Guiding County
贵定县 Kweiting | |
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Guiding Location of the seat in Guizhou Show map of GuizhouGuiding Guiding (Southwest China) Show map of Southwest China | |
| Coordinates (Guiding County government): 26°33′26″N 107°13′56″E / 26.5572°N 107.2322°E / 26.5572; 107.2322 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Autonomous prefecture | Qiannan |
| County seat | Baoshan |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,631 km2 (630 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 231,015 |
| • Density | 141.6/km2 (366.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 551300 |
| Area code | 0854 |
| Website | http://www.guiding.gov.cn/ |
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.
The town of Changmingzhen (昌明镇) has a Laoganma factory that opened during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.1
Administrative divisions
Guiding 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
Rail
Climate
| 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 Administration34 | |||||||||||||
References
References
- "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.