Weining County
威宁县 · وِنٍْ شِیًا
威宁彝族回族苗族自治县
وِنٍْ یِذُو خُوِذُو مِیَوْذُو ذِجِشِیًا

Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County
Weining is located in Guizhou
Weining
Weining
Location of the seat in Guizhou
Weining is located in Southwest China
Weining
Weining
Weining (Southwest China)
Coordinates (Weining County government): 26°52′26″N 104°15′10″E / 26.8739°N 104.2528°E / 26.8739; 104.2528
CountryChina
ProvinceGuizhou
Prefecture-level cityBijie
County seatHaibian Subdistrict
Area
 • Total9,296 km2 (3,589 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total1,280,116
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
553100
Websitegzweining.gov.cn

Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 威宁彝族回族苗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 威寧彝族回族苗族自治縣; pinyin: Wēiníng Yízú Huízú Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn; Xiao'erjing: وِنٍْ یِذُو خُوِذُو مِیَوْذُو ذِجِشِیًا‎) is a county of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Bijie.

Map including Weining (labelled as WEI-NING 威寧) (AMS, 1954)

Notable attractions include Majie Ethnic Yi Village (马街彝族村寨), the historic site of Shimenkan church (石门坎教堂) and Caohai Lake nature reserve. In the early 20th century, the village of Shimenkan was known as the Overseas Heaven and a sacred civilized area due to the contributions by Rev. Sam Pollard, a British Methodist missionary.

Administrative divisions

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Weining is divided into 4 subdistricts, 30 towns, 4 townships and 1 ethnic township:[2]

subdistricts
towns
township
ethnic townships

Climate

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Weining has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The monthly 24-hour mean temperature ranges from 2.6 °C (36.7 °F) in January to 18.0 °C (64.4 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 11.1 °C (52.0 °F). Over two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs from June to September.

Climate data for Weining, elevation 2,239 m (7,346 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 22.8
(73.0)
24.3
(75.7)
28.2
(82.8)
28.7
(83.7)
30.7
(87.3)
31.5
(88.7)
28.5
(83.3)
28.6
(83.5)
30.0
(86.0)
25.1
(77.2)
23.2
(73.8)
21.6
(70.9)
31.5
(88.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 9.0
(48.2)
11.6
(52.9)
16.0
(60.8)
19.2
(66.6)
20.7
(69.3)
21.3
(70.3)
22.5
(72.5)
22.3
(72.1)
19.7
(67.5)
15.6
(60.1)
13.5
(56.3)
9.5
(49.1)
16.7
(62.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 2.6
(36.7)
5.0
(41.0)
8.6
(47.5)
12.3
(54.1)
14.8
(58.6)
16.7
(62.1)
18.0
(64.4)
17.6
(63.7)
15.1
(59.2)
11.3
(52.3)
7.9
(46.2)
3.6
(38.5)
11.1
(52.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −1.1
(30.0)
0.8
(33.4)
4.0
(39.2)
7.9
(46.2)
10.9
(51.6)
13.7
(56.7)
15.2
(59.4)
14.7
(58.5)
12.4
(54.3)
8.7
(47.7)
4.6
(40.3)
0.2
(32.4)
7.7
(45.8)
Record low °C (°F) −11.4
(11.5)
−15.3
(4.5)
−10.0
(14.0)
−5.4
(22.3)
0.1
(32.2)
5.5
(41.9)
6.9
(44.4)
7.8
(46.0)
3.1
(37.6)
−3.0
(26.6)
−6.3
(20.7)
−12.2
(10.0)
−15.3
(4.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 11.9
(0.47)
9.5
(0.37)
20.6
(0.81)
38.8
(1.53)
86.4
(3.40)
183.0
(7.20)
163.2
(6.43)
155.3
(6.11)
109.6
(4.31)
65.8
(2.59)
18.0
(0.71)
7.5
(0.30)
869.6
(34.23)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 12.4 10.4 11.1 12.5 15.6 19.9 18.8 17.3 15.5 17.3 9.6 10.9 171.3
Average snowy days 7.0 5.1 2.8 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 1.4 4.6 21.5
Average relative humidity (%) 41 45 47 46 36 24 29 33 29 25 41 38 36
Mean monthly sunshine hours 134.7 143.9 177.0 177.4 152.0 100.6 121.6 131.6 106.4 88.2 132.5 123.4 1,589.3
Percent possible sunshine 41 45 47 46 36 24 29 33 29 25 41 38 36
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]
Source 2: Weather China[5]

Transportation

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Weining is served by the G7611 Duyun–Shangri-La Expressway, the Weining–Xuanwei Expressway, the Bijie–Weining Expressway, China National Highway 326 and by the Neijiang-Liupanshui Railway. Weining Caohai Airport is under construction.

References

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  1. ^ "毕节市第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——县(市、区)人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Bijie. 2021-06-02.
  2. ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:威宁彝族回族苗族自治县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  5. ^ 威宁 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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