Jianchang County

{{Redirect|Jianchang|other uses|Jianchang (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Jianchang |native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|建昌县}}}} |other_name = Chienchang |settlement_type = County |image_skyline = |image_map = ChinaHuludaoJianchang.png |map_caption = Location in Huludao City |pushpin_map = China Liaoning |pushpin_label = Jianchang |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Liaoning |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = People's Republic of China |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Liaoning |subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city |subdivision_name2 = Huludao |seat_type = County seat |seat = Jianchang Town (建昌镇) |area_total_km2 = 3195 |population_total = 453,436 |population_as_of = 2020 census<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/liaoning/admin/|title = China: Liáoníng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) – Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> |population_density_km2 = auto |coordinates = {{coord|40|49|N|119|50|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-21_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 369 |timezone = China Standard |utc_offset = +8 | postal_code_type =Postal code | postal_code =125300 |website = }} '''Jianchang''' ({{zh|c=建昌 |p=Jiànchāng}}) is a county of Huludao City in the southwest of Liaoning province, China. It is the largest division of Huludao, with an area of {{convert|3195|km2}},<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.hld.gov.cn/government/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=1570 |title = Huludao Administrative Districts |publisher = Huludao Municipal Government |access-date = 2010-01-08 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091005054440/http://www.hld.gov.cn/government/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=1570 |archive-date = 2009-10-05 }}</ref> and population of 450,000 in 2020, located in mountainous terrain {{convert|85|km}} west of that city, serviced by China National Highway 306. The Weizhangzi–Tashan railway also passes through the County.<ref>{{Cite web|title=建昌县|trans-title=Jianchang County|url=http://www.hldnews.com/image/lvyou/%E5%BB%BA%E6%98%8C.htm|access-date=9 March 2021|website=hldnews.com|language=zh|archive-date=9 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309143830/http://www.hldnews.com/image/lvyou/%E5%BB%BA%E6%98%8C.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Near the border with Hebei province lies the Jianchang Longtan Grand Canyon, home to wide variety of plants and animals. In 2009 a Troodontid dinosaur fossil with feathers was discovered in Jianchang. It is the earliest known such fossil and provides evidence for the link between dinosaurs and birds.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090927165513/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/25/content_12112469.htm China's new dinosaur fossil sheds light on bird origin, 2009/09/25]</ref> Also found here, in Jiufotang Formation rocks, was the early modern bird ''Schizooura''.<ref name=Schizooura>{{Cite journal|author=Shuang Zhou, Zhong-He Zhou and Jingmai K. O’Connor |year=2012 |title=A new basal beaked ornithurine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=50 |issue=1 |pages=9–24 |url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/201202/P020120209570168040733.pdf}}</ref>

==Administrative divisions== There are seven towns, 21 townships, and one ethnic township in the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/21/14/211422.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121128040140/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/21/14/211422.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 28, 2012 |script-title=zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：建昌县 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China |language=zh |access-date=2012-07-17 }}</ref>

Towns: {{div col|colwidth=24em}} *Jianchang ({{lang|zh-Hans|建昌镇}}) *Bajiazi ({{lang|zh-Hans|八家子镇}}) *Lamadong ({{lang|zh-Hans|喇嘛洞镇}}) *Yaowangmiao ({{lang|zh-Hans|药王庙镇}}) *Tangshenmiao ({{lang|zh-Hans|汤神庙镇}}) *Linglongta ({{lang|zh-Hans|玲珑塔镇}}) *Datun ({{lang|zh-Hans|大屯镇}}) {{div col end}}

Townships: {{div col|colwidth=24em}} *Maoniuyingzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|牦牛营子乡}}) *Yaolugou Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|要路沟乡}}) *Shifo Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|石佛乡}}) *Suozhuyingzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|素珠营子乡}}) *Xijianchang Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|西碱厂乡}}) *Shihuiyaozi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|石灰窑子乡}}) *Wangbaoyingzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|王宝营子乡}}) *Weijialing Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|魏家岭乡}}) *Laodazhangzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|老大杖子乡}}) *Toudaoyingzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|头道营子乡}}) *Xinkailing Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|新开岭乡}}) *Hezhangzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|贺杖子乡}}) *Yangmadianzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|养马甸子乡}}) *Heshangfangzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|和尚房子乡}}) *Yangshuwanzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|杨树湾子乡}}) *Heishanke Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|黑山科乡}}) *Leijiadian Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|雷家店乡}}) *Bashihan Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|巴什罕乡}}) *Xiaodeyingzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|小德营子乡}}) *Niangniangmiao Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|娘娘庙乡}}) *Guzhangzi Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|谷杖子乡}}) *Erdaowanzi Mongol Ethnic Township ({{lang|zh-Hans|二道弯子蒙古族乡}}) {{div col end}}

