Hechi

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Geography and climate

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Hechi (labelled as HO-CH'IH 河池 on a 1954 US Army Service map)

Hechi is located in northwestern Guangxi on the southern end of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The total area is Template:Convert, with elevations increasing from southeast to northwest.[1] It is very mountainous with ranges including in the north the Jiuwanda Mountains, in the northwest the Phoenix Mountains, in the east the Fengling Mountains, in the west, the Duyang Mountains, and in the southwest the Green Dragon Mountains. The tallest mountain is "Nameless Peak" with an elevation of Template:Convert. Bordering prefecture-level divisions are Liuzhou to the east, Laibin to the southeast, Nanning to the south, and Baise to the southwest in Guangxi and Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou to the north.

Hechi has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) and is generally overcast. The short and mild winters begin dry but become progressively rainier and cloudier. Early spring is the cloudiest time of year, though the monsoonal rains do not arrive until May. Summer is long, hot, and humid, and is the sunniest season.[2] Autumn is warmer and drier than spring. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from Template:Convert in January to Template:Convert in July, and the annual mean is Template:Convert. Annual rainfall averages around Template:Convert, over 65% of which falls from May to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 14% in January to 43% in August, the city receives 1,238 hours of bright sunshine annually.

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Administration

Hechi has 2 urban district, 4 counties, and 5 autonomous counties.

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Demographics

In 2010 Hechi's population was 3,991,900. 83.89% (2,826,400) of the people belong to the national minority. Ethnic groups include Zhuang, Han, Yao, Mulao, Maonan, Miao, Dong, and Shui. In these ethnic groups, Zhuang population was 2,542,852 (63.7%), Yao was 365,910 (9.16%). It is home to Guangxi's largest national minority population.[3]

English Name Simplified Chinese Pinyin Zhuang Area Population (2010)
Jinchengjiang District Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 2,340 308,133.01 (73% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Yizhou District Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 3,869 628,655.86 (74.01% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Nandan County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 3,916 291,427.84 (33% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Tian'e County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 3,291 156,615.5 (57% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Fengshan County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 1,738 195,716.15 (58% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Donglan County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 2,435 295,521.3 (85% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 2,658 369,229.83 (31.7% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 4,558 361,827.23 (69.71% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Bama Yao Autonomous County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 1,966 266,722.46 (70.13% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Du'an Yao Autonomous County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 4,095 702,200 (73.98% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
Dahua Yao Autonomous County Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Transliteration Script error: No such module "Lang". 2,754 446,236.08 (33.23% of the people belong to the Zhuang ethnic group, 2010)
  • These figures are based on the following official statistics:

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Economy

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Jinchengjiang Army Monument

Minerals

Hechi is one of Guangxi's most important mineral producers. All of Hechi's counties have large quantities of high quality mineral resources. They include but are not limited to tin, antimony, gold, zinc, indium, copper, iron, silver, manganese, and arsenic. It is a major source of gold for both China and the global market. Limestone and marble are also produced.

Water

Due to Hechi's tropical wet climate, water power is also a major resource. Each year, more than Template:Convert of water flows through Hechi; 13% of all of Guangxi's water. There are more than 630 streams, creeks, and rivers with a combined length of more than Template:Convert. Hydropwer facilities on these rivers produce more than 10 gigawatts of electricity; half of Guangxi's hydropower energy.

Agriculture

Hechi's climate, weather, and soil make it a major agricultural center. More than 400 types of crops including oranges, pineapple, corn, lotus root, casava, sugarcane, tobacco, vegetables, melons, mulberry, mushrooms and more than 100 different kinds of rice are grown here. Sugarcane is a major crop with more than 220,000 tons of refined sugar produced each year from Template:Convert of cane. Oil plants such as peanuts, sesame, and grape are also important.

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Forestry

Forest products are another important industry. Hechi has more than Template:Convert of forest. More than 200 species of wild plants can be used in Chinese medicine.

Flora and fauna

Due to its tropical wet climate, Hechi has an amazing level of biodiversity. There are more than 1800 species of plants, 150 species of trees, 700 species of insects, 50 species of fish, and 60 species of land animals, many of which are rare and protected. Animals such as langurs, pangolins, and wild cats can be found in Hechi's forested mountains.

Transportation

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  3. ↑ Main data bulletin of the sixth national census in 2010, 11 October 2011.Template:In lang
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