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Which city is Gulangyu Island in?

Gulangyu Island belongs to Xiamen City, Fujian Province, with 24 26 ′ 55.25 ″ north latitude and118 03 ′ 43.55 ″ east longitude. Located in the southwest corner of Xiamen Peninsula, facing Xiamen Island across the sea, just across a 600-meter-wide Lujiang River (actually deep sea), it can be reached by ferry in 4.5 minutes. (Now it takes about 40 minutes to go around the island) The area is 1.9 1 square kilometer, with more than 20,000 people, belonging to Siming District of Xiamen City.

Gulangyu Island is irregular in shape; 2.85 miles in circumference, 1. 1 mile in length and 0.72 miles in width; It is worth noting that there are a lot of granite stones scattered on it, among which the rock south of the central part of the island is the highest, with an altitude of 302 feet.

Abundant coastlines and waters are the boundaries, and the natural forms, such as Sunguangyan, Bijiashan and Qishan, which are mainly formed by the changes of natural landforms, combine different types of artificial landscape complexes such as buildings and gardens. The building either stands on a platform, or is built on a mountain, or is built on water.

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The green coverage rate of the whole island is over 40%, and the plant population is rich, with more than 90 families and various trees, shrubs, vines and ground cover plants 1000 species. Magnolia grandiflora, Cinnamomum camphora, Phoebe bournei, Sycamore, Peach Tree, Ficus microcarpa, Eucalyptus, Palm, Coconut Grove, Bamboo Forest, etc., which are common in subtropical areas, are planted in front of the house, on the roadside in front of the slope, or in the courtyard green space.

Subtropical monsoon climate, warm and humid, with superior light and heat conditions. The seasonal changes of the four seasons are quite regular: the spring monsoon turns from northeast to south, from cold to warm, and the rainfall increases; There are typhoons and thunderstorms in summer, which bring coolness to hot days, and sometimes there are typhoons; It is rainy and sunny in autumn; There is a northeast monsoon in winter, which is cold but not cold.

The land and sea breeze is very obvious, and it often blows northwest wind from the west from midnight to noon, and southeast wind from afternoon to midnight. The summer monsoon generally runs from southeast to southwest, with an average of only 2 ~ 3 grades.

Thunderstorms are most frequent from May to August, and the period from 65438+February to February of the following year is a mine-free period. Thunderstorms often lead to heavy rain. Sea fog occurs from 1 1 month to June of the following year, with the most in March. Dense fog usually occurs at midnight and in the morning, and lasts for up to 3 days, and the shortest is 1 hour. ?

The annual average temperature in Xiamen is 265438 0.2℃. The annual average maximum temperature is 24.5℃, the annual average minimum temperature is 18.7℃, the annual extreme maximum temperature is 38.4℃ and the annual extreme minimum temperature is 2℃. The average temperature in Leng Yue is above 13℃, and there is no frost all year round. The annual minimum temperature of seawater surface is 10℃, the maximum temperature is 3 1.5℃, and the annual average temperature is 20.7 ~ 2 1.6℃.

Xiamen Gulangyu Administrative Committee-Gulangyu Style