Guiding County (simplified Chinese: 贵定县; traditional Chinese: 貴定縣; pinyin: Guìdìng Xiàn) is a county of south-central Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. The county seat is located in the town of Chengguan.
Guiding County
贵定县 Kweiting | |
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  Guiding Location of the seat in Guizhou  Guiding Guiding (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Guiding County government): 26°33′26″N 107°13′56″E / 26.5572°N 107.2322°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Autonomous prefecture | Qiannan |
| County seat | Baoshan |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,631 km2 (630 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 231,015 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 551300 |
| Area code | 0854 |
| Website | http://www.guiding.gov.cn/ |
The town of Changmingzhen (昌明镇) has a Laoganma factory that opened during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.[1]
Administrative divisions
editGuiding County is divided into 2 subdistricts and 6 towns:[2]
- subdistricts
- Jinnan 金南街道
- Baoshan 宝山街道
- towns
- Dexin 德新镇
- Xinba 新巴镇
- Panjiang 盘江镇
- Yanshan 沿山镇
- Changming 昌明镇
- Yunwu 云雾镇
Transportation
editRail
editClimate
edit| Climate data for Guiding, elevation 1,056 m (3,465 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) | 22.8 (73.0) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.8 (92.8) |
35.5 (95.9) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.1 (95.2) |
35.2 (95.4) |
33.9 (93.0) |
30.8 (87.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
35.5 (95.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
20.0 (67.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.7 (40.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
15.4 (59.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
4.6 (40.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.8 (47.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
12.4 (54.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.8 (21.6) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.4 (41.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27.4 (1.08) |
25.2 (0.99) |
52.5 (2.07) |
86.3 (3.40) |
174.2 (6.86) |
229.9 (9.05) |
197.7 (7.78) |
127.5 (5.02) |
105.4 (4.15) |
88.4 (3.48) |
41.9 (1.65) |
22.4 (0.88) |
1,178.8 (46.41) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 14.2 | 11.8 | 14.9 | 15.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 14.6 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 170.6 |
| Average snowy days | 5.1 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 10.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 81 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 82 | 79 | 78 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 31.6 | 50.8 | 69.7 | 91.6 | 102.8 | 78.9 | 132.2 | 140.8 | 115.8 | 77.3 | 75.1 | 53.0 | 1,019.6 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 10 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 31 | 35 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 23 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Blue-Collar Boom: How China Bounced Back From the Virus". The New York Times. 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
- ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：贵定县 (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.
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