Baiyun District (simplified Chinese: 白云区; traditional Chinese: 白雲區; pinyin: Báiyún Qū) is one of six urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Province, China.
Baiyun 白云区 | |
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 Baiyun in Guiyang | |
.png) Guiyang in Guizhou | |
| Coordinates (Baiyun District government): 26°40′40″N 106°37′23″E / 26.6779°N 106.6231°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture-level city | Guiyang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 260 km2 (100 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 264,543 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Administrative divisions
Baiyun District comprises 5 subdistricts, 3 towns and 2 ethnic townships:[1]
- subdistricts
- Quanhu Subdistrict 泉湖街道
- Dashandong Subdistrict 大山洞街道
- Yuncheng Subdistrict 云城街道
- Gongjiazhai Subdistrict 龚家寨街道
- Dulaying Subdistrict 都拉营街道
- towns
- Yanshanhong Town 艳山红镇
- Maijia Town 麦架镇
- Shawen Town 沙文镇
- ethnic townships
- Dula Bouyei Ethnic Township 都拉布依族乡
- Niuchang Bouyei Ethnic Township 牛场布依族乡
Climate
| Climate data for Baiyun, elevation 1,299 m (4,262 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) | 23.0 (73.4) | 27.4 (81.3) | 31.5 (88.7) | 32.0 (89.6) | 33.2 (91.8) | 31.4 (88.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 33.4 (92.1) | 31.5 (88.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 24.4 (75.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 33.4 (92.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 19.9 (67.8) | 22.8 (73.0) | 24.6 (76.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 23.9 (75.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 14.6 (58.3) | 9.1 (48.4) | 18.2 (64.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 10.0 (50.0) | 15.0 (59.0) | 18.3 (64.9) | 20.7 (69.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.3 (72.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 14.8 (58.6) | 10.6 (51.1) | 5.4 (41.7) | 14.1 (57.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) | 3.4 (38.1) | 7.0 (44.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 15.0 (59.0) | 18.0 (64.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 19.0 (66.2) | 16.2 (61.2) | 12.3 (54.1) | 7.8 (46.0) | 2.9 (37.2) | 11.2 (52.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.3 (18.9) | −6.9 (19.6) | −5.5 (22.1) | 0.8 (33.4) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.4 (47.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 12.5 (54.5) | 6.3 (43.3) | 0.0 (32.0) | −3.8 (25.2) | −7.3 (18.9) | −7.3 (18.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.5 (1.04) | 23.2 (0.91) | 42.0 (1.65) | 91.9 (3.62) | 184.2 (7.25) | 231.1 (9.10) | 216.1 (8.51) | 126.6 (4.98) | 90.6 (3.57) | 97.5 (3.84) | 40.0 (1.57) | 21.2 (0.83) | 1,190.9 (46.87) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 17.0 | 14.3 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 15.8 | 13.4 | 11.3 | 16.5 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 181 |
| Average snowy days | 4.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 8.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 85 | 82 | 80 | 77 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 81 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 34.4 | 53.2 | 77.2 | 103.4 | 115.4 | 92.5 | 144.7 | 159.7 | 120.6 | 75.7 | 70.6 | 49.4 | 1,096.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 10 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 34 | 40 | 33 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 24 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Economy
The Guizhou subsidiary of Aluminum Corporation of China is headquartered in Baiyun District.[4]