Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County

Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County is a Manchu autonomous county in northeastern Hebei province, China, bordering Liaoning Province to the north and east and located in the eastern part of the Yan Mountains. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Qinhuangdao, and, as of 2004, had a population of 520,000 residing in an area of. Bordering county-level divisions are: Lingyuan and Jianchang County to the north, Liaoning's Suizhong County and Qinhuangdao city proper to the east, Qian'an and Lulong County to the south, and Kuancheng Manchu Autonomous County and Qianxi County to the west.
During the 1976 Tangshan earthquake 180,000 buildings in Qinglong collapsed, but no fatalities occurred.

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Administrative divisions

Qinglong administers 1 subdistrict, 11 towns and 14 townships:

Climate

Qinglong has a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate, with long, cold, and very dry winters, and hot, rainy summers. Spring and autumn are short with some rainfall. The monthly 24-hour average temperature in January is, and in July, and the annual mean is. The mountainous location means that diurnal temperature variation is rather large, but precipitation is enhanced: the total precipitation is, with close to 60% of it falling in July and August alone.