Puding County 普定县 | |
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  Puding Location of the seat in Guizhou Show map of Guizhou Puding Puding (Southwest China) Show map of Southwest China | |
| Coordinates (Puding County government):26°18′07″N105°44′36″E / 26.3019°N 105.7432°E /26.3019; 105.7432 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture-level city | Anshun |
| County seat | Dingnan Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,090.49 km2 (421.04 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 378,288 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Puding County (simplified Chinese:普定县;traditional Chinese:普定縣;pinyin:Pǔdìng Xiàn) is a county in west-centralGuizhou province, China. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofAnshun.
The name "Puding" (普定;Pǔdìng) can be traced back to the Mongolian-ruleYuan dynasty (1271–1368), when in 1257, after the Mongolian army went to conquestsouthwest China, the imperial court set up a "Fu" named "Puding" in the area.
In the 3rd century BC, Puding County (Puding) was a part of an ancient political entityYelang.
After theTang Empire conqueredGuizhou, a county named "Shi'an" (始安县) was set up and it came under the jurisdiction of YanZhou (琰州), which symboled this land was formally annexed to the Tang Empire. In 755, theAn Lushan Rebellion broke out, then the past decades of internal fighting had weakened the Tang Empire. Puding broke away from the rule of the Tang Empire. The native tribes founded the Luodian Kingdom (罗甸国).
In theFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960), it belonged to Shi'an County, part of which was owned by Wangjiang county (望江县).
In 1257, theMongols occupied Puding and established PudingPrefecture (普定府) and it came under the administration of QujingXuanweisi (曲靖宣慰司). In 1351, Puding County was separated from Puding Prefecture.
In 1381, in the ruling ofHongwu Emperor (1368–1398) of theMing dynasty (1368–1644), Puding Castle was founded and it came under the jurisdiction of SichuanDusi (四川都司). In 1438, in the 3rd year ofZhengtong era (1436–1449), Puding County was under the administration of GuizhouDusi (贵州都司).
During the reign ofKangxi Emperor of theQing dynasty (1644–1911), Puding County belonged to Anshun Prefecture (安顺府).
After the establishment of theRepublic of China in 1912, Puding County was briefly revoked but immediately restored in the following year. In 1914, some areas of Anshun, Zhenning, Langdai, Zhijin and Pingba were merged into Puding County. In 1935, Puding County came under the jurisdiction of the (Anshun) Second Administrative Supervision Region (（安顺）第二行政督察区). Three years later, it came under the jurisdiction of the (Xingren) Third Administrative Supervision Region (（兴仁）第三行政督察区).
In 1949, Guizhou was liberated by thePeople's Liberation Army. Puding County came under the jurisdiction of AnshunZhuanqu (now Anshun;安顺专区;Anshun Special Administrative Region).
After an adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Puding County on January 29, 2016, the county has three subdistricts, six towns and three ethnic townships under its jurisdiction. In July 2019, Yuxiu Subdistrict was separated from Chuandong Subdistrict.[1]
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Puding County is located in west-centralGuizhou province. The county has a total area of 1,079.93 km2 (416.96 sq mi). It shares a border withLiuzhi Special District to the west,Xixiu District,Pingba District and Anshun Economic and Technological Development Zone to the east,Zhijin County to the north, andZhenning Buyei and Miao Autonomous County and Liuzhi Special District to the south.
The terrain of Puding County is high in the south and north and low in the middle.Karst landforms are widely distributed in Puding County.
Puding County experience a subtropical monsoon humid climate, with an average annual temperature of 15.1 °C (59.2 °F), total annual rainfall of 1,378.2-millimetre (54.26 in), a frost-free period of 301 days and annual average sunshine hours in 1164.9 hours. The climate is mild throughout the year, without severe cold in winter and hot in summer.
| Climate data for Puding, elevation 1,282 m (4,206 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) | 23.5 (74.3) | 30.1 (86.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 34.3 (93.7) | 34.7 (94.5) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 32.7 (90.9) | 29.4 (84.9) | 27.3 (81.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 34.7 (94.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) | 12.0 (53.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.4 (75.9) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.4 (81.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 16.2 (61.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 19.6 (67.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.0 (46.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 20.3 (68.5) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.3 (54.1) | 7.3 (45.1) | 15.4 (59.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 5.3 (41.5) | 8.8 (47.8) | 13.2 (55.8) | 16.2 (61.2) | 18.8 (65.8) | 20.1 (68.2) | 19.5 (67.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 9.6 (49.3) | 5.0 (41.0) | 12.6 (54.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) | −3.5 (25.7) | −2.9 (26.8) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.6 (43.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.2 (57.6) | 8.6 (47.5) | 4.4 (39.9) | −1.3 (29.7) | −8.5 (16.7) | −8.5 (16.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 24.5 (0.96) | 17.8 (0.70) | 31.2 (1.23) | 69.2 (2.72) | 161.5 (6.36) | 309.1 (12.17) | 271.6 (10.69) | 177.8 (7.00) | 123.5 (4.86) | 91.2 (3.59) | 34.3 (1.35) | 18.3 (0.72) | 1,330 (52.35) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.5 | 12.2 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 16.9 | 18.7 | 17.8 | 15.5 | 12.5 | 16.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 174.1 |
| Average snowy days | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 81 | 77 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 80 | 78 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 79 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 41.2 | 64.6 | 95.4 | 129.6 | 133.2 | 103.8 | 150.4 | 166.4 | 123.4 | 75.1 | 85.7 | 54.8 | 1,223.6 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 12 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 32 | 25 | 36 | 41 | 34 | 21 | 27 | 17 | 27 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Sancha River (三岔河) is the largest river in Puding County and Boyu River (波玉河) is the second largest river in the county.Dabang River rises in southern Puding County.
Yelang Lake (夜郎湖) is the largest lake in Puding County, with a capacity of 0.42 cubic kilometres (110×10^9 US gal).
As of 2017, Puding County had a population of 505,400. The total number of permanent residents in Puding County is 392,800, the birth rate is 12.95 ‰, the mortality rate is 5.14 ‰, and the natural population growth rate is 7.81 ‰. TheHan is about 80% of the total population of Puding County, andMiao andBouyei are the main ethnic minorities in the county.
Mandarin is the official language. The local people speak bothSouthwestern Mandarin and minority language.
The county government supports all religions. The local people mainly believe inBuddhism andCatholicism.
The main high schools and middle schools are:
S55 Chiwang Expressway runs north to south through the downtown Puding County and then to heads west to Anshun city.
Provincial Highway S209 travels through central Puding County and intersects with S55 Anshunxi Ring Expressway in the town of Baiyan.
Puding railway station serves the county.
