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Which city in China is near the equator?

The nearest city in China to the equator is Sansha City.

Sansha City is one of the four prefecture-level cities in Hainan Province. Established in 212 with the cancellation of the Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands and zhongsha islands Office in Hainan Province, it is located in the south-central South China Sea of China and the south of Hainan Province, and governs the islands and reefs of Xisha Islands, zhongsha islands Islands and Nansha Islands and their sea areas, with a total area of over 2 million square kilometers, of which the land area is over 2 square kilometers (including southwest sand reclamation land).

Sansha City is the southernmost prefecture-level administrative region in China, and it is also the city with the largest total area, the smallest land area and the least population in China. It is the second prefecture-level administrative region built by islands after Zhoushan City in Zhejiang Province.

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Sansha has a tropical maritime monsoon climate. In a year, it is directly exposed to the sun twice, and the total annual solar radiation is 14 kcal/cm2. It is summer weather all year round, and the heat and temperature are the highest in China, but due to the regulation of the ocean, there are few hot summers. The northeast monsoon prevails from October to March every year, and the southwest monsoon prevails from May to September, with an average wind speed of about 6 meters per second.

There are 6-7 typhoons every year, with a maximum of more than 1 typhoons, 7% of which come from the western Pacific and 3% from the South China Sea itself. The typhoon peak season is from July to October every year. The average annual rainfall is between 15 and 19 mm, but it is unevenly distributed in time. December to May of the following year is a rainy period, and June to November is a rainy period, so there are only two seasons in a year, the former is a dry season and the latter is a wet season.

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