Wuxuan County (Chinese: 武宣县; pinyin: Wǔxuān Xiàn; Zhuang: Vujsenh Yen) is a county in the east-central part of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Laibin.
Wuxuan County
武宣县 · Vujsenh Yen | |
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Wuxuan Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
Coordinates: 23°35′38″N 109°39′47″E / 23.594°N 109.663°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Guangxi |
Prefecture-level city | Laibin |
County seat | Wuxuan Town |
Area | |
• Total | 1,739 km2 (671 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 340,312 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
During the Cultural Revolution, the county was the site of pitched battles between rival factions. The investigative journalist Zheng Yi wrote of these battles and cases of cannibalism of members of the fallen faction in his book Scarlet Memorial: Tales Of Cannibalism In Modern China.[1]
Wuxuan County is divided into 9 towns and 1 township:[2]
Climate data for Wuxuan (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) | 28.8 (83.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.7 (99.9) |
39.4 (102.9) |
38.7 (101.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
36.6 (97.9) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.4 (86.7) |
39.4 (102.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.6 (69.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
23.9 (75.0) |
18.5 (65.3) |
25.9 (78.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.5 (83.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
18.3 (64.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
1.3 (34.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55.4 (2.18) |
44.5 (1.75) |
82.4 (3.24) |
108.8 (4.28) |
200.8 (7.91) |
248.5 (9.78) |
189.6 (7.46) |
164.3 (6.47) |
92.3 (3.63) |
52.9 (2.08) |
49.0 (1.93) |
38.7 (1.52) |
1,327.2 (52.23) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.9 | 11.0 | 15.5 | 13.5 | 15.6 | 17.5 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 145.1 |
Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 80 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 76 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 67.4 | 57.9 | 49.7 | 87.1 | 138.1 | 149.9 | 200.5 | 194.3 | 179.3 | 173.5 | 134.6 | 112.1 | 1,544.4 |
Percent possible sunshine | 20 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 34 | 37 | 48 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 41 | 34 | 35 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] |