Shimian County
Shimian County
石棉县 | |
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 Shimian county seat | |
.png) Location of Shimian County (red) within Ya'an City (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 29°13′35″N 102°21′37″E / 29.22639°N 102.36028°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Ya'an |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,678 km2 (1,034 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | 123,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Shimian County (Chinese: 石棉县; pinyin: Shímián Xiàn; lit. 'Asbestos county') is both the southernmost and westernmost county in the prefecture-level city of Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China. The county seat, Miancheng Subdistrict (棉城街道), and the neighboring town, Xinmian (新棉镇), are often together referred to as Shimian.[1] As of the 2010 census, Shimian County has a population of 123,600.[2] The G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway now passes through Shimian along the route between Kunming and Chengdu.[3]
The county is located at the eastern edge of the Hengduan Mountains and surrounds the Dadu River. The mountain ranges in Shimian County consist of the Daxue Mountains in the west, the Xiaoxiang Range to the southeast, and the Daxiang Range to the northeast.
Climate
| Climate data for Shimian (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
19.7 (67.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
25.8 (78.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
13.5 (56.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.8 (40.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
10.7 (51.3) |
6.2 (43.2) |
13.6 (56.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.0 (0.08) |
6.0 (0.24) |
19.7 (0.78) |
54.5 (2.15) |
89.6 (3.53) |
129.2 (5.09) |
180.8 (7.12) |
181.5 (7.15) |
105.0 (4.13) |
32.7 (1.29) |
13.0 (0.51) |
1.6 (0.06) |
815.6 (32.13) |
| Source: National Meteorological Center of CMA[4] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
References
- ^ Atlas of China. Beijing, China: SinoMaps Press. 2006. ISBN 9787503141782.
- ^ "Shímián Xiàn". City Population. Thomas Brinkhoff. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ China Highway Atlas. Beijing, China: China Communications Press. 2014. ISBN 9787114060656.
- ^ 1981年-2010年（石棉）月平均气温和降水 (in Simplified Chinese). National Meteorological Center of CMA. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
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