Tianlin County (Chinese: 田林县; pinyin: Tiánlín Xiàn; Zhuang: Denzlinz Yen) is a county in the west of Guangxi, China, bordering the provinces of Guizhou to the north and Yunnan to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baise.
Tianlin
田林县 · Denzlinz Yen | |
|---|---|
  Tianlin Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 24°17′38″N 106°13′44″E / 24.294°N 106.229°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Baise |
| County seat | Leli |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,584 km2 (2,156 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 224,828 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Administrative divisions
editTianlin County is divided into 5 towns, 5 townships and 4 ethnic townships:[1]
- towns
- Leli Town 乐里镇
- Jiuzhou Town 旧州镇
- Ding'an Town 定安镇
- Liulong Town 六隆镇
- Langping Town 浪平镇
- townships
- Pingtang Township 平塘乡
- Nabi Township 那比乡
- Gaolong Township 高龙乡
- Baile Township 百乐乡
- Zhemiao Township 者苗乡
- ethnic townships
- Lucheng Yao Ethnic Township 潞城瑶族乡
- Lizhou Yao Ethnic Township 利周瑶族乡
- Bagui Yao Ethnic Township 八桂瑶族乡
- Badu Yao Ethnic Township 八渡瑶族乡
Demographics
editEthnic Yao are distributed mostly in the townships of Lizhou 利周, Lucheng 潞城, Bagui 八桂, Nongwa 弄瓦, Fuda 福达, and Badu 八渡, while ethnic Yi are found in Changjing Village 常井村 of Ding'an Township 定安镇.[2]
The Miao of Tianlin County call themselves "Mengxia 孟夏", while the Zhuang call themselves Puyue 甫越 (bu33 jui33), the Han call themselves Kebianren 客边人 ('guest people'), and the Yi call themselves Buna 布那.[3]
Yao
editThe Yao of Tianlin County consist of the following four subgroups.[3]
- Landian Yao 蓝靛瑶 (autonym: Qinmen 琴门, meaning 'mountain people' 山人)
- Pangu Yao 盘古瑶 (autonym: Yumian 育棉)
- Beilou Yao 背篓瑶 (autonym: Bunu 布努)
- Mubing Yao 木柄瑶 (autonym: Nuomo 诺莫)
Notable people
edit- Li Jinfang (ethnic Zhuang): linguist at the Minzu University of China
Climate
edit| Climate data for Tianlin (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.0 (86.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
37.4 (99.3) |
40.0 (104.0) |
40.2 (104.4) |
37.5 (99.5) |
37.5 (99.5) |
37.5 (99.5) |
38.0 (100.4) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.5 (92.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
40.2 (104.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.3 (63.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
31.1 (88.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
26.7 (80.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.0 (77.0) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
21.1 (69.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.5 (63.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 23.4 (0.92) |
19.1 (0.75) |
34.2 (1.35) |
72.4 (2.85) |
156.3 (6.15) |
247.2 (9.73) |
224.6 (8.84) |
197.7 (7.78) |
103.4 (4.07) |
66.0 (2.60) |
33.5 (1.32) |
21.9 (0.86) |
1,199.7 (47.22) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.6 | 8.1 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 16.2 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 130.2 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 80 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 67.2 | 81.6 | 103.5 | 142.6 | 164.8 | 148.2 | 168.8 | 179.8 | 153.5 | 116.4 | 117.2 | 92.3 | 1,535.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 20 | 25 | 28 | 37 | 40 | 36 | 41 | 45 | 42 | 33 | 36 | 28 | 34 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：田林县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
- ^ "第二节 民族构成" [Section 2 National Composition] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-10-24.
- ^ a b "第一节 族称族源" [Section 1: Clan Name and Origin] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-10-24.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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