Rongshui County
融水县 · Yungzsuij Yen
Junghshui
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| Rongshui Miao Autonomous County 融水苗族自治县 Yungzsuij Myauzcuz Swciyen | |
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  Rongshui Location in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 25°04′01″N 109°15′18″E / 25.067°N 109.255°E / 25.067; 109.255[1] | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Liuzhou |
| County seat | Rongshui Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,665 km2 (1,801 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 115 m (377 ft) |
| Population
(2010)[3]
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| • Total | 402,054 |
| • Density | 86/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code |
5453XX
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| Website | rongshui |
Rongshui Miao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 融水苗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 融水苗族自治縣; pinyin: Róngshuǐ Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn; Standard Zhuang: Yungzsuij Myauzcuz Swciyen) is under the administration of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The seat of Rongshui County is Rongshui Town. It borders the prefecture-level divisionsofQiandongnan (Guizhou) to the north and Hechi to the west.
Rongshui Miao Autonomous County is the only Miao majority county in Guangxi, with 40 percent of the total population representing the Miao nation.
Rongshui County has a total population of 485,120 (2007).[4]
More than 70 percent of the population represents various ethnic minorities, such as the Miao, Yao, Dong, Zhuang and others. 40,81% of the total population belong to the Miao minority (2007).[5]
Apart from the county town, Rongshui comprises many small villages and large rural areas. The county is mountainous, featuring both karst landscapes and larger mountain massifs such as the Yuan Bao Shan mountains. The river Rong (Rongjiang) flows through the county and passes by Rongshui town. The longest river within the county is the Bei River (Beijiang, not to be confused with the Beijiang tributary to the Zhujiang).
Rongshui County is divided into 7 towns, 11 townships and 2 ethnic townships:[6]
Highway G209 provides access to Rongshui from Liuzhou in the south and Guyizheng in the north (with highway G321 connecting from Guyizheng to Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province, in the west).
Rongshui is serviced by trains connecting with Liuzhou in the south and Huaihua (Hunan) in the north, branching off to larger cities such as Guiyang (Guizhou), Changsha (Hunan), Wuhan (Hubei) and Zhengzhou (Henan).
Rongshui is known for the frequent festivals of its Miao population.
Their celebrations include the drum festival, sowing festival, seedling festival and horse-fighting festivals. The festivities are often accompanied by music played on the Lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, and dancing and singing performances.
| Climate data for Rongshui (1991–2017 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) | 26.8 (80.2) |
31.2 (88.2) |
33.5 (92.3) |
34.8 (94.6) |
35.4 (95.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
38.6 (101.5) |
39.0 (102.2) |
38.7 (101.7) |
36.2 (97.2) |
32.3 (90.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
30.8 (87.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.9 (76.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
16.9 (62.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
12.8 (55.0) |
5.8 (42.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 58.0 (2.28) |
61.3 (2.41) |
100.4 (3.95) |
157.2 (6.19) |
298.5 (11.75) |
420.1 (16.54) |
286.9 (11.30) |
166.0 (6.54) |
69.2 (2.72) |
66.4 (2.61) |
74.7 (2.94) |
46.4 (1.83) |
1,805.1 (71.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.0 | 12.8 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 18.4 | 19.0 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 164 |
| Average snowy days | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 77 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 71 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 53.4 | 50.3 | 49.6 | 75.9 | 105.8 | 106.1 | 167.9 | 191.9 | 180.4 | 153.6 | 117.1 | 98.8 | 1,350.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 16 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 26 | 40 | 48 | 49 | 43 | 36 | 30 | 30 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
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