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Binchuan County

Coordinates:25°49′48″N100°35′25″E/ 25.8299°N 100.5904°E/25.8299; 100.5904
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Binchuan County
Tân xuyên huyện·Bil•gel xiainb
Location of Binchuan County (pink) and Dali Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China
Location of Binchuan County (pink) and Dali Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China
Binchuan is located in Yunnan
Binchuan
Binchuan
Location of the seat in Yunnan
Binchuan is located in China
Binchuan
Binchuan
Binchuan (China)
Coordinates:25°49′48″N100°35′25″E/ 25.8299°N 100.5904°E/25.8299; 100.5904
CountryChina
ProvinceYunnan
Autonomous prefectureDali
County seatJinniu
Area
• Total2,627 km2(1,014 sq mi)
Population
(2020 census)[1]
• Total341,319
• Density130/km2(340/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8(CST)
Postal code
671600
Area code0872
Köppen climate classificationCwa[citation needed]
Websitewww.bc.gov.cn

Binchuan County(simplified Chinese:Tân xuyên huyện;traditional Chinese:Tân xuyên huyện;pinyin:Bīnchuān Xiàn;Bai:Bil•gel[2]) is a county in theDali Bai Autonomous Prefecturelocated in the west ofYunnanProvince, China.

Topography[edit]

Mount Jizuis located in Binchuan County. The county is mostly drained by theDadan Riverwhich rises in the south west and is a tributary of theJinsha River.

Administrative divisions[edit]

Binchuan County has 8 towns and 2 ethnic townships.[3]

8 towns
2 ethnic townships

Ethnic groups[edit]

There are 251Lahuin Binchuan County, most of whom reside in the following villages of Zhongying Lisu Ethnic Township (Chung anh lật túc tộc hương) (Dali Ethnic Gazetteer2009:251).

  • Zhimadeng Village (Chi ma đăng thôn): Mizideng (Mễ tử đăng)
  • Zhaokala Village (Triệu tạp lạp thôn): Yuexia (Việt hạ), Baiyangqing (Bạch dương tinh), Tanggudi (Đường cổ địa)

The Guola (Quá lạp) people consists of 63 individuals in East Caijiawan (Đông thái gia loan) of Binchuan County (You 2013:134).[4]Their autonym is Nipu (Ni bộc), and they are most closely related to the Yi of Dayao (Đại diêu) and Yanfeng (Diêm phong). The Guola of Binchuan had originally migrated from Yanfeng County (Diêm phong huyện).

Climate[edit]

Climate data for Binchuan, elevation 1,439 m (4,721 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 26.8
(80.2)
29.4
(84.9)
33.0
(91.4)
35.4
(95.7)
37.6
(99.7)
37.2
(99.0)
37.5
(99.5)
34.5
(94.1)
35.0
(95.0)
32.4
(90.3)
29.4
(84.9)
27.7
(81.9)
37.6
(99.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 21.1
(70.0)
23.4
(74.1)
26.4
(79.5)
29.1
(84.4)
30.6
(87.1)
31.1
(88.0)
29.5
(85.1)
29.2
(84.6)
28.7
(83.7)
26.9
(80.4)
23.9
(75.0)
21.4
(70.5)
26.8
(80.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 11.1
(52.0)
13.7
(56.7)
17.1
(62.8)
20.5
(68.9)
23.5
(74.3)
25.1
(77.2)
24.0
(75.2)
23.3
(73.9)
22.3
(72.1)
19.7
(67.5)
14.7
(58.5)
11.1
(52.0)
18.8
(65.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2.4
(36.3)
4.8
(40.6)
8.4
(47.1)
12.3
(54.1)
16.7
(62.1)
19.7
(67.5)
19.9
(67.8)
19.2
(66.6)
17.8
(64.0)
14.1
(57.4)
7.4
(45.3)
2.8
(37.0)
12.1
(53.8)
Record low °C (°F) −4.4
(24.1)
−3.0
(26.6)
−0.6
(30.9)
3.1
(37.6)
8.1
(46.6)
11.3
(52.3)
14.9
(58.8)
12.2
(54.0)
7.4
(45.3)
5.6
(42.1)
−0.3
(31.5)
−6.4
(20.5)
−6.4
(20.5)
Averageprecipitationmm (inches) 6.6
(0.26)
3.7
(0.15)
6.8
(0.27)
11.1
(0.44)
39.7
(1.56)
76.0
(2.99)
139.8
(5.50)
121.0
(4.76)
84.9
(3.34)
44.8
(1.76)
10.8
(0.43)
1.8
(0.07)
547
(21.53)
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) 1.9 1.7 3.0 3.7 6.9 10.7 17.1 16.4 12.2 7.9 2.9 1.2 85.6
Average snowy days 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Averagerelative humidity(%) 55 49 46 47 53 63 73 76 73 69 66 62 61
Mean monthlysunshine hours 260.6 245.6 258.1 243.7 238.5 201.6 148.0 155.5 174.5 206.2 236.1 254.5 2,622.9
Percentpossible sunshine 78 77 69 63 57 49 35 39 48 58 73 78 60
Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Đại lý châu đệ thất thứ toàn quốc nhân khẩu phổ tra chủ yếu sổ cư công báo"(PDF)(in Chinese). Dali Daily. 2021-06-01.
  2. ^Bạch hán từ điển ( hiện hành bạch văn đệ nhất bản 2022 )[Bai–Chinese Dictionary](PDF)(in Chinese). Government of Dali Prefecture. p. 24.
  3. ^"Quốc gia thống kế cục"(in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China.Retrieved2021-12-07.
  4. ^You Weiqiong (Vưu vĩ quỳnh) (2013).Vân nam dân tộc thức biệt nghiên cứu[Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House (Dân tộc xuất bản xã).
  5. ^Trung quốc khí tượng sổ cư võng – WeatherBk Data(in Simplified Chinese).China Meteorological Administration.Retrieved20 September2023.
  6. ^ Trung quốc khí tượng sổ cư võng(in Simplified Chinese).China Meteorological Administration.Retrieved20 September2023.

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