Weixi Lisu Autonomous County | |
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| Name transcription(s) | |
| • Chinese | 维西傈僳族自治县 |
| • Tibetan | འབའ་ལུང་ལི་སུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང། |
| • Lisu | ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓫꓯꓽ |
 Location of Weixi County (red) in Diqing Prefecture (pink) within Yunnan | |
| Coordinates:27°12′58″N99°15′58″E / 27.216°N 99.266°E /27.216; 99.266 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Diqing |
| County seat | Baohe |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,661 km2 (1,800 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 146,363 |
| • Density | 31.40/km2 (81.33/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 674600 |
| Area code | 0887 |
| Website | weixi |
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| Simplified Chinese | 维西傈僳族自治县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 維西傈僳族自治縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | འབའ་ལུང་ལི་སུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང། | ||||||
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| Lisu | ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓫꓯꓽ | ||||||
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County[a] is anautonomous county ofDiqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in northwestYunnan province, China. The titular ethnic group is theLisu people.
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County bordersShangri-La City across the river to the east,Yulong County to the southeast,Lanping County to the south,Gongshan County andFugong County to the west andDeqin County to the north. It is located in the northwest of Yunnan and is the only Lisu Autonomous County in China.
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County has 3 towns and 7 townships.[2]
| Climate data for Weixi, elevation 2,326 m (7,631 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) | 23.0 (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) |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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) |
| Averageprecipitation 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 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 57 | 62 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 65 | 55 | 69 |
| Mean monthlysunshine 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 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 64 | 57 | 46 | 42 | 38 | 34 | 29 | 31 | 32 | 47 | 66 | 71 | 46 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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