 (9.5) | 4.7 (40.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −22.0 (−7.6) | −17.4 (0.7) | −8.5 (16.7) | −0.4 (31.3) | 6.4 (43.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 16.9 (62.4) | 16.5 (61.7) | 8.8 (47.8) | −0.1 (31.8) | −9.2 (15.4) | −18.5 (−1.3) | −1.2 (29.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.3 (−33.3) | −33.1 (−27.6) | −24.2 (−11.6) | −11.2 (11.8) | −3.5 (25.7) | 4.0 (39.2) | 7.9 (46.2) | 3.6 (38.5) | −4.2 (24.4) | −13.6 (7.5) | −27.5 (−17.5) | −33.5 (−28.3) | −36.3 (−33.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.5 (0.26) | 6.5 (0.26) | 15.2 (0.60) | 28.5 (1.12) | 65.5 (2.58) | 73.4 (2.89) | 121.0 (4.76) | 117.2 (4.61) | 66.3 (2.61) | 32.2 (1.27) | 20.5 (0.81) | 8.0 (0.31) | 560.8 (22.08) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.1 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 14.3 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 105.8 |
| Average snowy days | 5.6 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 7.2 | 38.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65 | 60 | 57 | 55 | 64 | 76 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 68 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 180.6 | 197.6 | 227.6 | 215.4 | 220.1 | 195.7 | 181.8 | 188.7 | 202.6 | 199.6 | 159.5 | 158.6 | 2,327.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 62 | 66 | 61 | 53 | 48 | 43 | 39 | 44 | 55 | 59 | 55 | 57 | 54 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Luozigou Town, Wangqing (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.2 (15.4) | −4.1 (24.6) | 3.3 (37.9) | 13.1 (55.6) | 20.2 (68.4) | 24.6 (76.3) | 26.9 (80.4) | 25.9 (78.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 13.5 (56.3) | 1.7 (35.1) | −7.1 (19.2) | 10.8 (51.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.8 (1.8) | −12.0 (10.4) | −3.6 (25.5) | 5.7 (42.3) | 12.6 (54.7) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.8 (69.4) | 19.7 (67.5) | 13.4 (56.1) | 5.4 (41.7) | −5.0 (23.0) | −14.0 (6.8) | 3.7 (38.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −23.2 (−9.8) | −19.4 (−2.9) | −10.3 (13.5) | −1.4 (29.5) | 5.4 (41.7) | 11.6 (52.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 7.3 (45.1) | −1.4 (29.5) | −10.9 (12.4) | −19.9 (−3.8) | −2.6 (27.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.3 (0.21) | 5.6 (0.22) | 12.8 (0.50) | 23.9 (0.94) | 57.8 (2.28) | 74.1 (2.92) | 118.5 (4.67) | 109.5 (4.31) | 59.1 (2.33) | 32.6 (1.28) | 18.5 (0.73) | 7.5 (0.30) | 525.2 (20.69) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.2 | 4.3 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 11.7 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 115.3 |
| Average snowy days | 7.3 | 7.0 | 9.3 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 47.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 64 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 60 | 71 | 78 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 193.4 | 204.5 | 231.4 | 219.3 | 223.8 | 223.2 | 207.3 | 195.3 | 204.4 | 205.2 | 168.9 | 171.3 | 2,448 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 67 | 69 | 62 | 54 | 49 | 49 | 45 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 59 | 62 | 57 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Notable people

* Ju To-il, Chinese-born North Korean vice-marshal