Enshi 恩施市 ·Enrshiv ·Entshil Enshih | |
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 Aerial view of the city at night | |
  Enshi Location in Hubei | |
| Coordinates (Enshi City government):30°17′42″N109°28′47″E / 30.2951°N 109.4796°E /30.2951; 109.4796 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hubei |
| Autonomous prefecture | Enshi |
| Municipal seat | Xiaoduchuan Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 3,971.58 km2 (1,533.44 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 52.00 km2 (20.08 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
| 836,781 | |
• Estimate (2017) | 857,000 |
| • Density | 210.692/km2 (545.690/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 260,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 445000 |
| Area code | 0718 |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese | 恩施 | ||||||||
| Postal | Enshih | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 施南 | ||||||||
| Postal | Shihnan | ||||||||
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Enshi (Chinese:恩施;pinyin:Ēnshī) is acounty-level city in and the seat ofEnshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in westernHubei province, China. The prefecture's legislature, executive andjudiciary are seated here, as well as itsCPC andpublic security bureau.
The entire county-level city of Enshi has an area of 3,967 square kilometres (1,532 sq mi) and a population of 780,000.[4]
The oldest records of Enshi date theSpring and Autumn period of 776 BC. At that time the area was a state known as Bazi, which lasted until 476 BC.[5] Enshi then became a county from 475 to 221 BC, prior to it being absorbed into the Chinese dynasties during the Qi period.[citation needed] In 1925, the city of Enshi formed the Exi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, which in 1935 became the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.[5]
Enshi City administers five subdistricts, six towns, six townships and one ethnic township:[6]
The five subdistricts areWuyangba Subdistrict (舞阳坝街道),Liujiaoting Subdistrict (六角亭街道),Xiaoduchuan Subdistrict (小渡船街道),Qiliping Subdistrict (七里坪街道), andJinziba Subdistrict (金子坝街道).
The six towns areLongfeng (龙凤镇),Cuiba (崔坝镇),Banqiao (板桥镇),Baiyangping (白杨坪镇),Sancha (三岔镇), andShengjiaba (盛家坝镇).
The six townships areXintang Township (新塘乡),Hongtu Township (红土乡),Shadi Township (沙地乡),Taiyanghe Township (太阳河乡),Tunbao Township (屯堡乡), andBaiguo Township (白果乡).
The one ethnic township isBajiao Dong Ethnic Township (芭蕉侗族乡).
The one township-level area is the Enshi Daxiagu Landscape Management Division (恩施大峡谷风景管理处).
The city is built alongside theQing River and is surrounded by forest-covered mountains. The city has many hotels, restaurants and spas. Restaurants here in general cater for Chinese tastes; however, there is one western style restaurant called "Mac Home" in the city center. The food in Enshi is spicy and includes many "hot pot"-style dishes as well as smoked pork and chirzo-style sausage meat, spicy fried potatoes and lamb skewers.[citation needed]
There is a beautiful Forest Park in Enshi which offers splendid scenery and views of the city as well as an amusement park.
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Enshi has amonsoon-influencedhumid subtropical climate (KöppenCfa), with short, cool winters, hot, humid summers, and high humidity year-round. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 5.2 °C (41.4 °F) in January to 26.5 °C (79.7 °F) in August, while the annual mean is 16.3 °C (61.3 °F). More than two-thirds of the annual precipitation of 1,424.7 millimetres (56 in) occurs from May to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 12% in January to 50% in August, the city receives only 1,212 hours of bright sunshine annually; winter is especially overcast while July thru September is the sunniest period of the year.
| Climate data for Enshi City, elevation 454 m (1,490 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) | 21.2 (70.2) | 27.2 (81.0) | 33.1 (91.6) | 37.0 (98.6) | 37.2 (99.0) | 40.2 (104.4) | 40.4 (104.7) | 41.2 (106.2) | 39.1 (102.4) | 34.7 (94.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 16.6 (61.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 26.3 (79.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.7 (90.9) | 27.9 (82.2) | 21.6 (70.9) | 16.2 (61.2) | 10.2 (50.4) | 21.3 (70.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.6 (52.9) | 16.9 (62.4) | 20.8 (69.4) | 24.2 (75.6) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 17.2 (63.0) | 12.1 (53.8) | 6.9 (44.4) | 16.6 (61.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) | 4.8 (40.6) | 8.1 (46.6) | 13.0 (55.4) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 9.5 (49.1) | 4.7 (40.5) | 13.3 (56.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) | −6.5 (20.3) | −1.1 (30.0) | 1.1 (34.0) | 8.3 (46.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.1 (61.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 5.2 (41.4) | −0.4 (31.3) | −4.7 (23.5) | −12.3 (9.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 32.6 (1.28) | 42.0 (1.65) | 70.7 (2.78) | 125.5 (4.94) | 181.9 (7.16) | 208.0 (8.19) | 256.8 (10.11) | 152.1 (5.99) | 134.9 (5.31) | 114.1 (4.49) | 73.5 (2.89) | 27.5 (1.08) | 1,419.6 (55.87) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.1 | 11.9 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 163.4 |
| Average snowy days | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 83 | 80 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 80 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 41.3 | 48.8 | 84.0 | 115.0 | 125.0 | 123.4 | 172.4 | 197.4 | 120.1 | 89.7 | 67.5 | 46.4 | 1,231 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 49 | 33 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 27 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[7][8]extremes[9] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[10] | |||||||||||||
恩施市域为鄂西南山地，东西横距86.5千米，南北纵距90.2千米，国土面积3971.58平方千米。[permanent dead link]
