Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County (;
Manchu
The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...
: ,
Möllendorff: ''siuyan manju beye dasangga siyan'') is a county in the southeast of
Liaoning
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province, China, and is also one of the 11
Manchu
The Manchus (; ) are a Tungusic peoples, Tungusic East Asian people, East Asian ethnic group native to Manchuria in Northeast Asia. They are an officially recognized Ethnic minorities in China, ethnic minority in China and the people from wh ...
autonomous counties
Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. Autonomous counties tend to have a large number of ethnic minority citizens compared to ordinary counties (if not an outright major ...
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 413,000 in 2020.
Administrative divisions
There are 3 subdistricts, 18 towns and 3 townships under the county's administration.
;3 subdistricts:
* Fuchang Subdistrict ()
* Xinglong Subdistrict ()
* Yahe Subdistrict ()
;18 towns:
*
Sanjiazi ()
*
Shimiaozi ()
*
Huanghuadian ()
*
Dayingzi ()
*
Suzigou ()
*
Pianling ()
*
Hadabei ()
*
Xindian ()
*
Yanghe ()
*
Yangjiabao ()
*
Qingliangshan ()
*
Shihuiyao ()
*
Qianying ()
*
Longtan ()
*
Muniu ()
*
Yaoshan ()
*
Dafangshen ()
*
Chaoyang ()
;3 townships:
*
Hongqiyingzi Township ()
*
Linggou Township ()
*
Shaozihe Township ()
Geography and climate
Xiuyan borders
Yingkou
Yingkou ( zh, s=, t=, p=Yíngkǒu) is a coastal prefecture-level city of central southern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, on the northeastern shore of Liaodong Bay. It is the third-smallest city in Liaoning with a total area of , a ...
and
Gaizhou 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 Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...
-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 cold ...
(Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (1951–2014), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author ...
''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