View source for Place:Keshan County

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| name                    = Keshan County
| native_name             = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|克山县}}}}
| settlement_type         = County
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| map_caption             =Keshan in Qiqihar
| image_map1              =Location of Qiqihar Prefecture within Heilongjiang (China).png
| map_caption1            =Qiqihar in Heilongjiang
| coordinates             = {{coord|48.037|N|125.876|E|format=dms|type:adm3rd_region:CN-23_source:Gaode|display=it}}
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = People's Republic of China
| subdivision_type1       = Province
| subdivision_name1       = Heilongjiang
| subdivision_type2       = [[Place:Prefecture-level city|Prefecture-level city]]
| subdivision_name2       = Qiqihar
| subdivision_type3       = Township-level divisions
| subdivision_name3       = 2 towns<br />9 townships
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| seat_type               = County seat
| seat                    = Keshan ({{lang|zh-hans|克山镇}})
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| timezone1               = China Standard
| utc_offset1             = +8
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| postal_code             = 161610
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'''Keshan''' ({{zh|c=克山 |p=Kèshān}}) is a county in western Heilongjiang province, China, about {{convert|100|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Qiqihar, which administers it. It is named from a city-shaped extinct volcano, which has a name of Erkeshan in its territory. Its total area is {{convert|3,632|km²}}, with a population of 460,000.{{when|date=February 2013}} Post Code: 161610. The seat of Keshan County is located in Keshan Town.

==Geography and climate==
[[File:Txu-oclc-6614368-nm51-12.jpg|thumb|left|Map including Keshan (labeled as {{lang|zh|克山}} K'O-SHAN) ([[Earth:Army Map Service|AMS]], 1951)]]
Keshan has a [[Earth:Humid continental climate|humid continental climate]] ([[Earth:Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dwa/Dwb''), with long, bitterly cold, but dry winters, and humid, very warm summers. The monthly daily mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is {{convert|−21.4|°C|1}}, and July, the warmest month, averages {{convert|22.0|°C|1}}, with an average annual temperature {{convert|+2.27|°C|1}}. A majority of the annual precipitation falls in July and August alone. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 54% in July to 71% in February, sunshine is abundant and the area receives 2,710 hours of bright sunshine annually.

