Xingren
Xingren (simplified Chinese:兴仁市; traditional Chinese:興仁市; pinyin:Xīngrén Shì) is a county-level city of southwestern Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
Administrative divisions
Xingren has 6 subdistricts, 11 towns and 1 ethnic township:[2]
- subdistricts
- Donghu Subdistrict (东湖街道)
- Chengnan Subdistrict (城南街道)
- Zhenwushan Subdistrict (真武山街道)
- Chengbei Subdistrict (城北街道)
- Luguan Subdistrict (陆官街道)
- Yipintianyuan Subdistrict (薏品田园街道)
- towns
- Tunjiao Town (屯脚镇)
- Baling Town (巴铃镇)
- Baide Town (百德镇)
- Yuzhang Town (雨樟镇)
- Panjiazhuang Town (潘家庄镇)
- Huilong Town (回龙镇)
- Xiashan Town (下山镇)
- Xinlongchang Town (新龙场镇)
- Dashan Town (大山镇)
- Mamaya Town (马马崖镇)
- Boyang Town (波阳镇
- ethnic townships
- Luchuying Hui Ethnic Township (鲁础营回族乡)
Geography and climate
Due to its low latitude and elevation above 1,300 m (4,265.09 ft), Xingren has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (KöppenCwa), bordering on a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) with very warm, rainy summers and mild, damp winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 6.6 °C (43.9 °F) in January to 22.3 °C (72.1 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 15.7 °C (60.3 °F). Rainfall is very common year-round, occurring on 175 days of the year, but over 75% of the annual total (1,294 mm or 51 in) occurs from May to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 24% in January to 40% in April, the county receives 1,441 hours of bright sunshine annually, with spring and summer sunnier than autumn and winter.
| Climate data for Xingren, elevation 1,379 m (4,524 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.6(81.7) | 29.6(85.3) | 32.7(90.9) | 34.6(94.3) | 36.5(97.7) | 33.4(92.1) | 34.0(93.2) | 33.6(92.5) | 32.0(89.6) | 30.2(86.4) | 30.5(86.9) | 26.6(79.9) | 36.5(97.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.0(51.8) | 14.4(57.9) | 18.7(65.7) | 23.2(73.8) | 25.2(77.4) | 26.0(78.8) | 26.8(80.2) | 26.9(80.4) | 24.7(76.5) | 20.4(68.7) | 17.5(63.5) | 12.4(54.3) | 20.6(69.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6(43.9) | 9.3(48.7) | 13.0(55.4) | 17.5(63.5) | 20.1(68.2) | 21.6(70.9) | 22.3(72.1) | 21.9(71.4) | 19.8(67.6) | 16.2(61.2) | 12.6(54.7) | 8.1(46.6) | 15.7(60.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.9(39.0) | 5.9(42.6) | 9.3(48.7) | 13.5(56.3) | 16.4(61.5) | 18.6(65.5) | 19.4(66.9) | 18.7(65.7) | 16.7(62.1) | 13.7(56.7) | 9.6(49.3) | 5.3(41.5) | 12.6(54.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.5(22.1) | −7.8(18.0) | −2.5(27.5) | 1.6(34.9) | 7.4(45.3) | 10.0(50.0) | 12.0(53.6) | 12.3(54.1) | 7.2(45.0) | 3.0(37.4) | −1.3(29.7) | −4.9(23.2) | −7.8(18.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29.8(1.17) | 21.0(0.83) | 41.3(1.63) | 55.0(2.17) | 145.4(5.72) | 282.0(11.10) | 249.7(9.83) | 179.3(7.06) | 134.3(5.29) | 96.9(3.81) | 37.2(1.46) | 22.4(0.88) | 1,294.3(50.95) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.3 | 12.3 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 15.9 | 18.6 | 18.4 | 16.3 | 13.2 | 15.6 | 10.4 | 12.7 | 175.2 |
| Average snowy days | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 77 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 81 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 83 | 80 | 82 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 79.5 | 101.7 | 124.8 | 153.2 | 151.9 | 114.2 | 143.0 | 155.8 | 124.2 | 92.2 | 117.0 | 83.4 | 1,440.9 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 24 | 32 | 33 | 40 | 37 | 28 | 34 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 36 | 26 | 32 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]extremes[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[6] | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑"黔西南州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——地区人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Qianxinan Prefecture. 2021-06-03. Archived from the original on 2024-12-17. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ↑2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：兴仁市 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
- ↑中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ↑中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ↑"Xingren Climate: 1991–2020". Starlings Roost Weather. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
- ↑兴仁 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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