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Lingkou Town
Lingkou Town (Chinese: 陵口镇) is a township-level administrative unit under the jurisdiction of Danyang, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China.[2] It is located in the province of Jiangsu, in the eastern part of the country, about 81 kilometres (50 mi) east of the provincial capital, Nanjing. The number of inhabitants is 43,418.[1] The population consists of 21,585 women and 21,833 men. Children under 15 make up 9%, adults 15-64 make up 78%, and seniors over 65 make up 12%.[1] Geography and climateAround Lingkou it is very densely populated, with 982 inhabitants per square kilometer.[3] The nearest larger community is Menghe, 19.8 kilometres (12.3 mi) east of Lingkou. The area around Lingkou consists mostly of agricultural land.[4] Lingkou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with hot and wet summers and cold and humid winters. Average annual rainfall is 1,525 millimetres (60.0 in). The wettest month is July, with an average of 289 millimetres (11.4 in) of precipitation, and the driest is January, with 43 millimetres (1.7 in) of precipitation.[5] References
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