Xingwen County
Xingwen County (simplified Chinese: 兴文县; traditional Chinese: 興文縣; pinyin: Xīngwén Xiàn) is a county in Yibin, Sichuan, China. It is located in the southern part of Sichuan province and borders Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. It has become known for its Geopark,[1] Xingwen Stoneforest, a Karst landscape.[2]

Ethnic townships in South Sichuan: Yibin and Luzhou. Light green -Yi. Blue - miao.
Xingwen County 
    兴文县  | |
|---|---|
![]() Location of Xingwen County (red) within Yibin City (yellow) and Sichuan  | |
| Coordinates: 28°18′13″N 105°14′11″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China | 
| Province | Sichuan | 
| Prefecture-level city | Yibin | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,373 km2 (530 sq mi) | 
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) | 
Climate
    
| Climate data for Xingwen (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3)  | 
27.4 (81.3)  | 
34.8 (94.6)  | 
35.3 (95.5)  | 
39.8 (103.6)  | 
39.7 (103.5)  | 
40.9 (105.6)  | 
42.7 (108.9)  | 
41.4 (106.5)  | 
34.9 (94.8)  | 
27.8 (82.0)  | 
21.1 (70.0)  | 
42.7 (108.9)  | 
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.5 (50.9)  | 
13.7 (56.7)  | 
18.7 (65.7)  | 
24.3 (75.7)  | 
27.5 (81.5)  | 
29.3 (84.7)  | 
32.7 (90.9)  | 
32.7 (90.9)  | 
27.6 (81.7)  | 
21.5 (70.7)  | 
17.4 (63.3)  | 
11.8 (53.2)  | 
22.3 (72.2)  | 
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9)  | 
10.1 (50.2)  | 
14.2 (57.6)  | 
19.0 (66.2)  | 
22.2 (72.0)  | 
24.4 (75.9)  | 
27.2 (81.0)  | 
27.0 (80.6)  | 
23.0 (73.4)  | 
18.0 (64.4)  | 
13.9 (57.0)  | 
9.0 (48.2)  | 
18.0 (64.4)  | 
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4)  | 
7.7 (45.9)  | 
11.1 (52.0)  | 
15.4 (59.7)  | 
18.4 (65.1)  | 
21.1 (70.0)  | 
23.4 (74.1)  | 
23.1 (73.6)  | 
20.1 (68.2)  | 
15.9 (60.6)  | 
11.7 (53.1)  | 
7.2 (45.0)  | 
15.1 (59.1)  | 
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6)  | 
0.0 (32.0)  | 
3.2 (37.8)  | 
6.0 (42.8)  | 
10.1 (50.2)  | 
15.0 (59.0)  | 
17.4 (63.3)  | 
18.0 (64.4)  | 
13.1 (55.6)  | 
8.2 (46.8)  | 
1.8 (35.2)  | 
−1.6 (29.1)  | 
−1.6 (29.1)  | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 35.0 (1.38)  | 
30.2 (1.19)  | 
50.8 (2.00)  | 
81.9 (3.22)  | 
118.7 (4.67)  | 
176.1 (6.93)  | 
181.9 (7.16)  | 
188.3 (7.41)  | 
112.5 (4.43)  | 
90.0 (3.54)  | 
40.2 (1.58)  | 
34.3 (1.35)  | 
1,139.9 (44.86)  | 
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 17.2 | 13.3 | 14.7 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 18.0 | 14.4 | 12.7 | 15.5 | 20.1 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 185.7 | 
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 
| Average relative humidity (%) | 85 | 81 | 78 | 76 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 83 | 87 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 30.9 | 42.4 | 80.6 | 111.7 | 111.1 | 98.7 | 167.1 | 169.4 | 95.5 | 47.7 | 48.2 | 30.2 | 1,033.5 | 
| Percent possible sunshine | 9 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 40 | 42 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
External links
    
    
References
    
- Global Network of National Geoparks Archived August 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
 - A brief introduction of the Geopark from cultural-china.com Archived January 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
 - 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
 - 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
 
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