Junan County


Junan County is a county of southern Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering Jiangsu province to the south. It is under the administration of Linyi City. Junan County has a total area of 1752 square kilometers.
The population was in 1999. The resident population of Junan County is 841,000.
Junan County is an important part of the Yimeng revolutionary base area, one of the four first-class revolutionary old areas in the province, hailed as the "Red Capital of Qilu" and the "Little Yan'an of Shandong Province".

History

During the Western Zhou period, the area of Junan belonged to the State of Xiang.
During the Eastern Zhou period, the State of Xiang was annexed by the State of Junan, and the southern part of the region came under Junan control.
During the Sui dynasty, the region belonged to Junan County of Yizhou.
In the Tang dynasty, it was administered under Junan County of Mizhou in the Henan Circuit.
During the Northern Song dynasty, it remained under Junan County of Mizhou, which was part of the Eastern Jingdong Circuit.

Administrative divisions

As of 2012, this county is divided to 16 towns and 2 townships.
;Towns
  • Shizilu
  • Tuanlin
  • Dadian
  • Fangqian
  • Pingshang
  • Banquan
  • Zhubian
  • Wentuan
  • Zhuanggang
  • Tingshui
  • Shilianzi
  • Lingquan
  • Yanbin
  • Laopo
  • Zhulu
;Townships
  • Daokou Township
  • Xianggou Township
  • Xiangdi Township（相坻乡）

    Climate

Junan County is a semi-humid continental climate in warm temperate monsoon area with continental degree of 61.1%.The average annual temperature is 12.7 °C, precipitation is 856.7mm, frost-free period is 200 days, and the average annual sunshine is 2434.6 hours.
Junan County's climate features: warm spring, dry and windy; humid summer, abundant rainfall; cool autumn, day and night temperature difference; cold winter, little rain and snow.Four distinct seasons, plenty of light, long frost-free period.