Weining County | |
Native Name: | Chinese: 威宁县 · |
Official Name: | Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 553100 |
Settlement Type: | Autonomous county |
Pushpin Map: | Guizhou#Southwest China |
Pushpin Label: | Weining |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Guizhou |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Guizhou |
Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
Subdivision Name2: | Bijie |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Haibian Subdistrict |
Area Total Km2: | 9296 |
Population Total: | 1280116 |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Coor Pinpoint: | Weining County government |
Coordinates: | 26.8739°N 104.2528°W |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County (; Xiao'erjing:) is a county of Guizhou, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Bijie.Notable attractions include Majie Ethnic Yi Village (Chinese: 马街彝族村寨), the historic site of Shimenkan church (Chinese: 石门坎教堂) and Caohai Lake nature reserve. In the early 20th century, the village of Shimenkan was known as the Overseas Heaven and a sacred civilized area due to the contributions by Rev. Sam Pollard, a British Methodist missionary.
Weining is divided into 4 subdistricts, 30 towns, 4 townships and 1 ethnic township:[2]
Weining has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The monthly 24-hour mean temperature ranges from 2.6°C in January to 18°C in July, and the annual mean is 11.1°C. Over two-thirds of the annual rainfall occurs from June to September.
Weining is served by the G7611 Duyun–Shangri-La Expressway, the Weining–Xuanwei Expressway, the Bijie–Weining Expressway, China National Highway 326 and by the Neijiang-Liupanshui Railway. Weining Caohai Airport is under construction.