Yuexi County, Sichuan
Yuexi County 越西县 • ꃺꄧꑤ • ཡི་ཤིས་རྫོང་། | |
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 Location of Yuexi County (red) within Liangshan Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Yuexi Location of the seat in Sichuan  Yuexi Yuexi (China) | |
| Coordinates: 28°38′24″N 102°30′29″E / 28.640°N 102.508°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Liangshan |
| County seat | Yuecheng |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,257 km2 (871 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 301,865 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
| Yuexi County, Sichuan | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 越西县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 越西縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | ཡི་ཤིས་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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| Yi name | |||||||
| Yi | ꃺꄧꑤ Romanisation: vyt tuo xiep | ||||||
Yuexi County (Chinese: 越西县, Yi: ꃺꄧꑤ, Tibetan: ཡི་ཤིས་རྫོང་།) is a county located in the north of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south of Sichuan Province, China.
History
Under imperial China, the area and its seat of government were known as 越巂 or 越嶲, variously read as Yuèxī or Yuèsuǐ in modern Chinese.
Administrative divisions
Yuexi County comprises 17 towns and 2 townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Yi | Romanized Yi | Administrative division code | |
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| Towns | ||||||
| Yuecheng Town | 越城镇 | Yuèchéng Zhèn | ꃺꍰꍔ | vyt chep zhep | 513434100 | |
| Zhongsuo Town | 中所镇 | Zhōngsuǒ Zhèn | ꑸꍤꍔ | yiep chap zhep | 513434101 | |
| Xinmin Town | 新民镇 | Xīnmín Zhèn | ꑟꂱꍔ | xi mip zhep | 513434102 | |
| Naituo Town | 乃托镇 | Nǎituō Zhèn | ꆻꄧꍔ | liet tuo zhep | 513434103 | |
| Puxiong Town | 普雄镇 | Pǔxióng Zhèn | ꁌꑪꍔ | pu xop zhep | 513434104 | |
| Darui Town | 大瑞镇 | Dàruì Zhèn | ꄊꎵꍔ | dap shop zhep | 513434105 | |
| Zhu'ajue Town | 竹阿觉镇 | Zhú'ājué Zhèn | ꍘꀋꐦꍔ | zhup ap jjop zhep | 513434105 | |
| Shugu Town | 书古镇 | Shūgǔ Zhèn | ꎼꈪꍔ | shu ggut zhep | 513434107 | |
| Yiluodiba Town | 依洛地坝镇 | Yīluòdìbà Zhèn | ꒉꇉꄹꀞꍔ | yy lo ddip bat zhep | 513434108 | |
| Nanqing Town | 南箐镇 | Nánqìng Zhèn | ꆹꊰꍔ | li ci zhep | 513434109 | |
| Gongmo Town | 贡莫镇 | Gòngmò Zhèn | ꈥꃀꍔ | ggop mop zhep | 513434110 | |
| Meihua Town | 梅花镇 | Méihuā Zhèn | ꂱꉷꍔ | mip huo zhep | 513434111 | |
| Erjue Town | 尔觉镇 | Ěrjué Zhèn | ꇓꐦꍔ | lur jjop zhep | 513434112 | |
| Lapu Town | 拉普镇 | Lāpǔ Zhèn | ꆿꁌꍔ | lat pu zhep | 513434113 | |
| Matuo Town | 马拖镇 | Mǎtuō Zhèn | ꂵꄧꍔ | mat tuo zhep | 513434114 | |
| Dahua Town | 大花镇 | Dàhuā Zhèn | ꄊꉷꍔ | dap huo zhep | 513434115 | |
| Banqiao Town | 板桥镇 | Bǎnqiáo Zhèn | ꀠꐇꍔ | ba quop zhep | 513434116 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Laji Township | 拉吉乡 | Lājí Xiāng | ꆿꐚꑣ | lat jji xie | 513434235 | |
| Shenguozhuang Township | 申果庄乡 | Shēnguǒzhuāng Xiāng | ꌩꈤꑣ | syr ggo xie | 513434236 | |
| Ethnic township | ||||||
| Bao'an Tibetan Ethnic Township (Bao'ain) |
保安藏族乡 | Bǎo'ān Zàngzú Xiāng | ꀧꉢꀒꋤꑣ | bo nga op zzup xie | 513434211 | |
Fauna
The frog species Oreolalax liangbeiensis, Oreolalax puxiongensis, and Oreolalax pingii are endemic to Yuexi County. The former two have only been recorded in the Puxiong Town.
Climate
| Climate data for Yuexi, elevation 1,660 m (5,450 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) | 25.1 (77.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
30.7 (87.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.7 (65.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
24.1 (75.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.1 (80.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
5.4 (41.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.4 (31.3) |
1.1 (34.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.6 (58.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
6.3 (43.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
9.1 (48.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −10.0 (14.0) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
3.3 (37.9) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.7 (0.22) |
7.7 (0.30) |
31.4 (1.24) |
58.5 (2.30) |
124.1 (4.89) |
213.2 (8.39) |
212.5 (8.37) |
194.7 (7.67) |
155.8 (6.13) |
76.4 (3.01) |
17.8 (0.70) |
4.4 (0.17) |
1,102.2 (43.39) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.6 | 4.6 | 10.2 | 14.2 | 17.6 | 22.7 | 20.0 | 18.2 | 19.3 | 16.7 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 156.9 |
| Average snowy days | 6.1 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 15.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 72 | 74 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 140.8 | 150.5 | 177.8 | 175.0 | 144.7 | 92.3 | 135.7 | 148.7 | 99.7 | 83.2 | 118.9 | 121.3 | 1,588.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 43 | 47 | 48 | 45 | 34 | 22 | 32 | 37 | 27 | 24 | 37 | 38 | 36 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "凉山州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——县（市）人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Liangshan Prefecture. 2021-06-02.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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