Heishan County 黑山县 |
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County | |
![]() Location in Jinzhou City |
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Location of the seat in Liaoning | |
Coordinates: 41°42′N 122°07′E / 41.700°N 122.117°ECoordinates: 41°42′N 122°07′E / 41.700°N 122.117°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Liaoning |
Prefecture-level city | Jinzhou |
Elevation | 23 m (74 ft) |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Postal code | 121400 |
Area code(s) | 0416 |
Heishan (Chinese: 黑山; pinyin: Hēishān; literally: "black mountain") is a county of north-central Liaoning, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration and occupies the northeastern corner of Jinzhou City.
There are 17 towns, 6 townships, and 2 ethnic townships in the county.
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Heishan has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), characterised by hot, humid summers and long, cold and windy, but dry winters. The four seasons here are distinctive. A majority of the annual rainfall of 571 mm (22.5 in) occurs in July and August alone. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −10.0 °C (14.0 °F) in January to 24.0 °C (75.2 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 8.32 °C (47.0 °F). The frost-free period lasts an average 160 days.