Wenshan City

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Wenshan City
文山市
—  County-level city  —
Hemimorphite from Wenshan Mine
Location of Wenshan County (pink) and Wenshan Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China
Country China
Province Yunnan
Prefecture Wenshan
Area
 • Total 4,500 km2 (1,700 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 450,000
 • Density Bad rounding here100/km2 (Bad rounding here260/sq mi)
Postal code 663000
Area code(s) 0876
Website http://www.37.gov.cn/

Wenshan (Chinese: 文山; pinyin: Wénshān) is a city in the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, 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.

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Economy [edit]

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.[1]

Climate [edit]

Climate data for Wenshan (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 17.4
(63.3)
19.6
(67.3)
24.1
(75.4)
26.9
(80.4)
27.6
(81.7)
27.8
(82)
27.6
(81.7)
27.5
(81.5)
26.1
(79)
23.4
(74.1)
20.4
(68.7)
17.8
(64)
23.85
(74.93)
Average low °C (°F) 7.2
(45)
8.7
(47.7)
11.8
(53.2)
15.5
(59.9)
18.1
(64.6)
19.6
(67.3)
19.6
(67.3)
19.0
(66.2)
17.5
(63.5)
15.0
(59)
11.2
(52.2)
7.4
(45.3)
14.22
(57.6)
Precipitation mm (inches) 13.9
(0.547)
18.3
(0.72)
28.9
(1.138)
53.8
(2.118)
120.8
(4.756)
134.8
(5.307)
206.4
(8.126)
185.4
(7.299)
119.4
(4.701)
66.0
(2.598)
45.6
(1.795)
11.9
(0.469)
1,005.2
(39.574)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 6.7 6.1 5.9 10.1 15.6 17.6 20.6 21.4 15.8 12.2 8.8 4.3 145.1
Source: Weather China

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Coordinates: 23°22′12″N 104°15′00″E / 23.37000°N 104.25000°E / 23.37000; 104.25000