Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County (,
Manchu: ; Möllendorff: siuyan manju beye dasangga siyan) is a county in the southeast of
Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is also one of the 11
Manchu autonomous counties and one of 117 autonomous counties nationally. It is under the administration of and occupies the southernmost portion of
Anshan, the centre of which to the north-northwest, and has a population of 500,000.
Administrative divisions
There are 20 towns and three townships under the county's administration.
Towns:
Townships:
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Hongqiyingzi Township ()
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Linggou Township ()
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Shaozihe Township ()
Geography and climate
Xiuyan borders
Yingkou and
Gaizhou
Gaizhou (), formerly Gaixian, ''Gaiping'', and Kaiping, is a county-level city in Liaoning province, China. It is under the administration of Yingkou City, which lies to the north-northwest, and is located at the northwest end of the Liaodo ...
to the west,
Donggang and
Zhuanghe to the south and
Haicheng and
Liaoyang to the north. Its latitude ranges from 40° 00' to 40° 39' N and longitude 122° 52' to 123° 41' E, and the area is . The county's area is dominated by low-lying mountains part of the
Changbai Mountains, with the highest peak in the county,
Mount Maokui (), at , being the highest point in southern Liaoning.
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Xiuyan has a ]monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal osci ...
-influenced humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...
( Köppen ''Dwa'') characterised by hot, humid summers, due to the monsoon, and rather long, cold, and very dry winters, due to the Siberian anticyclone. The four seasons here are distinctive. A majority of the annual rainfall occurs in July and August. The monthly 24-hour average temperatures ranges from in January to in July, while the annual mean is . Due to the mountainous location, temperatures tend to be slightly cooler than areas to the south and west, and summer rainfall is more generous.
References
External links
Official website of Xiuyan County government
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Manchu autonomous counties
County-level divisions of Liaoning
Anshan