Xichou County
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Xichou County (simplified Chinese: 西畴县; traditional Chinese: 西疇縣; pinyin: Xīchóu Xiàn) is under the administration of the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the southeast of Yunnan province, China.
Administrative divisions
In the present, Xichou County has 2 towns and 7 townships.
2 towns
- Xisa (西洒镇)
- Xingjie (兴街镇)
7 townships
- Banggu (蚌谷乡)
- Lianhuatang (莲花塘乡)
- Xinmajie (新马街乡)
- Bolin (柏林乡)
- Fadou (法斗乡)
- Dongma (董马乡)
- Jijie (鸡街乡)
Ethnic groups
The Xichou County Gazetteer (西畴县志) of 1996[full citation needed] lists the following ethnic subgroups.
- Han
- Zhuang
- Miao
- Yao
- Yi Luoluo 倮倮 Flowery Luo 花倮 White Luo 白倮 Black Luo 黑倮 Chinese Luo 汉倮 Pula 朴喇 Mengwu 孟乌
- Mongol
Transport
- Nearest airport: Wenshan Airport
Climate
| Climate data for Xichou, elevation 1,508 m (4,948 ft), (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) | 24.8 (76.6) | 28.3 (82.9) | 30.7 (87.3) | 32.7 (90.9) | 34.8 (94.6) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.4 (86.7) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.8 (87.4) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.1 (80.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 34.8 (94.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) | 16.7 (62.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.7 (78.3) | 25.7 (78.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 14.5 (58.1) | 21.3 (70.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 17.8 (64.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 21.4 (70.5) | 21.3 (70.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 16.8 (62.2) | 13.6 (56.5) | 9.7 (49.5) | 16.3 (61.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.2 (57.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.7 (65.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 16.7 (62.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 10.4 (50.7) | 6.8 (44.2) | 13.3 (56.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | −2.3 (27.9) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.4 (45.3) | 11.5 (52.7) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 7.8 (46.0) | 3.9 (39.0) | −1.5 (29.3) | −5.5 (22.1) | −5.5 (22.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.8 (0.94) | 20.5 (0.81) | 45.8 (1.80) | 65.8 (2.59) | 125.7 (4.95) | 205.0 (8.07) | 265.1 (10.44) | 224.5 (8.84) | 118.6 (4.67) | 71.5 (2.81) | 34.7 (1.37) | 25.8 (1.02) | 1,226.8 (48.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 12.7 | 15.6 | 20.0 | 22.4 | 21.7 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 171.5 |
| Average snowy days | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 85 | 86 | 86 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 84 | 84 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 103.9 | 118.0 | 152.6 | 171.6 | 168.3 | 128.3 | 127.5 | 135.5 | 130.1 | 101.7 | 125.8 | 112.0 | 1,575.3 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 31 | 37 | 41 | 45 | 41 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 29 | 38 | 34 | 36 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |
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