{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y 
|collapsed = Y
|location = Keshan (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
|Jan high C = -16.0
|Feb high C = -10.0
|Mar high C = -0.1
|Apr high C = 11.6
|May high C = 20.0
|Jun high C = 25.5
|Jul high C = 26.8
|Aug high C = 25.2
|Sep high C = 19.3
|Oct high C = 9.8
|Nov high C = -3.6
|Dec high C = -13.7
|Jan mean C = -21.4
|Feb mean C = -16.3
|Mar mean C = -6.0
|Apr mean C = 5.5
|May mean C = 13.7
|Jun mean C = 19.8
|Jul mean C = 22.0
|Aug mean C = 20.0
|Sep mean C = 13.3
|Oct mean C = 4.0
|Nov mean C = -8.8
|Dec mean C = -18.6
|year mean C = 
|Jan low C = -26.1
|Feb low C = -22.0
|Mar low C = -11.9
|Apr low C = -0.5
|May low C = 7.1
|Jun low C = 13.9
|Jul low C = 17.3
|Aug low C = 15.3
|Sep low C = 7.8
|Oct low C = -1.1
|Nov low C = -13.2
|Dec low C = -22.9
|Jan record high C = -0.7 |Jan record low C = -42.4
|Feb record high C = 7.2 |Feb record low C = -37.8
|Mar record high C = 19.8 |Mar record low C = -30.0
|Apr record high C = 28.4 |Apr record low C = -15.0
|May record high C = 34.8 |May record low C = -7.3
|Jun record high C = 38.7 |Jun record low C = 1.5
|Jul record high C = 37.1 |Jul record low C = 8.4
|Aug record high C = 35.5 |Aug record low C = 4.5
|Sep record high C = 33.4 |Sep record low C = -6.1
|Oct record high C = 25.7 |Oct record low C = -18.5
|Nov record high C = 13.3 |Nov record low C = -31.1
|Dec record high C = 3.5 |Dec record low C = -37.5
|year high C =  |year low C = 
|year high F =  |year low F =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 3.4
|Feb precipitation mm = 2.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 6.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 24.4
|May precipitation mm = 36.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 83.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 156.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 120.1
|Sep precipitation mm = 50.5
|Oct precipitation mm = 18.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 5.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 5.7
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 4.4
|Feb precipitation days = 3.6
|Mar precipitation days = 4.1
|Apr precipitation days = 7.2
|May precipitation days = 9.0
|Jun precipitation days = 13.4
|Jul precipitation days = 14.3
|Aug precipitation days = 13.0
|Sep precipitation days = 10.5
|Oct precipitation days = 6.7
|Nov precipitation days = 5.7
|Dec precipitation days = 5.8
|Jan sun = 174.0 |Jan percentsun = 64
|Feb sun = 202.8 |Feb percentsun = 71
|Mar sun = 255.1 |Mar percentsun = 70
|Apr sun = 236.1 |Apr percentsun = 58
|May sun = 272.8 |May percentsun = 58
|Jun sun = 272.6 |Jun percentsun = 57
|Jul sun = 259.3 |Jul percentsun = 54
|Aug sun = 258.9 |Aug percentsun = 59
|Sep sun = 231.9 |Sep percentsun = 62
|Oct sun = 218.0 |Oct percentsun = 65
|Nov sun = 177.4 |Nov percentsun = 64
|Dec sun = 150.8 |Dec percentsun = 58
                 |year percentsun = 61
|Jan humidity = 73
|Feb humidity = 69
|Mar humidity = 57
|Apr humidity = 50
|May humidity = 49
|Jun humidity = 62
|Jul humidity = 76
|Aug humidity = 77
|Sep humidity = 68
|Oct humidity = 61
|Nov humidity = 66
|Dec humidity = 73
|source 1 = China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1971&ndash;2000)<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-cn |access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref><ref name="CMA old">
{{cite web|url=http://old-cdc.cma.gov.cn/shuju/search1.jsp?dsid=SURF_CLI_CHN_MUL_MMON_19712000_CES&tpcat=SURF&type=table&pageid=3 |script-title=zh:中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）|publisher=China Meteorological Administration |access-date=2010-05-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055035/http://old-cdc.cma.gov.cn/shuju/search1.jsp?dsid=SURF_CLI_CHN_MUL_MMON_19712000_CES&tpcat=SURF&type=table&pageid=3 |archive-date=2013-09-21 
}}</ref>
| source 2 = Weather China (precipitation days 1971&ndash;2000)<ref name = Clim>{{cite web
| url = http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101050208.shtml?
| script-title=zh:克山 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 
| publisher = Weather China
| language = zh
| access-date = 28 November 2022}}</ref>
}}

==Administrative divisions==
There are seven towns and eight townships in the county:<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/23/02/230229.html
 |script-title=zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：克山县
 |publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
 |language = zh
 |access-date = 2013-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  |url = http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/
  |title = 国家统计局 2019
  |publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
  |language = zh
  |access-date = 2021-12-07}}</ref> 

Towns:
*Keshan ({{lang|zh-hans|克山镇}}), Beixing ({{lang|zh-hans|北兴镇}}), Xicheng ({{lang|zh-hans|西城镇}}), Gucheng ({{lang|zh-hans|古城镇}}), Beilian ({{lang|zh-hans|北联镇}}), Xihe ({{lang|zh-hans|西河镇}}), Shuanghe ({{lang|zh-hans|双河镇}})

Townships:
*Henan Township ({{lang|zh-hans|河南乡}}),  Hebei Township ({{lang|zh-hans|河北乡}}), Gubei Township ({{lang|zh-hans|古北乡}}), Xilian Township ({{lang|zh-hans|西联乡}}), Fazhan Township ({{lang|zh-hans|发展乡}}), Xijian Township ({{lang|zh-hans|西建乡}}), Xianghua Township ({{lang|zh-hans|向华乡}}), Shuguang Township ({{lang|zh-hans|曙光乡}})

==References==
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==External links==


[[Category:Extinct volcanoes]]

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