Prefecture-level city Liaocheng Postal code 252400 Elevation 42 m Area code 0635 | Time zone China Standard (UTC+8) Area 1,388 km² Province Shandong | |
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Country People's Republic of China Township-level divisions 4 subdistricts
16 towns
4 townships County seat Yanta Subdistrict (燕塔街道) | ||
Shen County (simplified Chinese: 莘县; traditional Chinese: 莘縣; pinyin: Shēn Xiàn), or Shenxian, is a county of western Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Henan to the south and Hebei to the west. It is administered by Liaocheng City.
Contents
- Map of Shenxian Liaocheng Shandong China
- Administrative divisions
- Subdistricts
- Townships
- Geography and climate
- Historical monuments
- References
Map of Shenxian, Liaocheng, Shandong, China
The population was 949,768 in 1999.
Administrative divisions
There are 4 subdistricts, 16 towns and 4 townships in the county:
Subdistricts (街道)
Townships (乡)
Geography and climate
Shen County ranges in latitude from 35° 46' to 36° 25' N and in longitude from 115° 20' to 115° 44' E, reaching 68 kilometres (42 mi) in north-south extent and 32 km (20 mi) in east-west width, and covers an area of 1,387.74 km2 (535.81 sq mi). It borders Guan County and Dongchangfu District to the north, Yanggu County across the Jinxian River (金线河) to the east, Puyang City of Henan to the south, and Handan City of Hebei to the west.
Shen County has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) with four distinct seasons. Winters are cold and very dry, with a 24-hour average temperature of −2.0 °C (28.4 °F) in January, while summers are hot and humid, with a 24-hour average temperature of 26.7 °C (80.1 °F) in July; the annual mean is 13.2 °C (55.8 °F). Nearly half of the annual rainfall occurs in July and August alone.