Which city does Xiangshan County in Zhejiang belong to?

Xiangshan County, Zhejiang Province belongs to Ningbo City.

Xiangshan County is a county under the jurisdiction of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, China. Located on the coast of the East China Sea, the southern edge of the Yangtze River Delta, the eastern coast of Zhejiang, between Xiangshan Port and Sanmen Bay, surrounded by the sea on three sides, the two ports embrace each other. In the second year of Tang Shenlong (AD 706), Lixian County was named Xiangshan because there were mountains in the northwest of the county, which consisted of 608 islands and reefs in the eastern part of Xiangshan Peninsula and along the coast.

Xiangshan county has a total land area of 14 14.79 square kilometers, a sea area of 66 18 square kilometers and a coastline of 925 kilometers, accounting for18 of the coastline of Zhejiang province, including 349 kilometers of mainland coastline and 576 kilometers of island reef coastline. By the end of 20 17, the county had jurisdiction over 3 streets, 10 towns and 5 townships. By the end of 2022, the resident population of Xiangshan County was 576,000, and the urbanization rate was 62.5%.

Climatic characteristics of Xiangshan county

Xiangshan county belongs to subtropical maritime monsoon climate zone, with four distinct seasons, no severe cold in winter and no intense heat in summer, long frost-free period (about 248 days per year and 345 days in growth period), abundant sunshine (average annual temperature 16- 17℃), moderate humidity and abundant rainfall (average annual precipitation1400)

However, typhoon activities are frequent, often accompanied by violent storms, and the water source is short and urgent. It is injected into the sea alone, and the engineering storage performance is weak, and the river network density is low, which hides hidden dangers of drought and flood.

The annual average rainfall of the county is1.463mm, and the annual average runoff of water resources is 933 million cubic meters. The temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall runoff decreases from northwest to southeast, and it is concentrated in rainy period and typhoon period, showing a double peak type. The interannual variation is extremely unbalanced, with the maximum amplitude of 2.83. The limitations of engineering geology, topography, submerged migration and economic conditions make it difficult to develop and utilize water resources.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiangshan County