# Huajialing Town

Huajialing Town (Chinese: 华家岭镇) is a township-level administrative unit under the jurisdiction of Tongwei County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, People's Republic of China. It is located roughly equidistant from the seats of Tongwei, Huining and Anding (Dingxi city).
In 2017, the Civil Affairs Department of Gansu Province approved the abolition of Huajialing Township and the establishment of Huajialing Town.
The old Xi'an-Lanzhou highway passes through Huajialing, this road was first constructed in the 17th century and formed an important artery, especially during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War, when the area saw heavy fighting. During the 1980s the section through Huajialing lost its importance as a new route was built.
The town is at the center of a reforestation programme of Gansu's Loess Plateau region, which commenced in 1971.

## Administrative divisions

Huajialing Town governs the following areas:
Villages under the jurisdiction of the town :
| District type | Chinese original | Hanyu pinyin |
| Villages | 新站村 | Xinzhan |
| Villages | 石勿村 | Shiwu |
| Villages | 老站村 | Laozhan |
| Villages | 西家去村 | Xijiaqu |
| Villages | 活马滩村 | Huomatan |
| Villages | 后湾村 | Houwan |
| Villages | 李家岔村 | Lijiacha |
| Villages | 班家岔村 | Banjiacha |
| Villages | 大牛村 | Daniu |
| Villages | 小牛村 | Xiaoniu |
| Villages | 朱家堡村 | Zhujiabao |
| Villages | 梁家去村 | Liangjiaqu |
| Villages | 石卜沟村 | Shibugou |
| Villages | 高尧村 | Gaoyao |
| Villages | 善马沟村 | Shanmagou |
| Villages | 黄河村 | Huanghe |
| Villages | 牛家山村 | Niujiashan |
| Villages | 世歌窑村 | Shigeyao |

## Climate

Huajialing has a subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dwc). The average annual temperature in Huajialing is 3.9 °C (39.0 °F). The average annual rainfall is 451.3 mm (17.77 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 15.1 °C (59.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around −8.1 °C (17.4 °F).
Climate data for Huajialing, elevation 2,451 m (8,041 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) | 9.4 (48.9) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.0 (68.0) | 24.1 (75.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 26.9 (80.4) | 28.4 (83.1) | 27.7 (81.9) | 25.0 (77.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 28.4 (83.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) | −0.9 (30.4) | 4.5 (40.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 20.1 (68.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 3.5 (38.3) | −1.6 (29.1) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.1 (17.4) | −5.5 (22.1) | −0.6 (30.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.6 (49.3) | 13.4 (56.1) | 15.4 (59.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 4.5 (40.1) | −1.0 (30.2) | −6.2 (20.8) | 4.3 (39.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.1 (12.0) | −8.4 (16.9) | −3.8 (25.2) | 1.4 (34.5) | 5.6 (42.1) | 9.8 (49.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 11.3 (52.3) | 7.3 (45.1) | 1.8 (35.2) | −3.9 (25.0) | −9.3 (15.3) | 1.1 (33.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −24.0 (−11.2) | −21.1 (−6.0) | −19.5 (−3.1) | −12.8 (9.0) | −6.1 (21.0) | −0.8 (30.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | 3.2 (37.8) | −1.7 (28.9) | −14.9 (5.2) | −18.6 (−1.5) | −25.5 (−13.9) | −25.5 (−13.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.4 (0.21) | 7.2 (0.28) | 14.3 (0.56) | 29.7 (1.17) | 56.1 (2.21) | 68.4 (2.69) | 95.6 (3.76) | 87.8 (3.46) | 60.1 (2.37) | 35.6 (1.40) | 9.0 (0.35) | 2.5 (0.10) | 471.7 (18.56) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.6 | 6.6 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 10.8 | 12.5 | 13.7 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 112.1 |
| Average snowy days | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 51.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 65 | 69 | 65 | 61 | 65 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 83 | 79 | 69 | 61 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 202.7 | 183.8 | 212.7 | 228.8 | 236.7 | 212.8 | 213.6 | 202.1 | 151.0 | 163.2 | 191.3 | 211.6 | 2,410.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 65 | 59 | 57 | 58 | 54 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 41 | 47 | 63 | 70 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||