# Dangshan County

Dangshan County (simplified Chinese: 砀山县; traditional Chinese: 碭山縣; pinyin: Dàngshān Xiàn) is a county in the far north of Anhui Province, China. It is under the administration of Suzhou city. It is famous for fruits (pear, peach, plum and watermelon).

## Administrative divisions

Dangshan County administers 13 towns and 3 other township-level divisions.

### Towns

Dangshan County's 13 towns are as follows:
| Dangcheng [zh] (砀城镇) Zhaotun [zh] (赵屯镇) Lizhuang (李庄镇) Xuanmiao [zh] (玄庙镇) Guanzhuangba [zh] (官庄坝镇) Zhouzhai [zh] (周寨镇) Caozhuang [zh] (曹庄镇) | Guandimiao [zh] (关帝庙镇) Liangli [zh] (良梨镇) Zhulou [zh] (朱楼镇) Chengzhuang [zh] (程庄镇) Tangzhai (唐寨镇) Geji [zh] (葛集镇) |

### Other township-level divisions

Dangshan County has the following 3 areas which function as township-level divisions:
| Dangshan Economic Development Zone [zh] (砀山经济开发区) Dangshan High Speed Railway New Area (砀山高铁新区) | Xuelou Plate Processing Plant [zh] (薛楼板材加工园) |

## Climate

Climate data for Dangshan, elevation 44 m (144 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) | 17.1 (62.8) | 26.1 (79.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 34.0 (93.2) | 37.7 (99.9) | 38.9 (102.0) | 39.6 (103.3) | 39.3 (102.7) | 36.1 (97.0) | 34.7 (94.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 39.6 (103.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 9.3 (48.7) | 15.1 (59.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 26.7 (80.1) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.7 (87.3) | 27.0 (80.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 14.3 (57.7) | 7.6 (45.7) | 20.2 (68.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) | 3.8 (38.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 15.5 (59.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.5 (59.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 2.3 (36.1) | 14.7 (58.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) | −0.4 (31.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 10.0 (50.0) | 15.4 (59.7) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.7 (74.7) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.4 (63.3) | 10.7 (51.3) | 4.1 (39.4) | −1.5 (29.3) | 10.3 (50.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.4 (6.1) | −13.2 (8.2) | −7.1 (19.2) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.2 (61.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 7.1 (44.8) | −0.6 (30.9) | −9.4 (15.1) | −14.4 (6.1) | −14.4 (6.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.6 (0.57) | 20.3 (0.80) | 27.5 (1.08) | 39.3 (1.55) | 62.5 (2.46) | 95.6 (3.76) | 186.8 (7.35) | 165.6 (6.52) | 69.3 (2.73) | 37.3 (1.47) | 34.5 (1.36) | 14.7 (0.58) | 768 (30.23) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 79.7 |
| Average snowy days | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 9.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 70 | 66 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 81 | 84 | 80 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 137.0 | 143.8 | 184.2 | 212.1 | 225.3 | 209.9 | 194.7 | 184.8 | 173.5 | 174.3 | 151.1 | 142.0 | 2,132.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 43 | 46 | 49 | 54 | 52 | 49 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 48 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Economy

Dangshan calls itself "China's pear capital", and is home to the ‘Dangshan Su’ pear variety. Pears and other fruits are canned and juiced, both domestically and for export.
A disabled young woman entrepreneur has increased local pear sales by selling online.

## Transportation

The Dangshan South railway station of the Zhengzhou–Xuzhou high-speed railway opened in 2016.