Huize County 会泽县 | |
|---|---|
 Location of Huize County (red) within Qujing City (pink) and Yunnan | |
  Huize County Location of the seat in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates:26°24′57″N103°17′37″E / 26.41589°N 103.29350°E /26.41589; 103.29350 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture-level city | Qujing |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,093 km2 (1,966 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 872,361 |
| • Density | 171.3/km2 (443.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 654200 |
| Area code | 0874 |
| Website | hz |
Huize County (simplified Chinese:会泽县;traditional Chinese:會澤縣;pinyin:Huìzé Xiàn, old name:Dongchuan 東川) is acounty, under thejurisdiction ofQujing City,Yunnan province, People's Republic of China.
The city has grown considerably over the past 20 years. It has 871,200 inhabitants.
Huize is in northeastern Yunnan and bordersXuanwei andWeining County,Guizhou to the east,Zhanyi District andXundian County to the south,Dongchuan District andQiaojia County to the west andLudian County to the north.
It is 120 km (75 mi) from the center of Qujing.
Huize is located between mountains with rice fields at one side and a large earth dam to the south. Some of the mountain areas are blasted for construction materials.
Huize County has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns, 12 townships and 1 ethnic township.[1]
Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Huize has a mild subtropical highland climate (KöppenCwb), with short, mild, dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from June to September.
| Climate data for Huize, elevation 2,188 m (7,178 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 27.6 (81.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.1 (89.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 25.7 (78.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 32.1 (89.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.8 (74.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 19.4 (66.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.1 (46.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 19.1 (66.4) | 18.5 (65.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.9 (55.2) | 9.4 (48.9) | 6.0 (42.8) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.4 (43.5) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.0 (59.0) | 15.8 (60.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 5.2 (41.4) | 1.8 (35.2) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.0 (1.4) | −16.2 (2.8) | −8.0 (17.6) | −3.6 (25.5) | 1.2 (34.2) | 7.6 (45.7) | 7.7 (45.9) | 6.7 (44.1) | 3.3 (37.9) | −1.0 (30.2) | −6.0 (21.2) | −14.8 (5.4) | −17.0 (1.4) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 14.8 (0.58) | 10.7 (0.42) | 21.6 (0.85) | 27.6 (1.09) | 67.4 (2.65) | 162 (6.4) | 173.4 (6.83) | 149.8 (5.90) | 87.9 (3.46) | 52.6 (2.07) | 18.7 (0.74) | 6.8 (0.27) | 793.3 (31.26) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.8 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 15.6 | 18.7 | 16.9 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 121.4 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 12 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 63 | 57 | 53 | 56 | 64 | 75 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 73 | 70 | 69 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 207.7 | 205.7 | 252.9 | 254.7 | 224.0 | 166.8 | 158.4 | 161.9 | 144.4 | 147.9 | 191.4 | 196.4 | 2,312.2 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 63 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 59 | 61 | 53 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[2][3]all-time extreme temperature[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[5] | |||||||||||||
There are several food markets, temples, shops and bars in the county center.
On 23 July 2023 a glass segment of touristic glass slide had completely dislodged, leaving a void at a height of 10 metres. It caused collisions between rafts but nobody was injured. A video of the accident was in the worldwide media.[6][7]