Weining Yi, Hui, and Miao Autonomous County explained

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.

Administrative divisions

Weining is divided into 4 subdistricts, 30 towns, 4 townships and 1 ethnic township:[2]

subdistricts
towns
township
ethnic townships

Climate

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.

Transportation

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 毕节市第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——县(市、区)人口情况 . Government of Bijie . zh . 2021-06-02 .
  2. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/52/05/520526.html. zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:威宁彝族回族苗族自治县. National Bureau of Statistics of China. zh-hans.