Wenshan City
Wenshan
文山市 · Vwnzsanh Si | |
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 Location of Wenshan City (red) within Wenshan Prefecture (pink) and Yunnan | |
  Wenshan Location of the city centre in Yunnan  Wenshan Wenshan (China) | |
| Coordinates (Wenshan City government): 23°23′13″N 104°13′59″E / 23.387°N 104.233°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Wenshan |
| Municipal seat | Wolong Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,966.86 km2 (1,145.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 623,772 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 663000 |
| Area code | 0876 |
| Website | www |
Wenshan (Chinese: 文山市; pinyin: Wénshān Shì; Zhuang: Vwnzsanh Si), old name Kaihua, is a city in and the seat of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the southeast of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. It once was a county (Wenshan County; 文山县), but on 2 December 2010, with the approval of the PRC State Council, it was upgraded to a county-level city.
Administrative divisions
[edit]At present, Wenshan City has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns, 2 townships and 5 ethnic townships.[2]
- 3 subdistricts
- Kaihua Subdistrict (开化街道)
- Wolong Subdistrict (卧龙街道)
- Xinping Subdistrict (新平街道)
- 7 towns
- 2 townships
- Xinjie Township (新街乡)
- Xigu Township (喜古乡)
- 5 ethnic townships
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- Former
- Longxi Township (龙溪乡), Xiacun Township (下村乡)
Economy
[edit]One of the largest companies based in Wenshan County is the electric power supplier Yunnan Wenshan Electric Power Co., Ltd. It is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. [1]
The Wenshan Zinc Mine is known for producing world class, deep blue hemimorphite specimens.[3]
Wenshan is a producer of 'Sanchi', a plant with medicinal properties which grows away from daylight under huge plastic sheets.
Climate
[edit]Due to its low latitude tempered by its high elevation, Wenshan has a mild humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) with short, mild, dry winters and warm, rainy summers. Wenshan is situated in the so-called 'Valley of Eternal Spring'. Because it is on a plateau, temperatures are quite constant throughout the year, with more precipitations during the summer months.
| Climate data for Wenshan City, elevation 1,294 m (4,245 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
35.2 (95.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
34.2 (93.6) |
33.1 (91.6) |
33.6 (92.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
30.4 (86.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.1 (84.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
24.5 (76.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
18.6 (65.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.4 (47.1) |
14.9 (58.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
0.5 (32.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.2 (39.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.3 (0.84) |
15.9 (0.63) |
35.3 (1.39) |
56.8 (2.24) |
104.1 (4.10) |
152.9 (6.02) |
205.4 (8.09) |
177.2 (6.98) |
112.2 (4.42) |
62.5 (2.46) |
36.8 (1.45) |
22.5 (0.89) |
1,002.9 (39.51) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 14.0 | 17.7 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 13.3 | 11.2 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 136.9 |
| Average snowy days | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 160.0 | 174.7 | 206.2 | 221.1 | 209.7 | 161.6 | 150.2 | 156.3 | 153.9 | 139.9 | 169.2 | 157.7 | 2,060.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 47 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 51 | 40 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 39 | 52 | 48 | 47 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[6] | |||||||||||||
Transport
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "文山州第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Wenshan Prefecture. 2021-05-25.
- ^ "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ Wenshan Mine at Mindat.org
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ 文山 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Simplified Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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