Weixi Lisu Autonomous County

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 维西傈僳族自治县; traditional Chinese: 維西傈僳族自治縣; pinyin: Wéixī Lìsùzú Zìzhìxiàn; Tibetan: འབའ་ལུང་ལི་སུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།, Wylie: 'ba'-lung li-su'u-rigs rang-skyong rdzong, ZYPY: Balung Lisurig Ranggyong Zong; Lisu: ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓫꓯꓽ ) is located in Dêqên Prefecture, in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China.

Weixi County
维西县འབའ་ལུང་རྫོང་ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓫꓯꓽ
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County
维西傈僳族自治县
འབའ་ལུང་ལི་སུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང་།
ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓫꓯꓽ
Location of Weixi County (pink) and Dêqên Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan
Location of Weixi County (pink) and Dêqên Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan
Coordinates: 27°12′58″N 99°15′58″E
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
Autonomous prefectureDêqên
County seatBaohe
Area
  Total4,661 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
  Total146,363
  Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (CST)
Postal code
674600
Area code0887
Websiteweixi.diqing.gov.cn

Administrative divisions

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County has 3 towns and 7 townships.[2]

3 towns
  • Baohe (保和镇)
  • Yezhi (叶枝镇)
  • Tacheng (塔城镇)
7 townships
  • Yongchun (永春乡)
  • Pantiange (攀天阁乡)
  • Baijixun (白济汛乡)
  • Kangpu (康普乡)
  • Badi (巴迪乡)
  • Zhonglu (中路乡)
  • Weideng (维登乡)

Climate

Weixi (labelled as WEI-HSI 維西) (1953)
Climate data for Weixi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 23.0
(73.4)
23.2
(73.8)
26.2
(79.2)
28.0
(82.4)
31.1
(88.0)
31.9
(89.4)
30.9
(87.6)
31.1
(88.0)
30.5
(86.9)
27.2
(81.0)
23.1
(73.6)
21.3
(70.3)
31.9
(89.4)
Average high °C (°F) 12.7
(54.9)
13.7
(56.7)
15.6
(60.1)
18.5
(65.3)
22.1
(71.8)
25.0
(77.0)
24.9
(76.8)
24.7
(76.5)
23.2
(73.8)
20.3
(68.5)
17.1
(62.8)
14.4
(57.9)
19.3
(66.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.2
(39.6)
5.8
(42.4)
8.2
(46.8)
11.4
(52.5)
15.3
(59.5)
18.7
(65.7)
18.9
(66.0)
18.4
(65.1)
16.9
(62.4)
12.8
(55.0)
8.1
(46.6)
5.0
(41.0)
12.0
(53.6)
Average low °C (°F) −1.6
(29.1)
0.3
(32.5)
3.0
(37.4)
6.4
(43.5)
10.3
(50.5)
14.3
(57.7)
15.3
(59.5)
14.8
(58.6)
13.4
(56.1)
8.3
(46.9)
2.2
(36.0)
−1.3
(29.7)
7.1
(44.8)
Record low °C (°F) −8.0
(17.6)
−6.8
(19.8)
−2.8
(27.0)
−0.1
(31.8)
4.3
(39.7)
8.4
(47.1)
9.5
(49.1)
9.3
(48.7)
2.7
(36.9)
−0.3
(31.5)
−3.3
(26.1)
−8.9
(16.0)
−8.9
(16.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 30.5
(1.20)
59.2
(2.33)
105.1
(4.14)
76.3
(3.00)
66.6
(2.62)
73.9
(2.91)
180.5
(7.11)
168.4
(6.63)
97.6
(3.84)
52.9
(2.08)
17.4
(0.69)
8.2
(0.32)
936.6
(36.87)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 5.8 7.6 13.6 15.0 13.5 15.0 22.0 21.9 17.4 11.0 3.9 1.9 148.6
Average snowy days 4.0 3.5 1.6 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0.9 10.3
Average relative humidity (%) 57 62 67 69 69 71 79 80 79 75 65 55 69
Mean monthly sunshine hours 212.0 181.4 173.3 160.3 159.5 138.7 122.6 125.2 115.9 167.0 212.5 229.7 1,998.1
Percent possible sunshine 64 57 46 42 38 34 29 31 32 47 66 71 46
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

References

  1. "迪庆州第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Dêqên Prefecture. 2021-05-27.
  2. "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  3. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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