Ningwu County

{{Infobox settlement |name = Ningwu County |native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|宁武县}}}} |postal_code_type = Postal code |settlement_type = County |image_skyline = Wannian Ice Cave.JPG |image_caption = Wannian Ice Cave ({{lang|zh-hans|万年冰洞}}) |image_map = ChinaXinzhouNingwu.png |map_caption = Location in Xinzhou |pushpin_map = China Shanxi |pushpin_label = Ningwu |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = Location of the seat in Shanxi |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = People's Republic of China |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Shanxi |subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city |subdivision_name2 = Xinzhou |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = |population_density_km2 = auto |coordinates = {{coord|39|00|19|N|112|18|08|E|region:CN-14_type:adm3rd_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = |timezone = China Standard |utc_offset = +8 |website = }} '''Ningwu County''' ({{zh|s=宁武县 |t=寧武縣 |p=Níngwǔ Xiàn}}) is a county under the administration of Xinzhou in Shanxi province, China.

==History== Present-day Ningwu County includes the site of the former seat of Loufan County,{{sfnp|Xiong|2009|loc=s.v. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=fCdCDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA268 Huiyuan]"}} now part of Taiyuan Prefecture.

In October 1937, the city was occupied by Japanese forces. 4,800 out of the 7,000 residents of Ningwu were massacred by the Japanese.

==Climate==

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Ningwu, elevation {{convert|1437|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) |Jan high C = -2.4 |Feb high C = 1.4 |Mar high C = 7.7 |Apr high C = 15.4 |May high C = 21.1 |Jun high C = 25.0 |Jul high C = 26.2 |Aug high C = 24.3 |Sep high C = 19.8 |Oct high C = 13.5 |Nov high C = 5.9 |Dec high C = -0.8 |Jan mean C = -8.4 |Feb mean C = -4.8 |Mar mean C = 1.6 |Apr mean C = 9.0 |May mean C = 15.0 |Jun mean C = 19.0 |Jul mean C = 20.7 |Aug mean C = 18.9 |Sep mean C = 14.0 |Oct mean C = 7.6 |Nov mean C = 0.1 |Dec mean C = -6.5 |Jan low C = -12.8 |Feb low C = -9.5 |Mar low C = -3.5 |Apr low C = 3.2 |May low C = 8.9 |Jun low C = 13.2 |Jul low C = 15.9 |Aug low C = 14.3 |Sep low C = 9.2 |Oct low C = 2.9 |Nov low C = -4.2 |Dec low C = -10.7 |Jan record high C = 13.0 |Jan record low C = -25.1 |Feb record high C = 20.0 |Feb record low C = -24.2 |Mar record high C = 23.3 |Mar record low C = -20.8 |Apr record high C = 33.9 |Apr record low C = -11.0 |May record high C = 31.8 |May record low C = -2.2 |Jun record high C = 36.7 |Jun record low C = 1.2 |Jul record high C = 35.2 |Jul record low C = 7.4 |Aug record high C = 32.6 |Aug record low C = 4.5 |Sep record high C = 32.8 |Sep record low C = -1.2 |Oct record high C = 26.2 |Oct record low C = -10.8 |Nov record high C = 21.8 |Nov record low C = -21.6 |Dec record high C = 15.9 |Dec record low C = -25.6 |year high C = |year low C = |year high F = |year low F = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 2.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 4.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 8.7 |Apr precipitation mm = 21.5 |May precipitation mm = 34.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 68.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 112.6 |Aug precipitation mm = 107.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 61.5 |Oct precipitation mm = 24.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 9.4 |Dec precipitation mm = 2.4 |Jan humidity = 45 |Feb humidity = 42 |Mar humidity = 38 |Apr humidity = 37 |May humidity = 39 |Jun humidity = 51 |Jul humidity = 65 |Aug humidity = 69 |Sep humidity = 63 |Oct humidity = 53 |Nov humidity = 47 |Dec humidity = 45 |unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm |Jan precipitation days = 2.9 |Feb precipitation days = 3.9 |Mar precipitation days = 4.7 |Apr precipitation days = 5.9 |May precipitation days = 8.1 |Jun precipitation days = 12.0 |Jul precipitation days = 14.2 |Aug precipitation days = 12.8 |Sep precipitation days = 10.0 |Oct precipitation days = 6.8 |Nov precipitation days = 4.7 |Dec precipitation days = 3.1 |year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 205.2 |Feb sun = 200.9 |Mar sun = 239.5 |Apr sun = 256.6 |May sun = 281.2 |Jun sun = 252.7 |Jul sun = 246.2 |Aug sun = 230.3 |Sep sun = 216.3 |Oct sun = 225.8 |Nov sun = 205.9 |Dec sun = 200.7 |year sun = | Jan percentsun = 68 | Feb percentsun = 66 | Mar percentsun = 64 | Apr percentsun = 64 | May percentsun = 63 | Jun percentsun = 57 | Jul percentsun = 55 | Aug percentsun = 55 | Sep percentsun = 59 | Oct percentsun = 66 | Nov percentsun = 69 | Dec percentsun = 69 | year percentsun = |Jan snow days = 6.2 |Feb snow days = 6.6 |Mar snow days = 6.5 |Apr snow days = 2.9 |May snow days = 0.4 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 1.5 |Nov snow days = 5.7 |Dec snow days = 6.2 |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=26 August 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 =26 August 2023}}</ref> }}

==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist|30em}}

===Bibliography=== * [http://www.xzqh.org/html/index.html www.xzqh.org] {{in lang|zh}} * {{citation |last=Xiong |first=Victor Cunrui |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UD8Nvn7Ca18C |title=Historical Dictionary of Medieval China |series=''Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras'', No. 19 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham |date=2009 |isbn=9780810860537 }}.

Category:Ningwu County Category:County-level divisions of Shanxi Category:Xinzhou