Wenshan (Chinese: 文山市; pinyin: Wénshān Shì; Zhuang: Vwnzsanh Si) is a city in and the seat of Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the southeast of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. It once was a county (Wenshan County; 文山县), but on 2 December 2010, with the approval of the PRC State Council, it was upgraded to a county-level city.
Wenshan 文山市 · Vwnzsanh Si | |
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Clockwise: urban skyline, Daxing Temple, Wenshan Notoginseng International Trading Center, Qihua Square, Xihua Park | |
.png) Location of Wenshan City (pink) within Wenshan Prefecture (yellow) and Yunnan | |
  Wenshan Location of the city centre in Yunnan  Wenshan Wenshan (China) | |
| Coordinates (Wenshan City government): 23°23′13″N 104°13′59″E / 23.387°N 104.233°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Wenshan |
| Municipal seat | Wolong Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,966.86 km2 (1,145.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 623,772 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 663000 |
| Area code | 0876 |
| Website | www |
Administrative divisions
At present, Wenshan City has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns, 2 townships and 5 ethnic townships.[2]
- 3 subdistricts
- Kaihua Subdistrict (开化街道)
- Wolong Subdistrict (卧龙街道)
- Xinping Subdistrict (新平街道)
- 7 towns
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- 2 townships
- Xinjie Township (新街乡)
- Xigu Township (喜古乡)
- 5 ethnic townships
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- Former
- Longxi Township (龙溪乡), Xiacun Township (下村乡)
Economy
One of the largest companies based in Wenshan County is the electric power supplier Yunnan Wenshan Electric Power Co., Ltd. It is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. [1]
The Wenshan Zinc Mine is known for producing world class, deep blue hemimorphite specimens.[3]
Wenshan is a producer of 'Sanchi', a plant with medicinal properties which grows away from daylight under huge plastic sheets.
Climate
Due to its low latitude tempered by its high elevation, Wenshan has a mild humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) with short, mild, dry winters and warm, rainy summers. Wenshan is situated in the so-called 'Valley of Eternal Spring'. Because it is on a plateau, temperatures are quite constant throughout the year, with more precipitations during the summer months.
| Climate data for Wenshan City (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 27.8 (82.0) | 32.6 (90.7) | 33.2 (91.8) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.9 (96.6) | 34.2 (93.6) | 33.1 (91.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 32.6 (90.7) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.1 (84.4) | 35.9 (96.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 24.5 (76.1) | 27.4 (81.3) | 28.3 (82.9) | 28.5 (83.3) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.9 (82.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 24.0 (75.2) | 21.7 (71.1) | 18.2 (64.8) | 24.5 (76.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.1 (73.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 12.1 (53.8) | 18.6 (65.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.9 (46.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.7 (54.9) | 16.1 (61.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 18.2 (64.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 11.8 (53.2) | 8.4 (47.1) | 14.9 (58.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) | −0.4 (31.3) | 0.5 (32.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 13.7 (56.7) | 10.5 (50.9) | 4.2 (39.6) | 1.0 (33.8) | −3.0 (26.6) | −3.0 (26.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.3 (0.84) | 15.9 (0.63) | 35.3 (1.39) | 56.8 (2.24) | 104.1 (4.10) | 152.9 (6.02) | 205.4 (8.09) | 177.2 (6.98) | 112.2 (4.42) | 62.5 (2.46) | 36.8 (1.45) | 22.5 (0.89) | 1,002.9 (39.51) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.0 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 9.9 | 14.0 | 17.7 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 13.3 | 11.2 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 136.9 |
| Average snowy days | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 160.0 | 174.7 | 206.2 | 221.1 | 209.7 | 161.6 | 150.2 | 156.3 | 153.9 | 139.9 | 169.2 | 157.7 | 2,060.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 47 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 51 | 40 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 39 | 52 | 48 | 47 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[6] | |||||||||||||
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