Wuxi
巫溪县 Wuki | |
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![]() Location of Wuxi County in Chongqing | |
Coordinates (Wuxi County government): 31°23′55″N 109°34′12″E / 31.3986°N 109.5700°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Municipality | Chongqing |
County seat | Chengxiang (城厢镇) |
Government | |
• Type | County |
• CPC Secretary | Tang De Xiang (唐德祥) |
• Mayor | Luo Cheng (罗成) |
Area | |
• County | 4,029.8 km2 (1,555.9 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• County | 414,073 |
• Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
• Urban | 163,000 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 405800 |
Area code | 023 |
GDP[2] | 2013 |
- Total | CNY9.01 billion US$1.45 billion |
- Per capita | CNY17,012 US$2,744 |
- Growth | ![]() |
HDI | 0.758 |
County flower | Peach |
Website | http://wx.cq.gov.cn/ |
Wuxi County (Chinese: 巫溪县; pinyin: Wūxī Xiàn) is a county of Chongqing Municipality, People's Republic of China, bordering Shaanxi to the north and Hubei to the northeast and east. Sitting at the upper reaches of Daning River and the southern slopes of the central Daba Mountains. It is best known for its scenic views and its preserved witchcraft culture.
Wuxi County is noted as a major tourism site of Chongqing.
Wuxi County has 2 subdistricts and numerous towns and townships:[1][3][4][5]
Subdistricts | Towns | Townships |
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Former township:
The vast majority of Wuxi's land area is mountainous. With a wet abundant precipitation, Wuxi County is suitable for many plants to grow, the local products are medicine nectar, starch, bacon, dried fruit, vegetables and antler.
Climate data for Wuxi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
33.5 (92.3) |
37.7 (99.9) |
40.3 (104.5) |
42.4 (108.3) |
41.3 (106.3) |
42.8 (109.0) |
42.6 (108.7) |
36.2 (97.2) |
26.5 (79.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
42.8 (109.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
13.7 (56.7) |
19.0 (66.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
29.3 (84.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
23.1 (73.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
25.2 (77.4) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
23.5 (74.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
17.7 (63.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
5.8 (42.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
9.8 (49.6) |
5.2 (41.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.1 (39.4) |
10.2 (50.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
4.0 (39.2) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.7 (0.54) |
21.6 (0.85) |
46.2 (1.82) |
94.3 (3.71) |
143.2 (5.64) |
165.8 (6.53) |
188.6 (7.43) |
139.3 (5.48) |
141.7 (5.58) |
105.8 (4.17) |
48.3 (1.90) |
13.6 (0.54) |
1,122.1 (44.19) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.6 | 6.5 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 9.9 | 6.7 | 129.7 |
Average snowy days | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 2.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 74 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 73 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 68.1 | 68.4 | 111.4 | 134.8 | 137.5 | 142.9 | 179.6 | 197.7 | 133.6 | 107.2 | 92.0 | 72.6 | 1,445.8 |
Percent possible sunshine | 21 | 22 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 36 | 31 | 29 | 23 | 32 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7] |
Total economy performance in 2013 is good and growth rate is accelerating. Total GDP is 9.01 billion yuan in 2013.
Major products include rice, maize, potato, sweet potato, cotton, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, carrot and soybean.
Manufacturing is the most important economy sector of Wuxi County, they are separately located in several industrial park of Wuxi county. One industry park is in Fenghuang town(凤凰), another one is in Jianshan Town(尖山), the third industrial park is in Ninggang. They all are regulated by Wuxi Government.
Agricultural Bank of China is the most popular bank in Wuxi County with Postal Savings Bank of China come to the second place under the regulation of People's Bank of China of Wuxi County
Mining is still an important part of the economy of Wuxi County, The major areas of production in 2010 were coal, iron ore, natural gas, salt and zinc.
Tourism is a large industry in Wuxi county, with a number of tourism companies flourishing in recent years. The county's natural resources are some of the best preserved in Chongqing.
Massive infrastructure programs started in 2008, like Wuxi-Yunyan highway, Wuxi-Fengjie highway and Wuxi-Zhenping highway with anticipation of completion in 2013 and that will be connected with other China National Highways
There is also a plan under consideration about building an airport in Wuxi County to serve the region across Shaanxi province, Sichuan province also other neighbouring provinces like Hubei, Guizhou, Hunan.
The Wuxi Long-distance Bus Station started bus service to Guangdong province and Shanghai in early 2009 while Wuxi Zhaojiaba Bus Station serves domestic transportation.