Dushan County 独山县 Tuhshan | |
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  Dushan Location of the seat in Guizhou Show map of Guizhou Dushan Dushan (Southwest China) Show map of Southwest China | |
| Coordinates (Dushan County government):25°49′20″N107°32′42″E / 25.8221°N 107.5450°E /25.8221; 107.5450 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture | Qiannan |
| County seat | Baiquan |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,442.2 km2 (942.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,001 m (3,284 ft) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 265,083 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 558200 |
| Area code | 0854 |
| Website | http://www.dushan.gov.cn/ |
Dushan County (simplified Chinese:独山县;traditional Chinese:獨山縣;pinyin:Dúshān Xiàn;lit. 'independent mountain') is acounty of 346,000 people (2007) inGuizhou province, China. It is under the administration ofQiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of the province, borderingGuangxi to the south. The county seat is the town of Baiquan.
Dushan is located in a mountainous area, with elevations increasing from south to north. The primary river in the county is theDuliu River (都柳江), and the annual mean temperature is around 15 °C (59 °F) and there is total of 1,346 millimetres (52.99 in) of rainfall annually.[1] Transportation links include theGuizhou–Guangxi Railway (黔桂铁路), theG75 Lanzhou–Haikou Expressway,China National Highways210 and312. Important natural attractions are Duxiu Mountain (独秀峰), Shenxian Cave (神仙洞) and Yuqing Caves (于清洞), and Ziquan Lake (紫泉湖).
From 2016 to 2020, the county government spent 40 billionrenminbi ($5.7 billionU.S. dollars) on construction projects. Amanda Lee of theSouth China Morning Post described these as "white elephant".[2] Guan Video created a 22-minute film titledHow Dushan Burnt 40 Billion (Chinese:独山县如何烧掉400亿;pinyin:Dúshānxiàn rúhé shāo diào 400 yì), released on July 12, 2020. The copy onSina Weibo had more than 27 million views by July 16.[2]
Dushan County is divided into 1subdistrict and 8towns:[3]
| Climate data for Dushan, elevation 1,014 m (3,327 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.9 (71.4) | 28.5 (83.3) | 31.1 (88.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.1 (89.8) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.8 (92.8) | 32.9 (91.2) | 30.1 (86.2) | 27.8 (82.0) | 24.9 (76.8) | 33.8 (92.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 15.5 (59.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.0 (78.8) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.9 (82.2) | 25.4 (77.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 16.7 (62.1) | 11.3 (52.3) | 19.7 (67.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 7.6 (45.7) | 11.1 (52.0) | 16.2 (61.2) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 20.7 (69.3) | 16.5 (61.7) | 12.2 (54.0) | 7.1 (44.8) | 15.4 (59.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.4 (47.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 19.7 (67.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.0 (68.0) | 17.5 (63.5) | 13.6 (56.5) | 9.2 (48.6) | 4.4 (39.9) | 12.6 (54.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) | −5.8 (21.6) | −4.2 (24.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 6.8 (44.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 12.3 (54.1) | 13.7 (56.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 4.1 (39.4) | −4.2 (24.4) | −6.4 (20.5) | −6.4 (20.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 37.9 (1.49) | 38.1 (1.50) | 65.7 (2.59) | 107.2 (4.22) | 194.8 (7.67) | 245.3 (9.66) | 229.1 (9.02) | 146.6 (5.77) | 105.5 (4.15) | 78.4 (3.09) | 44.6 (1.76) | 27.4 (1.08) | 1,320.6 (52) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.1 | 14.1 | 18.4 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 18.4 | 17.8 | 15.1 | 11.4 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 180.9 |
| Average snowy days | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 84 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 82 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 38.7 | 50.1 | 65.5 | 89.6 | 102.7 | 82.4 | 126.7 | 152.8 | 122.3 | 92.2 | 91.0 | 70.2 | 1,084.2 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 12 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 38 | 34 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 24 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||