Kaiyuan, Yunnan
Kaiyuan 开远市 | |
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 A street in central Kaiyuan | |
 Location of Kaiyuan City in Honghe Prefecture within Yunnan province | |
  Kaiyuan Location in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates: 23°42′40″N 103°14′46″E / 23.71111°N 103.24611°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Honghe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,946.51 km2 (751.55 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 299,000 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 661600 |
| Area code | 0873 |
| Website | www |
Kaiyuan (simplified Chinese: 开远; traditional Chinese: 開遠; pinyin: Kāiyuǎn) is a county-level city within the jurisdiction of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the southeast of Yunnan province, China.
Geography
[edit]The maximum sea level of Kaiyuan is 2,775.6 meters and the minimum is 950 meters.
Administrative divisions
[edit]At present, Kaiyuan City has 2 subdistricts, 2 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township.[1]
- 2 subdistricts
- 2 towns
- Zhongheying (中和营镇)
- Xiaolongtan (小龙潭镇)
- 2 townships
- 1 ethnic township
- Dazhuang Hui (大庄回族乡)
Demography
[edit]It has a population of 299,000, of whom 156,000 belong to ethnic minorities, including Yi, Zhuang, Miao, and Hui.
Ethnic groups
[edit]The Kaiyuan City Almanac (1996:618) lists the following ethnic Yi subgroups.
- Gaisu 改苏 (autonyms: Gaisupo 改苏泼, Luoluopo 倮倮泼; exonyms: Luoluo 倮倮); ancestors migrated from Luxi 泸西 and Mile 弥勒
- Azha 阿扎 (exonym: Pula 朴喇); ancestors are from Kunming.
- Daizhanpo 呆占泼: in Beige 碑格, Xiaozhao 小寨, Xiamizhe 下米者, Jiaji 架吉,[8] etc. of Beige Township 砷格乡
- Anipo 阿尼泼: in Zongshe 宗舍, Masangqing 马桑箐, and Qibudi 期不底, etc. of Yangjie Township 羊街乡
- Labapo 腊拨泼: in Jiagu 架古, Xieshimu 螯始母, and Luopodong 落坡洞 of Beige Township 砷格乡; Laozhai 老寨 of Dazhuang Township 大庄乡, etc.
- Axiheipo 阿洒黑泼: in Jiufang 酒房 and Hongshiyan 红石岩 of Lebaidao 乐白道; Chongmen 冲门 of Mazheshao Township 马者哨乡, etc.
- Digaopo 底高泼: in Dapingzhai 大平寨, Bajiazhai 八家寨, and Miduo 米朵 of Zhongheying Township 中和营乡; Hulutang 葫芦塘 of Mazheshao Township 马者哨乡; Adeyi 阿德邑 of Lebaidao 乐白道; Taoshu 桃树 of Dazhuang Township 大庄乡, etc.
- Azhe 阿哲: in Jiedian 楷甸 of Lebaidao Township 乐白道; and Chongzi 冲子 of Mazheshao Township 马者哨
Daizhanpo 呆占泼 and Digaopo 底高泼 are identified by Pelkey (2011)[9] as Hlepho Phowa speakers. Labopho means ‘Highland Pho’, and Digaopho means ‘Lowland Pho’.[9] Pelkey (2011:110) identifies Phowa subgroups as Hlepho (ɬɛ˧ pʰo˨˩), Anipho (a˧nɨ˥ pʰo˨˩), Digaopho (ti˨˩kaʌ˥ pʰo˨˩), Labopho (lɑ˨˩bo˨˩ pʰo˨˩), and Asaheipho (a˧sa˧χɨ˥ pʰo˨˩).
Culture
[edit]Kaiyuan is thought highly of in the field of traditional martial arts, and held the first Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Festival in 2006.
Economy
[edit]Kaiyuan is a long-established industrial city, which has been paying much attention to its environment problems. Its aim is "to construct an affluent city with an ecological industrial base". Kaiyuan is also home to the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
With the approval of the central government, Yunnan has established an experimental zone for private small businesses at Kaiyuan. [1]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Kaiyuan, elevation 1,196 m (3,924 ft), (1991–2014 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) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.0 (89.6) | 34.2 (93.6) | 36.5 (97.7) | 37.3 (99.1) | 36.0 (96.8) | 35.6 (96.1) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.8 (96.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 30.5 (86.9) | 29.4 (84.9) | 37.3 (99.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.7 (85.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 21.0 (69.8) | 26.8 (80.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.5 (56.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.3 (66.7) | 22.6 (72.7) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 16.7 (62.1) | 13.9 (57.0) | 20.2 (68.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 13.6 (56.5) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 19.1 (66.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 9.2 (48.6) | 15.7 (60.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) | 2.7 (36.9) | 1.7 (35.1) | 7.6 (45.7) | 10.4 (50.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 9.8 (49.6) | 5.7 (42.3) | 2.2 (36.0) | −2.7 (27.1) | −2.7 (27.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 25.4 (1.00) | 15.1 (0.59) | 24.0 (0.94) | 43.0 (1.69) | 79.0 (3.11) | 119.1 (4.69) | 132.9 (5.23) | 128.5 (5.06) | 82.7 (3.26) | 56.2 (2.21) | 31.5 (1.24) | 17.9 (0.70) | 755.3 (29.72) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 14.1 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 111.2 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68 | 62 | 58 | 59 | 64 | 71 | 77 | 78 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 69 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 184.6 | 193.2 | 214.6 | 223.9 | 213.1 | 147.0 | 134.3 | 148.3 | 147.9 | 138.1 | 166.7 | 165.3 | 2,077 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 55 | 60 | 57 | 59 | 52 | 36 | 32 | 37 | 41 | 39 | 51 | 50 | 47 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[10][11] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "开远市马者哨乡三家村委会". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ "开远市大庄回族乡桃树村委会". Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ "开远市大庄回族乡龙潭村委会". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ "开远市羊街乡红土村委会". Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ "开远市羊街乡古城村委会". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ "开远市羊街乡卧龙谷村委会". Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ "开远市碑格乡架吉村委会架吉村". Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
- ^ a b Pelkey, Jamin. 2011. Dialectology as Dialectic: Interpreting Phula Variation. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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