Wushan County, Gansu
Wushan County (simplified Chinese: 武山县; traditional Chinese: 武山縣; pinyin: Wǔshān Xiàn) is a county in the east of Gansu Province of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Tianshui. Its postal code is 741300, and in 1999 its population was 418,648 people.[1] The population in 2017 was 500,000 people.[2]
Wushan County 武山县 | |
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Wushan in Tianshui | |
Tianshui in Gansu | |
| Coordinates: 34°43′17″N 104°53′26″E / 34.7214°N 104.8906°ECoordinates: 34°43′17″N 104°53′26″E / 34.7214°N 104.8906°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture-level city | Tianshui |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,011 km2 (776 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 3,120 m (10,240 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,340 m (4,400 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 500,000 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (640/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 741300 |
| Website | www |
History
Humans have inhabited the area since at least 38,000 years ago. The county was knows as Xinxing (新兴县) during the Eastern Han Dynasty (188 AD). During the Song dynasty it was named Ningyuan (宁远县). Since the Republic of China it holds the current name.[3]
Administrative divisions
Wushan County is divided to 13 towns and 2 townships.[4]
- Towns
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- Townships
- Zuitou Township(咀头乡)
- Yan'an Township (沿安乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Wushan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) | 18.8 (65.8) | 25.4 (77.7) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.3 (88.3) | 34.4 (93.9) | 37.0 (98.6) | 34.7 (94.5) | 34.1 (93.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 13.5 (56.3) | 37.0 (98.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) | 5.5 (41.9) | 11.0 (51.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 22.3 (72.1) | 25.7 (78.3) | 27.9 (82.2) | 26.5 (79.7) | 21.2 (70.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 8.9 (48.0) | 3.3 (37.9) | 15.6 (60.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) | 0.3 (32.5) | 5.3 (41.5) | 11.3 (52.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 19.4 (66.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 10.0 (50.0) | 3.7 (38.7) | −1.9 (28.6) | 9.9 (49.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) | −3.8 (25.2) | 0.8 (33.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 13.9 (57.0) | 16.7 (62.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 6.2 (43.2) | −0.3 (31.5) | −5.6 (21.9) | 5.4 (41.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.5 (0.5) | −16.5 (2.3) | −9.5 (14.9) | −3.9 (25.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 8.6 (47.5) | 3.8 (38.8) | −5.2 (22.6) | −12.2 (10.0) | −16.6 (2.1) | −17.5 (0.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.3 (0.17) | 6.7 (0.26) | 15.8 (0.62) | 29.1 (1.15) | 46.4 (1.83) | 65.2 (2.57) | 71.5 (2.81) | 75.8 (2.98) | 59.8 (2.35) | 40.6 (1.60) | 7.4 (0.29) | 2.3 (0.09) | 424.9 (16.72) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 70 | 62 | 66 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[5] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Agricultural produce from Wushan are wheat, artichoke, flax, rapeseed, tomato, carrot, Amaranth grain, Codonopsis and Angelica. Iron, copper and molybdenum mines are also present in the county.[6]
Culture
- Cuisine
Wushan food is a mix of Lanzhou, Sichuan and Tibetan cuisine. Specialities from the region are:[7][8]
- Donut shaped Youtiao
- Pork and beef hotpot
- Barbecue trout
- Liangpi
- Dandan noodles
- Jiaotuan: sticky corn-flour jelly
- Jiangshui (浆水): a kind of sour vegetable soup
- Tianpei: Sweet highland barley dessert
- Fried artichoke balls (洋芋丸子): Deep-fried flour-artichoke balls
- Sanfan (馓饭): glutinous flour soup with beans
- Guanguan tea (罐罐茶) – a kind of tea brewed with rock sugar, jujube, Chinese wolfberry and longan in a clay pot on a fire.
References
- ^ "Other Historical Datasets". people.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "魅力武山_武山县人民政府". wushan.gov.cn. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ . wushan.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Announcement on the update of the national statistical division codes and urban-rural division codes". National Bureau of Statistics of China (in Chinese). 23 November 2019.
- ^ 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ . wushan.gov.cn. 8 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Wushan Gourmet". wushan.gov.cn. from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ . Tencent News. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019.