Suiyang County (simplified Chinese: 绥阳县; traditional Chinese: 綏陽縣; pinyin: Suíyáng Xiàn) is a county in Guizhou Province, China. It is under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Zunyi. It has an area of 2,566 square kilometers and a population of 560,000 as of 2017.[1]
Suiyang County 绥阳县 | |
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  Suiyang Location of the seat in Guizhou  Suiyang Suiyang (Southwest China) | |
| Coordinates (Suiyang County government): 27°56′46″N 107°11′28″E / 27.9462°N 107.1912°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Prefecture-level city | Zunyi |
| County seat | Yangchuan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,566 km2 (991 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 560,000 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Suiyang leaf-litter toad, Leptobrachella suiyangensis, is only known from the Huoqiuba Nature Reserve in Suiyang County.[2]
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Administrative divisions
Suiyang County is divided into 1 subdistrict, 12 towns and 2 townships:[3]
- subdistrict
- Yangchuan 洋川街道
- towns
- Zhengchang 郑场镇
- Wangcao 旺草镇
- Puchang 蒲场镇
- Fenghua 风华镇
- Maoya 茅垭镇
- Jianba 枧坝镇
- Kuankuo 宽阔镇
- Huangyang 黄杨镇
- Qinggangtang 青杠塘镇
- Taibai 太白镇
- Wenquan 温泉镇
- Pingle 坪乐镇
- townships
- Dalucao 大路槽乡
- Xiaoguan 小关乡
Climate
| Climate data for Suiyang, elevation 889 m (2,917 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.6 (69.1) | 24.3 (75.7) | 26.7 (80.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.9 (85.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 19.8 (67.6) | 15.2 (59.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 19.5 (67.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) | 6.6 (43.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.5 (76.1) | 21.1 (70.0) | 16.0 (60.8) | 11.4 (52.5) | 6.3 (43.3) | 15.3 (59.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) | 4.3 (39.7) | 7.7 (45.9) | 12.4 (54.3) | 16.1 (61.0) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.9 (69.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 13.6 (56.5) | 8.9 (48.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | 12.5 (54.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.6 (0.93) | 22.9 (0.90) | 47.5 (1.87) | 89.6 (3.53) | 152.2 (5.99) | 205.8 (8.10) | 163.1 (6.42) | 121.6 (4.79) | 98.6 (3.88) | 101.8 (4.01) | 44.3 (1.74) | 20.1 (0.79) | 1,091.1 (42.95) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.3 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 16.9 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 14.5 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 17.3 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 183.8 |
| Average snowy days | 4.6 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 9.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 82 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 26.0 | 34.0 | 55.3 | 79.4 | 92.9 | 83.7 | 151.1 | 167.9 | 109.7 | 58.6 | 55.4 | 37.3 | 951.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 8 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 36 | 42 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 21 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||