Wenshan 文山市 ·Vwnzsanh Si | |
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 Location of Wenshan City (red) within Wenshan Prefecture (pink) and Yunnan | |
  Wenshan Location of the city centre in Yunnan Show map of Yunnan Wenshan Wenshan (China) Show map of China | |
| Coordinates (Wenshan City government):23°23′13″N104°13′59″E / 23.387°N 104.233°E /23.387; 104.233 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Wenshan |
| Municipal seat | Wolong Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,966.86 km2 (1,145.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 623,772 |
| • Density | 210.247/km2 (544.536/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 663000 |
| Area code | 0876 |
| Website | www |
Wenshan (Chinese:文山市;pinyin:Wénshān Shì;Zhuang:Vwnzsanh Si), old nameKaihua, is a city in and the seat ofWenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the southeast ofYunnan province, People's Republic of China. It once was acounty (Wenshan County;文山县), but on 2 December 2010, with the approval of thePRC State Council, it was upgraded to acounty-level city.
Wenshan City bordersYanshan County, Yunnan to the north,Xichou County to the southeast,Maguan County to the south, andMengzi City and (across the river)Pingbian County to the west.
Wenshan City has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns, 2 townships and 5 ethnic townships.[2]
One of the largest companies based in Wenshan County is the electric power supplier Yunnan Wenshan Electric Power Co., Ltd. It is listed on theShanghai Stock Exchange.[1]
The Wenshan Zinc Mine is known for producing world class, deep bluehemimorphite specimens.[3]
Wenshan is a producer of 'Sanchi', a plant with medicinal properties which grows away from daylight under huge plastic sheets.
Due to its low latitude tempered by its high elevation, Wenshan has a mildhumid subtropical climate (KöppenCwa) with short, mild, dry winters and warm, rainy summers. Wenshan is situated in the so-called 'Valley of Eternal Spring'. Because it is on a plateau, temperatures are quite constant throughout the year, with more precipitations during the summer months.
| Climate data for Wenshan City, elevation 1,294 m (4,245 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.2 (84.6) | 32.6 (90.7) | 33.4 (92.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 36.2 (97.2) | 34.4 (93.9) | 33.9 (93.0) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.6 (94.3) | 31.4 (88.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 36.2 (97.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.4 (81.3) | 28.3 (82.9) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.2 (64.8) | 24.5 (76.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 12.1 (53.8) | 18.6 (65.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.7 (54.9) | 16.1 (61.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 11.8 (53.2) | 8.4 (47.1) | 14.9 (58.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) | −0.4 (31.3) | 0.5 (32.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 13.7 (56.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 4.2 (39.6) | 1.0 (33.8) | −3.0 (26.6) | −3.0 (26.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 21.3 (0.84) | 15.9 (0.63) | 35.3 (1.39) | 56.8 (2.24) | 104.1 (4.10) | 152.9 (6.02) | 205.4 (8.09) | 177.2 (6.98) | 112.2 (4.42) | 62.5 (2.46) | 36.8 (1.45) | 22.5 (0.89) | 1,002.9 (39.51) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 14.0 | 17.7 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 13.3 | 11.2 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 136.9 |
| Average snowy days | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 76 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 160.0 | 174.7 | 206.2 | 221.1 | 209.7 | 161.6 | 150.2 | 156.3 | 153.9 | 139.9 | 169.2 | 157.7 | 2,060.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 47 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 51 | 40 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 39 | 52 | 48 | 47 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[6] | |||||||||||||
