Sandu Shui Autonomous County
Sandu County
San Du Xian * Sanyduy xianq | |
|---|---|
| San Du Shui Zu Zi Zhi Xian Sanyduy Suijzuf Ziqziqxianq Sandu Shui Autonomous County | |
Shui ethnic houses | |
| Coordinates (Sandu County government): 25deg59'01''N 107deg52'10''E / 25.9836degN 107.8694degE / 25.9836; 107.8694 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guizhou |
| Autonomous prefecture | Qiannan |
| County seat | Sanhe Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| 2,384 km2 (920 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 675 m (2,215 ft) |
| Highest elevation [1] (Gengding Mountain) | 1,665.5 m (5,464 ft) |
| Lowest elevation [1] (Duliu River) | 303 m (994 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| 276,347 | |
| * Density | 115.9/km2 (300.2/sq mi) |
| * Urban [3] | 177,882 |
| * Ethnic minorities | 367,100 |
| * Shui people | 261,300 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 558100 |
| Area code | 0854 |
| Website | www |
Sandu Shui Autonomous County (Chinese: San Du Shui Zu Zi Zhi Xian ; pinyin: Sandu Shuizu Zizhixian; Bouyei: Sanyduy Suijzuf Ziqziqxianq) is an autonomous county in the southeast of Guizhou province, China. It is under the administration of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, and the only Shui Autonomous County in China; 63% of Shui in China live in this county, which is the heartland of the Shui people.[4] Per a 2022 county government publication, Sandu has a population of 381,000, 97% of whom belong to ethnic minorities, and 67% of the total population are Shui.[5]
It is one of the poorest counties of Guizhou.[6] Most of the county is forested and it is noted for its clean air.[7][8]
Administrative divisions
[edit]Sandu administers the following 2 subdistricts and 6 towns:[9]
- Sanhe Subdistrict (Chinese: San He Jie Dao )
- Fengyu Subdistrict [zh] (Chinese: Feng Yu Jie Dao )
- Dahe [zh] (Chinese: Da He Zhen )
- Pu'an [zh] (Chinese: Pu An Zhen )
- Dujiang [zh] (Chinese: Du Jiang Zhen )
- Zhonghe [zh] (Chinese: Zhong He Zhen )
- Zhouqin [zh] (Chinese: Zhou Tan Zhen )
- Jiuqian [zh] (Chinese: Jiu Qian Zhen )
Geography
[edit]Sandu County's urban center is located 68 kilometres (42 mi) from Duyun, the administrative center of the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, and 177 kilometres (110 mi) from the provincial capital of Guiyang.[7]
All of Sandu belongs to the watershed of the Liu River which flows into the Pearl River. The Duliu River has its source in Sandu and flows into the Liu River. The county is rather mountainous with Karst landscape resulting in large locale temperature and climate differences. Antimony is mined commercially in Sandu.[1]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Sandu, elevation 448 m (1,470 ft), (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1981-present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high degC (degF) | 25.8 (78.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
36.1 (97.0) |
37.1 (98.8) |
36.4 (97.5) |
37.5 (99.5) |
39.2 (102.6) |
38.8 (101.8) |
38.4 (101.1) |
35.7 (96.3) |
32.0 (89.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
| Mean daily maximum degC (degF) | 11.8 (53.2) |
15.1 (59.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
| Daily mean degC (degF) | 7.9 (46.2) |
10.6 (51.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
19.3 (66.7) |
14.8 (58.6) |
9.8 (49.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
| Mean daily minimum degC (degF) | 5.5 (41.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.2 (72.0) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
15.2 (59.4) |
| Record low degC (degF) | -2.9 (26.8) |
-1.9 (28.6) |
-0.5 (31.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
-3.5 (25.7) |
-3.5 (25.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 37.0 (1.46) |
36.9 (1.45) |
69.7 (2.74) |
118.7 (4.67) |
205.1 (8.07) |
278.8 (10.98) |
224.5 (8.84) |
162.1 (6.38) |
90.5 (3.56) |
76.9 (3.03) |
47.3 (1.86) |
27.4 (1.08) |
1,374.9 (54.12) |
| Average precipitation days (>= 0.1 mm) | 13.2 | 11.7 | 16.0 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 168 |
| Average snowy days | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 79 | 76 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 34.0 | 48.8 | 62.5 | 87.6 | 103.2 | 87.0 | 139.1 | 161.6 | 129.0 | 90.3 | 82.8 | 63.0 | 1,088.9 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 10 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 33 | 40 | 35 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 24 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[10][11] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit]As of 2021, Sandu Shui Autonomous County has a registered hukou population of 380,871, of which, 96,869 belong to urban areas, and the remaining 284,002 belong to rural areas, giving the autonomous county an urbanization rate of 25.43%.[12]
Per a 2022 county government publication, 67% of the autonomous county's population is ethnically Shui, another 30% belong to other recognized ethnic minorities, and just 3% of the population is ethnically Han Chinese.[5]
The average annual disposable income for urban residents as of 2021 totaled 35,874 renminbi (RMB), a 9% increase from the previous year, and the second highest among county-level divisions in the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.[12]
Transport
[edit]Sandu is served by the Guiyang-Guangzhou high-speed railway, with a travel time of 50 minutes to Guiyang.[7] It is also connected by G76 Xiamen-Chengdu Expressway and several provincial expressways.[13]
References
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- ^ "Qian Nan Zhou Di Qi Ci Quan Guo Ren Kou Pu Cha Gong Bao (Di Er Hao )----Di Qu Ren Kou Qing Kuang " (in Chinese). Government of Qiannan Prefecture. 2021-05-26.
- ^ "San Du Shui Zu Zi Zhi Xian Ren Min Zheng Fu Men Hu Wang Zhan -Cheng Zhen Jian She ".
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- ^ a b Xing Zheng Qu Hua [Administrative divisions] (in Chinese). Sandu Shui Autonomous County People's Government. 2022-05-17. Archived from the original on 2022-07-26. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ "Yi Ge Du Bu Neng Shao !Quan Guo Wei Yi Shui Zu Zi Zhi Xian San Du Tuo Pin Zhai Mao _Peng Pai Hao *Mei Ti _Peng Pai Xin Wen -The Paper". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "San Du Shui Zu Zi Zhi Xian Ren Min Zheng Fu Men Hu Wang Zhan -San Du Jian Jie ". www.sandu.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
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- ^ 2021Nian Tong Ji Yong Qu Hua Dai Ma (San Du Shui Zu Zi Zhi Xian ) [2021 Statistical Division Codes (Sandu Shui Autonomous County)] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ Zhong Guo Qi Xiang Shu Ju Wang - WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ Zhong Guo Qi Xiang Shu Ju Wang (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ^ a b Ren Kou Jiu Ye [Population and employment] (in Chinese). Sandu Shui Autonomous County People's Government. 2022-05-17. Archived from the original on 2022-06-27. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
- ^ "Sha Rong Gao Su Si Ge Shou Fei Zhan Zheng Shi Kai Tong ". Gui Zhou Gao Su Gong Lu Ji Tuan You Xian Gong Si . Retrieved 18 February 2024.