Qianxi 黔西市 | |
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 Qianxi in Bijie | |
.png) Bijie in Guizhou | |
| Coordinates (Qianxi County government):27°00′31″N106°01′56″E / 27.0087°N 106.0323°E /27.0087; 106.0323 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture-level city | Bijie |
| Municipal seat | Liancheng Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 2,380.5 km2 (919.1 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,225 m (4,019 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
| 970,700 | |
| • Density | 407.8/km2 (1,056/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 391,300 |
| • Rural | 579,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 551500 |
| Area code | 0857 |
| Website | www |
Qianxi (Chinese:黔西市;pinyin:Qiánxī Shì) is a county-level city of westernGuizhou province, China. It is under the administration ofBijie City. The county had a population of 970,700 in 2019.
The area of Qianxi has been inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by stone tools found in theGuanyin cave among others.[2]
Qianxi is also the home ofGuizhou opera (Qianju).[3]
Qianxi is divided into 5subdistricts, 15towns and 12ethnic townships:[4]
Qianxi ranges in latitude from 26° 45' to 27° 21' N and in longitude from 105° 47' to 106° 26' E, and straddles the middle reaches of theWu River. It bordersXiuwen County to the east,Qingzhen andZhijin County to the south,Dafang County to the west, north and northeast, andJinsha County to the north. As measured from the county seat, the provincial capitalGuiyang is 117 kilometres (73 mi) away, while the prefectural seat,Qixingguan, is 115 km (71 mi) off.
Due to its low latitude and elevation above 1,200 m (3,900 ft), Qianxi has amonsoon-influencedhumid subtropical climate (KöppenCwa), with hot, humid summers (though devoid of extreme heat) and cool, damp winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 3.8 °C (38.8 °F) in January to 23.1 °C (73.6 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 14.24 °C (57.6 °F). Rainfall is extremely common year-round, occurring on 187 days of the year (i.e. slightly more than half of the days), but over half of the annual total occurs from June to August.
| Climate data for Qianxi, elevation 1,322 m (4,337 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) | 30.0 (86.0) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.5 (92.3) | 35.2 (95.4) | 33.9 (93.0) | 33.6 (92.5) | 35.1 (95.2) | 34.8 (94.6) | 30.0 (86.0) | 26.1 (79.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 35.2 (95.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.3 (59.5) | 20.7 (69.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 25.5 (77.9) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 24.7 (76.5) | 19.1 (66.4) | 15.2 (59.4) | 9.3 (48.7) | 18.9 (66.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 6.2 (43.2) | 10.4 (50.7) | 15.5 (59.9) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 22.9 (73.2) | 19.9 (67.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 11.0 (51.8) | 5.7 (42.3) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.7 (35.1) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.1 (44.8) | 11.8 (53.2) | 15.3 (59.5) | 18.3 (64.9) | 19.9 (67.8) | 19.2 (66.6) | 16.5 (61.7) | 12.6 (54.7) | 8.1 (46.6) | 3.2 (37.8) | 11.4 (52.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.4 (18.7) | −10.4 (13.3) | −4.6 (23.7) | 0.7 (33.3) | 6.7 (44.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 9.9 (49.8) | 12.7 (54.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 2.2 (36.0) | −2.9 (26.8) | −6.3 (20.7) | −10.4 (13.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 22.5 (0.89) | 16.2 (0.64) | 29.3 (1.15) | 70.3 (2.77) | 136.8 (5.39) | 189.6 (7.46) | 160.9 (6.33) | 116.3 (4.58) | 94.2 (3.71) | 78.1 (3.07) | 27.8 (1.09) | 16.0 (0.63) | 958 (37.71) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 17.0 | 14.2 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 16.5 | 11.6 | 14.0 | 178.8 |
| Average snowy days | 5.2 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 10.2 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 86 | 82 | 80 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 79 | 84 | 82 | 84 | 81 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 34.5 | 50.1 | 76.8 | 102.0 | 108.7 | 90.2 | 150.1 | 161.9 | 116.2 | 66.8 | 71.8 | 46.5 | 1,075.6 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 10 | 16 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 36 | 40 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 24 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[7] | |||||||||||||
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