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Jianchang, elevation {{convert|367|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |Jan high C = -1.4 |Feb high C = 2.7 |Mar high C = 9.6 |Apr high C = 17.9 |May high C = 24.5 |Jun high C = 27.8 |Jul high C = 29.1 |Aug high C = 28.4 |Sep high C = 24.5 |Oct high C = 17.1 |Nov high C = 7.2 |Dec high C = 0.2 |Jan mean C = -8.6 |Feb mean C = -4.5 |Mar mean C = 2.8 |Apr mean C = 11.4 |May mean C = 18.0 |Jun mean C = 21.7 |Jul mean C = 23.9 |Aug mean C = 22.7 |Sep mean C = 17.5 |Oct mean C = 9.9 |Nov mean C = 0.7 |Dec mean C = -6.4 |Jan low C = -14.0 |Feb low C = -10.3 |Mar low C = -3.3 |Apr low C = 4.8 |May low C = 11.4 |Jun low C = 16.1 |Jul low C = 19.3 |Aug low C = 17.9 |Sep low C = 11.5 |Oct low C = 3.8 |Nov low C = -4.4 |Dec low C = -11.4 |Jan record high C = 12.6 |Jan record low C = -28.3 |Feb record high C = 19.1 |Feb record low C = -24.3 |Mar record high C = 28.5 |Mar record low C = -19.7 |Apr record high C = 32.3 |Apr record low C = -6.9 |May record high C = 38.2 |May record low C = 1.5 |Jun record high C = 38.4 |Jun record low C = 6.7 |Jul record high C = 40.7 |Jul record low C = 11.8 |Aug record high C = 37.3 |Aug record low C = 7.5 |Sep record high C = 34.9 |Sep record low C = -0.2 |Oct record high C = 31.1 |Oct record low C = -8.2 |Nov record high C = 21.4 |Nov record low C = -19.5 |Dec record high C = 18.3 |Dec record low C = -24.9 |year high C = |year low C = |year high F = |year low F = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 1.9 |Feb precipitation mm = 2.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 6.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 24.0 |May precipitation mm = 47.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 100.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 160.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 122.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 44.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 25.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 10.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 1.6 |Jan humidity = 48 |Feb humidity = 43 |Mar humidity = 39 |Apr humidity = 41 |May humidity = 47 |Jun humidity = 64 |Jul humidity = 76 |Aug humidity = 76 |Sep humidity = 68 |Oct humidity = 57 |Nov humidity = 53 |Dec humidity = 51 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 1.6 |Feb precipitation days = 1.5 |Mar precipitation days = 2.8 |Apr precipitation days = 5.0 |May precipitation days = 7.4 |Jun precipitation days = 11.7 |Jul precipitation days = 12.0 |Aug precipitation days = 9.1 |Sep precipitation days = 6.7 |Oct precipitation days = 4.8 |Nov precipitation days = 2.9 |Dec precipitation days = 1.6 |year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 196.1 |Feb sun = 195.2 |Mar sun = 234.3 |Apr sun = 244.0 |May sun = 266.7 |Jun sun = 231.7 |Jul sun = 213.0 |Aug sun = 229.4 |Sep sun = 233.7 |Oct sun = 223.9 |Nov sun = 185.4 |Dec sun = 184.2 |year sun = | Jan percentsun = 66 | Feb percentsun = 64 | Mar percentsun = 63 | Apr percentsun = 61 | May percentsun = 59 | Jun percentsun = 52 | Jul percentsun = 47 | Aug percentsun = 54 | Sep percentsun = 63 | Oct percentsun = 66 | Nov percentsun = 63 | Dec percentsun = 64 | year percentsun = |Jan snow days = 2.6 |Feb snow days = 2.1 |Mar snow days = 2.9 |Apr snow days = 1.3 |May snow days = 0.1 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0.6 |Nov snow days = 3.1 |Dec snow days = 2.7 |year snow days = |source 1 = China Meteorological Administration<ref name="cma graphical">{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网|publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans | access-date =29 July 2023}}</ref> }}

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==External links== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091005073848/http://china.chinaa2z.com/china/html/tourism/2009/20090603/20090603173318938692/20090603174056150836.html Jianchang Longtan Grand Canyon]}}

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