Mianning County
Mianning County (simplified Chinese: 冕宁县; traditional Chinese: 冕寧縣; pinyin: Miǎnníng Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
Mianning County
冕宁县 | |
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 A rural landscape in the county | |
.png.webp) Location of Mianning County (red) within Liangshan Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Liangshan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,432 km2 (1,711 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
History
Mianning County has a long history of being a multi-ethnic region. The Annals of Mianning County (simplified Chinese: 冕宁县志; traditional Chinese: 冕寧縣志; pinyin: Miǎnníng Xiàn Zhì), published during the reign of the Xianfeng Emperor (1850-1861), listed a number of major ethnic groups in the region, including the Tosu, Lizu, Yi, and the Namuzi (Chinese: 纳木兹; pinyin: Nàmùzī) peoples.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Mianning (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.2 (91.8) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
33.8 (92.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.2 (57.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.5 (74.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
20.9 (69.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.3 (52.3) |
14.9 (58.8) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.9 (58.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
7.0 (44.6) |
14.1 (57.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.9 (39.0) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
11.5 (52.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.3 (20.7) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
4.3 (39.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.1 (0.12) |
5.5 (0.22) |
14.6 (0.57) |
41.9 (1.65) |
98.6 (3.88) |
200.0 (7.87) |
268.8 (10.58) |
213.0 (8.39) |
177.5 (6.99) |
60.6 (2.39) |
19.5 (0.77) |
3.6 (0.14) |
1,106.7 (43.57) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.2 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 22.0 | 21.2 | 19.1 | 19.3 | 14.4 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 143.7 |
| Average snowy days | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 63 | 57 | 56 | 61 | 66 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 201.7 | 197.1 | 224.0 | 216.4 | 185.7 | 110.8 | 127.9 | 147.1 | 90.2 | 102.8 | 153.3 | 172.2 | 1,929.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 61 | 62 | 60 | 56 | 44 | 27 | 30 | 37 | 25 | 29 | 48 | 54 | 44 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days, snow days, sunshine 1991–2020)[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
Mianning County administers 1 subdistrict, 15 towns, 2 townships, and 1 ethnic township.[4]
Subdistrict
The county's sole subdistrict is Gaoyang Subdistrict.[4]
Towns
The county administers the following 15 towns:[4]
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Townships
The county's two townships are Xinxing Township and Jianmei Township.[4]
Ethnic township
The county's sole ethnic township is He'ai Tibetan Ethnic Township.[4]
Demographics
Ethnic groups
A large number of the Tosu ethnic group, which comprises about 2,000 people, live throughout Mianning County.[1] Sizable clusters of Tosu people are located within Gaoyang Subdistrict, the former town of Houshan (now part of Shilong), Fuxing, Hui'an, the former township of Haha (now part of Gaoyang Subdistrict and Ruoshui), the former township of Linli (now part of Fuxing), and the former town of Shaba (now part of Manshuiwan).[1]
Languages
Two of the three Ersuic languages, the critically endangered Tosu language, and the Lizu language, are spoken within Mianning County.[5] A 2013 survey found nine partial speakers of the Tosu language, all of whom lived in Mianning County, and were proficient in Southwestern Mandarin, which they used for daily life.[5]
References
- Chirkova, Katia (2015-03-27). "The Duoxu Language and the Ersu-Lizu-Duoxu relationship". Archived from the original on 2022-01-13 – via HAL (open archive).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- 2021年统计用区划代码（冕宁县） [2021 Statistical Division Codes (Mianning County)] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- Chirkova, Katia (2015-07-28). "A Phonological Sketch of Duoxu". HAL (open archive). Archived from the original on 2022-01-13.
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