County in Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China
Bin County, or Binxian (simplified Chinese: 宾县; traditional Chinese: 賓縣; pinyin: Bīn Xiàn), is a county of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang. Its seat is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of central Harbin. It borders Bayan County and Mulan County to the north, Fangzheng County to the east, Yanshou County to the southeast, Shangzhi to the south, Acheng District to the southwest, Daowai District to the west, and Hulan District to the northwest.
Administrative divisions
There are 12 towns and five townships in the county:[4][5]
Towns (镇)
Townships (乡)
Demographics
The population of the district was 596,640 in 1999.[6]
Climate
| Climate data for Binxian (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
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| Record high °C (°F)
|
2.9
(37.2)
|
12.2
(54.0)
|
19.4
(66.9)
|
29.3
(84.7)
|
34.1
(93.4)
|
37.8
(100.0)
|
36.1
(97.0)
|
35.6
(96.1)
|
31.3
(88.3)
|
26.4
(79.5)
|
17.7
(63.9)
|
8.4
(47.1)
|
37.8
(100.0)
|
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
−11.7
(10.9)
|
−6.1
(21.0)
|
2.6
(36.7)
|
13.5
(56.3)
|
21.0
(69.8)
|
26.0
(78.8)
|
27.9
(82.2)
|
26.4
(79.5)
|
21.4
(70.5)
|
12.5
(54.5)
|
0.1
(32.2)
|
−9.6
(14.7)
|
10.3
(50.6)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
−17.1
(1.2)
|
−11.9
(10.6)
|
−2.8
(27.0)
|
7.6
(45.7)
|
15.2
(59.4)
|
20.7
(69.3)
|
23.2
(73.8)
|
21.5
(70.7)
|
15.6
(60.1)
|
6.9
(44.4)
|
−4.6
(23.7)
|
−14.5
(5.9)
|
5.0
(41.0)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
−21.8
(−7.2)
|
−17.3
(0.9)
|
−8.1
(17.4)
|
1.9
(35.4)
|
9.4
(48.9)
|
15.5
(59.9)
|
18.6
(65.5)
|
17.1
(62.8)
|
10.2
(50.4)
|
1.8
(35.2)
|
−8.8
(16.2)
|
−18.8
(−1.8)
|
0.0
(32.0)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−34.0
(−29.2)
|
−33.1
(−27.6)
|
−23.9
(−11.0)
|
−8.6
(16.5)
|
−1.8
(28.8)
|
5.1
(41.2)
|
10.1
(50.2)
|
8.6
(47.5)
|
−0.7
(30.7)
|
−13.5
(7.7)
|
−25.0
(−13.0)
|
−31.6
(−24.9)
|
−34.0
(−29.2)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
3.9
(0.15)
|
5.1
(0.20)
|
12.7
(0.50)
|
21.2
(0.83)
|
66.3
(2.61)
|
92.1
(3.63)
|
154.8
(6.09)
|
118.7
(4.67)
|
65.0
(2.56)
|
28.2
(1.11)
|
15.1
(0.59)
|
8.0
(0.31)
|
591.1
(23.25)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
|
5.4
|
4.8
|
6.5
|
7.6
|
12.5
|
14.4
|
14.4
|
13.6
|
10.6
|
7.4
|
6.9
|
7.7
|
111.8
|
| Average snowy days
|
8.1
|
7.1
|
8.0
|
3.1
|
0.2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2.4
|
8.4
|
10.7
|
48
|
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
69
|
63
|
56
|
50
|
54
|
66
|
76
|
78
|
69
|
60
|
63
|
69
|
64
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
177.4
|
202.3
|
241.8
|
240.0
|
261.9
|
268.4
|
259.8
|
244.9
|
234.7
|
195.4
|
161.6
|
155.9
|
2,644.1
|
| Percent possible sunshine
|
63
|
69
|
65
|
59
|
57
|
57
|
55
|
57
|
63
|
59
|
58
|
58
|
60
|
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]
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Transport
Notes and references
