Bijie 毕节市 Pikieh, Pichieh | |
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.jpg) Bijie Feixiong Airport | |
.png) Location of Bijie City jurisdiction in Guizhou | |
  Bijie Location of the city center in Guizhou Show map of Guizhou Bijie Bijie (Southwest China) Show map of Southwest China | |
| Coordinates (Bijie municipal government):27°17′02″N105°17′31″E / 27.284°N 105.292°E /27.284; 105.292 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Municipal seat | Qixingguan District |
| Area | |
| 26,853 km2 (10,368 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 3,406 km2 (1,315 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 3,406 km2 (1,315 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,723 m (5,653 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| 6,899,636 | |
| • Density | 256.94/km2 (665.47/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,305,066 |
| • Urban density | 383.2/km2 (992.4/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,305,066 |
| • Metro density | 383.2/km2 (992.4/sq mi) |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Total | CN¥ 202 billion US$ 29.3 billion |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 29,295 US$ 4,247 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 551700 |
| Area code | 0857 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GZ-05 |
| Licence plate prefixes | 贵F |
| Website | bijie |
Bijie (simplified Chinese:毕节;traditional Chinese:畢節;pinyin:Bìjíe) is aprefecture-level city in northwesternGuizhou Province, China, borderingSichuan to the north andYunnan to the west.
The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity of 6.5 million cubic meters.
On 10 November 2011, the formerBijiePrefecture (毕节地区) was converted to a prefecture-level city, and the formercounty-level city of Bijie was rechristenedQixingguan District.[3]
Bijie bordersZunyi to the east,Anshun andLiupanshui to the south,Zhaotong andQujing (Yunnan) to the west, andLuzhou (Sichuan) to the north. It spans latitude 26°21′−27°46′ N and longitude 105°36′−106°43′ E, and is marked heavily by the presence of theWumeng Mountains (乌蒙山) as well askarst topography. TheWu,Beipan, and Chishui Rivers are the most important rivers that originate here. The highest elevation is Jiucaiping (韭菜坪), at 2,900.6 m (9,516 ft), on the border of Hezhang and Weining counties.
Due to its low latitude and elevation above 1,700 m (5,600 ft), Bijie has amonsoon-influencedsubtropical highland climate (KöppenCwb), bordering on ahumid subtropical climate (KöppenCwa) with very warm, rainy summers and cool, damp winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 3.0 °C (37.4 °F) in January to 21.9 °C (71.4 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 13.3 °C (55.9 °F). Rainfall is very common year-round, occurring on 189 days of the year, but over half of the annual total (898 mm or 35.4 in) occurs from June to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 14% in January to 40% in August, the city receives 1,162 hours of bright sunshine annually; spring is sunnier and features warmer daytime temperatures than autumn. Snow and ice are occasional hazards over winter, with a particularly severe event in January 2023.[4]
| Climate data for Bijie, elevation 1,511 m (4,957 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present) | |||||||||||||
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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) | 29.7 (85.5) | 33.8 (92.8) | 33.4 (92.1) | 36.4 (97.5) | 34.2 (93.6) | 34.6 (94.3) | 33.9 (93.0) | 35.1 (95.2) | 30.6 (87.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 36.4 (97.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 24.7 (76.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.0 (80.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 18.1 (64.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 8.5 (47.3) | 18.2 (64.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.8 (67.6) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.4 (70.5) | 18.5 (65.3) | 13.8 (56.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 4.6 (40.3) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) | 2.8 (37.0) | 6.2 (43.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 16.6 (61.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 17.7 (63.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 6.9 (44.4) | 2.4 (36.3) | 10.2 (50.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.2 (17.2) | −10.9 (12.4) | −5.8 (21.6) | −3.9 (25.0) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.9 (44.4) | 8.9 (48.0) | 9.5 (49.1) | 6.3 (43.3) | −0.2 (31.6) | −4.2 (24.4) | −8 (18) | −10.9 (12.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 16.8 (0.66) | 14.6 (0.57) | 30.2 (1.19) | 58.5 (2.30) | 95.0 (3.74) | 157.3 (6.19) | 177.3 (6.98) | 148.4 (5.84) | 92.5 (3.64) | 70.5 (2.78) | 23.4 (0.92) | 13.0 (0.51) | 897.5 (35.32) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 18.0 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 15.6 | 16.5 | 18.1 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 18.5 | 12.1 | 15.8 | 189.2 |
| Average snowy days | 7.7 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 18 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 85 | 83 | 79 | 77 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 85 | 83 | 85 | 81 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 45.9 | 60.3 | 90.8 | 115.0 | 117.2 | 97.8 | 156.8 | 161.6 | 119.5 | 68.0 | 77.8 | 51.7 | 1,162.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 14 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 24 | 37 | 40 | 33 | 19 | 24 | 16 | 26 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6][7] extremes[8] | |||||||||||||
Bijie City consists of one district, one county-level city, five counties and one autonomous county. These are:
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| Permanent residents[9] (Nov. 2010) | Hukou population[10] (Late 2010) | |||
| Total | Percentage | Population density (/km2) | ||
| Bijie City | 6,536,370 | 100 | 243.41 | 8,338,858 |
| Qixingguan District | 1,136,905 | 17.39 | 333.21 | 1,483,697 |
| Dafang County | 776,246 | 11.88 | 221.66 | 1,080,406 |
| Qianxi County | 695,735 | 10.64 | 272.41 | 914,025 |
| Jinsha County | 560,651 | 8.58 | 221.78 | 669,661 |
| Zhijin County | 783,951 | 11.99 | 273.44 | 1,086,150 |
| Nayong County | 669,781 | 10.25 | 273.60 | 938,435 |
| Weining Yi Hui and Miao Autonomous County | 1,263,816 | 19.34 | 200.73 | 1,392,117 |
| Hezhang County | 649,285 | 9.93 | 200.09 | 774,367 |
According to the2010 Sixth National Census, Bijie City had apermanent resident population of 6,536,370, an increase of 208,899 (3.3% or 0.33% annually), 3,400,195 (52.02%) of which were male, producing a male-female ratio of 108.42:100. Children aged 0−14 numbered 2,029,934人 (31.06%), persons aged 15−64 numbered 4,018,583 (61.48), and seniors 65+ numbered 487,853 (7.46%). The urban population stood at 1,711,222 (26.18%). Persons ofHan ethnicity numbered 4,824,015 (73.80%), whileminorities formed the other 26.20%.
At present the backbone of the transport network in Bijie City is formed by China National Highways321 and326. As of 2013[update], Bijie is the only prefecture-level city of Guizhou to lack rail service;[11] this changed with the 2020 opening of theLeshan (Sichuan)−Guiyang Railway (成贵客运专线).[12] Other projected rail lines are Bijie−Shuicheng−Xingyi (毕水兴铁路) andZhaotong (Yunnan)−Weining−Bijie−Jinsha−Zunyi.[13] The city is served by theBijie Feixiong Airport (IATA:BFJ).
Notable historical sites in Bijie include the following:[14]
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