Wuxuan County

Wuxuan County (Chinese: 武宣县; pinyin: Wǔxuān Xiàn; Zhuang: Vujsenh Yen) is a county in the east-central part of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Laibin.

Wuxuan County

武宣县 · Vujsenh Yen
Wuxuan Old Street
Wuxuan
Location of the seat in Guangxi
Coordinates: 23°35′38″N 109°39′47″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangxi
Prefecture-level cityLaibin
Area
  Total1,739 km2 (671 sq mi)
Population
 (2004)
416,600
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

During the Cultural Revolution, the county was the site of pitched battles between rival factions. The investigative journalist Zheng Yi wrote of these battles and cases of cannibalism of members of the fallen faction in his book Scarlet Memorial: Tales Of Cannibalism In Modern China.[1]

Climate

Climate data for Wuxuan (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 28.8
(83.8)
32.7
(90.9)
34.
(93)
35.7
(96.3)
35.7
(96.3)
37.7
(99.9)
39.4
(102.9)
38.7
(101.7)
39.0
(102.2)
36.6
(97.9)
32.8
(91.0)
30.4
(86.7)
39.4
(102.9)
Average high °C (°F) 15.8
(60.4)
17.0
(62.6)
20.3
(68.5)
25.7
(78.3)
29.7
(85.5)
31.6
(88.9)
33.0
(91.4)
33.3
(91.9)
31.9
(89.4)
28.6
(83.5)
23.7
(74.7)
18.9
(66.0)
25.8
(78.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 11.6
(52.9)
13.3
(55.9)
16.6
(61.9)
21.8
(71.2)
25.4
(77.7)
27.6
(81.7)
28.7
(83.7)
28.6
(83.5)
26.9
(80.4)
23.3
(73.9)
18.3
(64.9)
13.6
(56.5)
21.3
(70.4)
Average low °C (°F) 8.6
(47.5)
10.6
(51.1)
13.8
(56.8)
18.8
(65.8)
22.2
(72.0)
24.6
(76.3)
25.4
(77.7)
25.2
(77.4)
23.3
(73.9)
19.4
(66.9)
14.3
(57.7)
9.8
(49.6)
18.0
(64.4)
Record low °C (°F) 0.0
(32.0)
0.4
(32.7)
1.3
(34.3)
7.3
(45.1)
11.9
(53.4)
17.5
(63.5)
19.1
(66.4)
20.6
(69.1)
15.0
(59.0)
8.5
(47.3)
3.5
(38.3)
−1.6
(29.1)
−1.6
(29.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 53.5
(2.11)
62.2
(2.45)
74.0
(2.91)
108.6
(4.28)
195.7
(7.70)
221.5
(8.72)
187.3
(7.37)
141.5
(5.57)
79.0
(3.11)
48.7
(1.92)
44.6
(1.76)
26.9
(1.06)
1,243.5
(48.96)
Average relative humidity (%) 74 78 80 79 79 81 78 79 75 71 71 69 76
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center

Notes

References

  • Zheng, Yi (1996). Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China. edited and translated by T. P. Sym. With a Foreword by Ross Terrill. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. ISBN 081332615X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

  • Media related to Wuxuan at Wikimedia Commons



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