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Xuanwei 宣威市 | |
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 Location of Xuanwei City (red) and Qujing Prefecture (pink) within Yunnan province of China | |
  Xuanwei Location of the city center in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates:26°13′05″N104°06′11″E / 26.218°N 104.103°E /26.218; 104.103 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture-level city | Qujing |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,705 km2 (2,589 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,189,813 |
| • Density | 177.5/km2 (459.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 655400 |
| Area code | 0874 |
| Website | www |
Xuanwei (Chinese:宣威;pinyin:Xuānwēi) is acounty-level city in the northeast ofYunnan Province, China, borderingGuizhou province to the north and east. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofQujing.
Xuanwei is located in northeastern Yunnan. It bordersPanzhou,Guizhou to the east,Zhanyi District andFuyuan County, Yunnan to the south,Huize County across the Niulan River to the west, andWeining County andShuicheng District, Guizhou to the north.
Xuanwei City has 9 subdistricts, 13 towns and 7 townships.[1]
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The population of Xuanwei is predominantlyHan, with the ethnic minority population comprising members of theYi,Zhuang,Miao, andHui ethnic groups.[2]
It is famous as the origin ofXuanwei ham, which is ham that is dry-cured.
| Climate data for Xuanwei, elevation 1,984 m (6,509 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) | 25.4 (77.7) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.7 (92.7) | 33.9 (93.0) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.5 (86.9) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.2 (77.4) | 33.9 (93.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.5 (68.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.0 (77.0) | 25.0 (77.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 17.0 (62.6) | 13.6 (56.5) | 20.5 (68.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) | 8.5 (47.3) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.1 (64.6) | 19.3 (66.7) | 19.8 (67.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 17.4 (63.3) | 14.1 (57.4) | 10.4 (50.7) | 6.8 (44.2) | 14.0 (57.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.7 (60.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 15.8 (60.4) | 13.9 (57.0) | 11.0 (51.8) | 6.2 (43.2) | 2.4 (36.3) | 9.7 (49.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.6 (12.9) | −6.3 (20.7) | −6.6 (20.1) | −1.9 (28.6) | 2.4 (36.3) | 7.1 (44.8) | 6.5 (43.7) | 7.0 (44.6) | 2.2 (36.0) | −0.7 (30.7) | −6.7 (19.9) | −11.6 (11.1) | −11.6 (11.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 18.3 (0.72) | 12.9 (0.51) | 23.2 (0.91) | 37.8 (1.49) | 90.7 (3.57) | 215.5 (8.48) | 175.3 (6.90) | 136.2 (5.36) | 127.4 (5.02) | 88.3 (3.48) | 23.9 (0.94) | 12.3 (0.48) | 961.8 (37.86) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.6 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 14.2 | 18.7 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 142.8 |
| Average snowy days | 4.7 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 12.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 67 | 61 | 57 | 57 | 64 | 75 | 77 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 72 | 71 | 69 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 154.9 | 174.6 | 213.6 | 209.8 | 180.1 | 126.3 | 133.4 | 142.3 | 117.5 | 105.7 | 141.0 | 135.7 | 1,834.9 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 47 | 55 | 57 | 54 | 43 | 31 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 30 | 44 | 42 | 42 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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