Dongchuan 东川区 | |
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Urban skyline Red land Peaceful Square City hall Zhuguo Temple | |
Coordinates(Dongchuan government): 26°04′58″N103°11′16″E / 26.0829°N 103.1878°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Yunnan |
Prefecture | Kunming |
Area | |
• Total | 1,858 km2 (717 sq mi) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 260,744 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Postal code | 654100 |
Area code | 0871 |
Website | www |
Dongchuan, Kunming | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 東川 區 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 东川 区 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | East River District | ||||||||
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Dongchuan District [a] is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming,the capital of Yunnan Province,People's Republic of China. The district was approved to form from the former Dongchuan City by the State Council on December 6,1998. [2]
Dongchuan was upgraded to a city in 1958. In 1998,Dongchuan was merged into Kunming and became one of its districts.
Dongchuan is in the north of Kunming's administrative area and borders Sichuan to the north.
The district's highest point,Jiaozi Snow Mountain,is 4330 meters high,and its lowest point is 695 meters. As of 2000,Dongchuan has a population of 275,564. As of 2006,the population was 302,000. [3]
The area around Huagou in the Wumeng mountains has become famous through photographers who discovered the unique local landscape and its Red Earth scenery in the 1990s. [4]
Th administrative divisions of Dongchuan District are:
Climate data for Dongchuan District,elevation 1,264 m (4,147 ft),(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) | 30.3 (86.5) | 33.0 (91.4) | 35.8 (96.4) | 37.9 (100.2) | 40.1 (104.2) | 42.2 (108.0) | 38.1 (100.6) | 37.3 (99.1) | 37.9 (100.2) | 33.9 (93.0) | 31.2 (88.2) | 29.7 (85.5) | 42.2 (108.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.3 (73.9) | 27.7 (81.9) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.0 (87.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.3 (86.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 28.4 (83.1) | 25.1 (77.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 20.0 (68.0) | 26.7 (80.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.5 (76.1) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.4 (75.9) | 22.6 (72.7) | 19.4 (66.9) | 16.5 (61.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 20.2 (68.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.3 (63.1) | 19.5 (67.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 18.8 (65.8) | 15.5 (59.9) | 11.4 (52.5) | 7.3 (45.1) | 15.3 (59.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −2.8 (27.0) | −1.9 (28.6) | −0.7 (30.7) | 5.9 (42.6) | 8.3 (46.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 14.5 (58.1) | 9.8 (49.6) | 7.5 (45.5) | 0.6 (33.1) | −7.5 (18.5) | −7.5 (18.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.4 (0.65) | 10.8 (0.43) | 14.6 (0.57) | 23.4 (0.92) | 68.7 (2.70) | 153.0 (6.02) | 138.4 (5.45) | 110.8 (4.36) | 89.2 (3.51) | 65.1 (2.56) | 21.6 (0.85) | 6.8 (0.27) | 718.8 (28.29) |
Average precipitation days (≥0.1 mm) | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 10.9 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 112.6 |
Average snowy days | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 51 | 43 | 39 | 42 | 52 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 57 | 58 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 211.2 | 207.2 | 240.9 | 232.3 | 195.4 | 132.7 | 126.5 | 138.5 | 125.3 | 134.3 | 187.4 | 197.3 | 2,129 |
Percent possible sunshine | 64 | 65 | 64 | 60 | 47 | 32 | 30 | 35 | 34 | 38 | 58 | 61 | 49 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration [5] [6] |
Yi ethnic subgroups in Dongchuan are Black Yi 黑彝,White Yi 白彝,and Dry Yi 干彝 (Dongchuan City Gazetteer 1995:744). The Black Yi and Dry Yi speak Eastern Yi dialects,while the White Yi speak Chinese. Autonyms of Yi subgroups in Dongchuan are Nisepu 尼色普 and Gepu 戈普.
Other ethnic groups in Dongchuan are Miao (Big Flowery Miao 大花苗 subgroup),Hui,and Han (Dongchuan City Gazetteer 1995).
Dongchuan Special Industrial Park. [7]
The Dongchuan mineral resource is rich and it has one of six biggest copper deposits in China. It is verified that there are 3.35 million tons of copper,accounting for a third of the copper reserves in the province. [3]
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