Huailai County

Huailai (simplified Chinese: 怀; traditional Chinese: 懷來縣; pinyin: Huáilái Xiàn) is a county in northwestern Hebei province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhangjiakou.

Huailai County
怀来县
Location in Zhangjiakou
Location in Zhangjiakou
Huailai is located in Hebei
Huailai
Huailai
Location of the seat in Hebei
Coordinates: 40°25′N 115°31′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceHebei
Prefecture-level cityZhangjiakou
County seatShacheng
Area
  Total1,793 km2 (692 sq mi)
Population
  Total338,000
  Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
075400
Area code0313
Websitehuailai.gov.cn

Huailai County is a center for grape wine production, with the China Great Wall Wine Company, Ltd. headquartered in the town of Shacheng.[1] Huailai Tianyuan Special Type Glass Co., Ltd. is also located in Huailai County.[2]

Geography and climate

Huailai County is located in the eastern part of Zhangjiakou prefecture, with latitude ranging from 40° 04′ to 40° 35′ N and longitude 115° 16′ to 115° 58′ E. It contains the upper reaches of the Yongding River and borders Beijing Municipality. It is 87 kilometres (54 mi) east-southeast of the urban area of Zhangjiakou and 120 kilometres (75 mi) west-northwest of Beijing city proper.

Huailai County has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with cold, dry, and windy winters and hot, humid summers, with temperatures slightly warmer than Zhangjiakou due to the more southerly location but still significantly cooler than in Beijing due to the high elevation. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −7.0 °C (19.4 °F) in January to 24.8 °C (76.6 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 10.01 °C (50.0 °F). A majority of the annual rainfall occurs in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 60% in July to 73% in January and February, sunshine is abundant year-round, totalling about 3,030 hours annually.

Climate data for Huailai County (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 10.1
(50.2)
17.2
(63.0)
29.0
(84.2)
34.3
(93.7)
38.2
(100.8)
39.1
(102.4)
41.7
(107.1)
37.8
(100.0)
36.7
(98.1)
29.6
(85.3)
20.9
(69.6)
15.4
(59.7)
41.7
(107.1)
Average high °C (°F) −0.9
(30.4)
3.7
(38.7)
11.1
(52.0)
19.5
(67.1)
25.9
(78.6)
29.6
(85.3)
30.7
(87.3)
29.4
(84.9)
24.9
(76.8)
17.3
(63.1)
7.7
(45.9)
0.4
(32.7)
16.6
(61.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −6.7
(19.9)
−2.8
(27.0)
4.2
(39.6)
12.4
(54.3)
19.0
(66.2)
23.0
(73.4)
24.9
(76.8)
23.4
(74.1)
18.0
(64.4)
10.5
(50.9)
1.8
(35.2)
−5.0
(23.0)
10.2
(50.4)
Average low °C (°F) −11.1
(12.0)
−7.9
(17.8)
−1.6
(29.1)
6.0
(42.8)
12.4
(54.3)
17.2
(63.0)
19.9
(67.8)
18.3
(64.9)
12.4
(54.3)
5.2
(41.4)
−2.7
(27.1)
−9.0
(15.8)
4.9
(40.9)
Record low °C (°F) −23.0
(−9.4)
−19.9
(−3.8)
−15.2
(4.6)
−5.2
(22.6)
2.1
(35.8)
6.7
(44.1)
12.3
(54.1)
10.3
(50.5)
1.7
(35.1)
−7.2
(19.0)
−15.3
(4.5)
−18.8
(−1.8)
−23.0
(−9.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.5
(0.06)
2.7
(0.11)
7.3
(0.29)
17.2
(0.68)
35.1
(1.38)
66.8
(2.63)
102.1
(4.02)
74.3
(2.93)
57.2
(2.25)
23.3
(0.92)
8.5
(0.33)
1.7
(0.07)
397.7
(15.67)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.4 1.8 3.2 5.1 7.4 11.3 12.1 10.1 8.4 5.3 2.8 1.5 70.4
Average snowy days 2.8 3.0 2.9 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 2.7 2.4 14.8
Average relative humidity (%) 42 39 38 38 42 55 66 68 62 55 50 44 50
Mean monthly sunshine hours 208.3 208.9 251.6 268.4 293.9 267.1 257.2 259.2 242.4 231.1 197.3 197.2 2,882.6
Percent possible sunshine 69 69 67 67 66 60 57 61 66 68 67 69 66
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4][5]

Administrative divisions

There are 11 towns, five townships and one ethnic township in the county:[6]

Towns (镇)

  • Shacheng (沙城镇)
  • Beixinbu (北辛堡镇)
  • Xinbao'an (新保安镇)
  • Donghuayuan (东花园镇)
  • Guanting (官厅镇)
  • Sangyuan (桑园镇)
  • Cunrui (存瑞镇)
  • Tumu (土木镇)
  • Dahuangzhuang (大黄庄镇)
  • Xibali (西八里镇)
  • Xiaonanxinbu (小南辛堡镇)

Townships (乡)

  • Langshan Township (狼山乡)
  • Jimingyi Township (鸡鸣驿乡)
  • Dongbali Township (东八里乡)
  • Ruiyunguan Township (瑞云观乡)
  • Sunzhuangzi Township (孙庄子乡)
  • Wangjialou Hui Ethnic Township (王家楼回族乡)

References

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  2. "Home". ty-glass.com.
  3. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集(1971-2000年). China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  6. 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:怀来县 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-24.


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