Rongshui County 融水县 ·Yungzsuij Yen Junghshui | |
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| Rongshui Miao Autonomous County 融水苗族自治县 Yungzsuij Myauzcuz Swciyen | |
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  Rongshui Location in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates:25°04′01″N109°15′18″E / 25.067°N 109.255°E /25.067; 109.255[1] | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Liuzhou |
| County seat | Rongshui Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,665 km2 (1,801 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
| Population (2010)[3] | |
• Total | 402,054 |
| • Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 5453XX |
| Website | rongshui |
RongshuiMiao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese:融水苗族自治县;traditional Chinese:融水苗族自治縣;pinyin:Róngshuǐ Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn;Standard Zhuang:Yungzsuij Myauzcuz Swciyen) is under the administration ofLiuzhou,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The seat of Rongshui County isRongshui Town. It borders theprefecture-level divisions ofQiandongnan (Guizhou) to the north andHechi to the west.
Rongshui Miao Autonomous County is the onlyMiao majority county in Guangxi, with 40 percent of the total population representing the Miao nation.
Rongshui County has a total population of 485,120 (2007).[4]
More than 70 percent of the population represents variousethnic minorities, such as theMiao,Yao,Dong,Zhuang and others. 40,81% of the total population belong to the Miao minority (2007).[5]
Apart from the county town, Rongshui comprises many small villages and large rural areas. The county is mountainous, featuring bothkarst landscapes and larger mountain massifs such as theYuan Bao Shan mountains. The riverRong (Rongjiang) flows through the county and passes by Rongshui town. The longest river within the county is the Bei River (Beijiang, not to be confused with theBeijiang tributary to theZhujiang).
Rongshui County is divided into 7 towns, 11 townships and 2 ethnic townships:[6]
Highway G209 provides access to Rongshui from Liuzhou in the south andGuyizheng in the north (withhighway G321 connecting from Guyizheng toGuiyang, the capital ofGuizhou province, in the west).
Rongshui is serviced by trains connecting with Liuzhou in the south and Huaihua (Hunan) in the north, branching off to larger cities such as Guiyang (Guizhou),Changsha (Hunan),Wuhan (Hubei) andZhengzhou (Henan).
Rongshui is known for the frequent festivals of its Miao population.
Their celebrations include the drum festival, sowing festival, seedling festival and horse-fighting festivals. The festivities are often accompanied by music played on theLusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, and dancing and singing performances.
| Climate data for Rongshui, elevation 123 m (404 ft), (1991–2017 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) | 26.8 (80.2) | 31.2 (88.2) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.8 (94.6) | 35.4 (95.7) | 37.4 (99.3) | 38.6 (101.5) | 39.0 (102.2) | 38.7 (101.7) | 36.2 (97.2) | 32.3 (90.1) | 29.4 (84.9) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) | 15.4 (59.7) | 18.4 (65.1) | 24.5 (76.1) | 28.5 (83.3) | 30.8 (87.4) | 32.8 (91.0) | 33.3 (91.9) | 31.4 (88.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 21.6 (70.9) | 16.1 (61.0) | 24.4 (75.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) | 11.5 (52.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.7 (80.1) | 28.2 (82.8) | 28.3 (82.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 19.9 (67.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.9 (76.8) | 22.6 (72.7) | 18.4 (65.1) | 13.4 (56.1) | 8.7 (47.7) | 16.9 (62.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | −1.2 (29.8) | −0.2 (31.6) | 4.7 (40.5) | 10.7 (51.3) | 14.5 (58.1) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.1 (68.2) | 12.8 (55.0) | 5.8 (42.4) | 1.5 (34.7) | −3.3 (26.1) | −3.3 (26.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 58.0 (2.28) | 61.3 (2.41) | 100.4 (3.95) | 157.2 (6.19) | 298.5 (11.75) | 420.1 (16.54) | 286.9 (11.30) | 166.0 (6.54) | 69.2 (2.72) | 66.4 (2.61) | 74.7 (2.94) | 46.4 (1.83) | 1,805.1 (71.06) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.0 | 12.8 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 19.0 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 164 |
| Average snowy days | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 75 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 77 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 53.4 | 50.3 | 49.6 | 75.9 | 105.8 | 106.1 | 167.9 | 191.9 | 180.4 | 153.6 | 117.1 | 98.8 | 1,350.8 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 16 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 40 | 48 | 49 | 43 | 36 | 30 | 30 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
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