Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 岫岩满族自治县; traditional Chinese: 岫巖滿族自治縣; pinyin: Xiùyán Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn; Manchu: ᠰᡳᡠᠶᠠᠨ ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᠪᡝᠶᡝ ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᠰᡳᠶᠠᠨ, Möllendorff: siuyan manju beye dasangga siyan) is a county in the southeast of Liaoning province, China, and is also one of the 11 Manchu autonomous counties and one of 117 autonomous counties nationally. It is under the administration of and occupies the southernmost portion of Anshan, the centre of which 136 kilometres (85 mi) to the north-northwest, and has a population of 500,000[when?].
Xiuyan
岫岩县
ᠰᡳᡠᠶᠠᠨ ᠰᡳᠶᠠᠨ
Siuyen
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岫岩满族自治县 Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County | |
Xiuyan in Anshan
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Anshan in Liaoning
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| Coordinates: 40°17′28″N 123°16′52″E / 40.291°N 123.281°E / 40.291; 123.281 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Liaoning |
| Prefecture-level city | Anshan |
| County seat | Yahe Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,502 km2 (1,738 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 79.6 m (261.2 ft) |
| Population
(2020 census)[1]
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| • Total | 413,007 |
| • Density | 92/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
114300
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| Website | www |
There are 3 subdistricts, 18 towns and 3 townships under the county's administration.[2]
Xiuyan borders Yingkou and Gaizhou to the west, Donggang and Zhuanghe to the south and Haicheng and Liaoyang to the north. Its latitude ranges from 40° 00' to 40° 39' N and longitude 122° 52' to 123° 41' E, and the area is 4,507 km2 (1,740 sq mi). The county's area is dominated by low-lying mountains part of the Changbai Mountains, with the highest peak in the county, Mount Maokui (帽盔山), at 1,141.5 m (3,745 ft), being the highest point in southern Liaoning.[3]
Xiuyan has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa) characterised by hot, humid summers, due to the monsoon, and rather long, cold, and very dry winters, due to the Siberian anticyclone. The four seasons here are distinctive. A majority of the annual rainfall occurs in July and August. The monthly 24-hour average temperatures ranges from −9.8 °C (14.4 °F) in January to 23.3 °C (73.9 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 8.2 °C (46.8 °F). Due to the mountainous location, temperatures tend to be slightly cooler than areas to the south and west, and summer rainfall is more generous.
| Climate data for Xiuyan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
37.6 (99.7) |
37.7 (99.9) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.3 (97.3) |
29.4 (84.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
37.7 (99.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
8.1 (46.6) |
16.5 (61.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.7 (83.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
14.8 (58.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.5 (14.9) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
1.5 (34.7) |
9.5 (49.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.3 (73.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
9.7 (49.5) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
8.4 (47.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.9 (5.2) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
11.9 (53.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
3.0 (37.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.6 (−24.9) |
−28.9 (−20.0) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−25.3 (−13.5) |
−31.6 (−24.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.6 (0.18) |
10.3 (0.41) |
14.9 (0.59) |
40.9 (1.61) |
63.5 (2.50) |
95.2 (3.75) |
183.8 (7.24) |
226.2 (8.91) |
67.6 (2.66) |
39.3 (1.55) |
26.0 (1.02) |
9.5 (0.37) |
781.8 (30.79) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 11.1 | 13.7 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 86.2 |
| Average snowy days | 5.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 25.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 66 | 77 | 85 | 84 | 78 | 71 | 67 | 64 | 69 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 182.1 | 179.3 | 216.5 | 213.3 | 230.1 | 175.9 | 133.2 | 170.7 | 202.9 | 194.5 | 157.1 | 158.0 | 2,213.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 61 | 59 | 58 | 53 | 51 | 39 | 29 | 40 | 55 | 57 | 53 | 55 | 51 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China [3] | |||||||||||||