Quỳ Châu district
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Quỳ Châu District
Huyện Quỳ Châu | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | North Central Coast |
| Province | Nghệ An |
| Capital | Tân Lạc |
| Area | |
| • Total | 415 sq mi (1,074 km2) |
| Population (2003) | |
| • Total | 52,403 |
| Time zone | UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time) |
Quỳ Châu is a rural district of Nghệ An province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 52,403.[1] The district covers an area of 1,074 km2. The district capital lies at Tân Lạc Town.[1]
A 200-page book in an ancient Tai script was discovered in Mường Dan Village in February 2007.[2]
Subdivisions
[edit]Quỳ Châu has one town and 11 townships or communes (xã).
- Tân Lạc (formerly named Quỳ Châu)
- Châu Bính
- Châu Thuận
- Châu Hội
- Châu Nga
- Châu Tiến
- Châu Hạnh
- Châu Thắng
- Châu Phong
- Châu Bình
- Châu Hoàn
- Diễn Lâm
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Quỳ Châu | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 36.3 (97.3) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.8 (103.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
43.2 (109.8) |
40.6 (105.1) |
41.0 (105.8) |
39.7 (103.5) |
37.9 (100.2) |
36.3 (97.3) |
36.5 (97.7) |
32.8 (91.0) |
43.2 (109.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
30.8 (87.4) |
33.6 (92.5) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
29.1 (84.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
28.9 (84.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.2 (63.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.4 (57.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
14.8 (58.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) |
4.8 (40.6) |
4.2 (39.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
4.6 (40.3) |
0.4 (32.7) |
0.4 (32.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19.4 (0.76) |
13.8 (0.54) |
29.8 (1.17) |
83.3 (3.28) |
221.8 (8.73) |
200.6 (7.90) |
208.7 (8.22) |
288.5 (11.36) |
316.6 (12.46) |
221.0 (8.70) |
55.8 (2.20) |
19.5 (0.77) |
1,680.4 (66.16) |
| Average rainy days | 8.4 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 12.1 | 16.8 | 15.6 | 16.1 | 19.8 | 15.6 | 12.6 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 150.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 87.4 | 86.9 | 86.0 | 84.4 | 83.3 | 84.2 | 84.3 | 87.3 | 87.7 | 87.6 | 87.2 | 86.8 | 86.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 80.3 | 64.9 | 80.0 | 128.5 | 186.9 | 165.4 | 178.8 | 154.3 | 150.6 | 138.8 | 117.3 | 104.5 | 1,549.2 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- ^ Sample text [dead link]
- ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- Hum-phân-Lattanavông. 1998. Quỳ Châu script (in Vietnamese). Văn hóa và lịch sử người Thái ở Việt Nam [Culture and history of the Thai people of Vietnam], ed. by Cãm Trong, Hoàng LùÒng, Lê Si Giáo, VùÒng Toàn, Ma Khánh BAng and Nguyèn Van Hòa, Hà Nội, Việt Nam: Nhà Xuất Bản Văn Hóa Dân Tộc.
- Lattanavong, H. 1999. "Quy Chau script of the Lao-Tay: a change from Chinese ideograms to the Indian system of writing", in Vietnamese Studies, no. 134.
- Thang, L.C. 1999. "A glimpse of the Thai in Quy Chau", in Vietnamese Studies, no. 134.
19°30′00″N 105°04′59″E / 19.500°N 105.083°E
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