Yanling County is located in the middle of Luo Xiao Mountains and the west foot of Jinggangshan. It belongs to Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province and is located in the southeast of Hunan Province. It is 50.49 kilometers wide from east to west and 50 kilometers long from north to south. Yanling county governs 5 townships and 5 towns, 1 state-owned farms, 1 social affairs administration. The peach blossoms in Yanling are rich in variety, colorful and spectacular. Visitors can stroll in the peach blossom forest and enjoy the gorgeous peach blossom scenery. Yanling also has famous scenic spots such as Taoyuan Cave, and Yanling County is also one of the revolutionary base areas in China, with a long history and rich cultural heritage.
Yanling County belongs to Jingdi in ancient times and Chaling County in Changsha County in Han Dynasty. Known as the "tail of Changsha tea town" in history, it is a peaceful and blessed land of the ancestor of the Chinese nation, Yandi Shennong. Yandi Mausoleum, known as "the first mausoleum in China", is a national key cultural relics protection unit and a national 5A-level scenic spot. Yanling is an important part of Jinggangshan revolutionary base. Hengyan Expressway, Mu Yan Expressway, Ru Yan Expressway and Jiheng Railway run through Yanling. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 on June 2020, the permanent population of Yanling County was 160274.
Geomorphology and Climate in Yanling County
Yanling County is a mountainous county dominated by Zhongshan landform, and the mountainous area accounts for 86.9% of the total area. The county is basically covered by two main mountains, Bamian Mountain in the west and Wanyang Mountain in the southeast. These two mountains are arranged in the shape of "Y", both of which are branches of Nanling Mountains. The terrain is high in the southeast and low in the northwest. The highest point is Shennong Peak at the junction of Ceyuan and Jiangxi, with an altitude of 2 122.35 meters. The lowest point is Ajiling at the junction of sanhe town and Chaling County, with an altitude of166m; The maximum vertical height difference 1956.35 meters, with an average slope of 44 meters per kilometer.
Yanling county belongs to subtropical monsoon humid climate zone, with short cold period, rapid recovery in early spring, rainy spring and summer, and drought in late summer and early autumn. It has a unique three-dimensional climate in mountainous areas, and the climatic conditions at different altitudes are obviously different. The four seasons are distinct, the temperature difference between day and night is large, there is no cold in winter and no heat in summer. The annual sunshine is 1500 hours, and the average solar radiation is 86.6~ 105. 1 kcal/cm2. The annual average temperature is12.1~17.2℃, and the frost-free period is 288 days. The extreme high temperature is 39.1℃ (1August 998 15) and the extreme low temperature is-9.3℃ (1February 9, 972).
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Yanling County.