Xinyi, Guangdong

Xinyi, previously romanized as Sunyi,^[a] is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Maoming in the southwestern corner of the province,^[3] bordering Guangxi to the west. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,014,577 people. Though its metro area is much smaller with 418,731 inhabitants considered urban.^[1]

Xinyi 信宜市 Sunyi; Hsini
County-level city
Xinyi is the northernmost division on this map of Maoming
Xinyi Location in Guangdong
Coordinates: 22°21′18″N 110°56′48″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Maoming
Area
• County-level city	3,081 km2 (1,190 sq mi)
• Metro	3,081 km2 (1,190 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census[1])	1,014,577
• Metro	1,014,577
• Metro density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	525300
Area code	(0)668
License plate prefixes	粤K
Website	www.xinyi.gov.cn

Xinyi
Simplified Chinese	信宜
Postal	Sunyi
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xìnyí Wade–Giles Hsin-i

History

Under the Qing, Xinyi County formed part of the prefecture of Gaozhou.^[2] After the Chinese Civil War, it was reorganized under Maoming. Xinyi is the ancestral hometown of around 500, 000 Chinese diaspora, ninety percent of them settle in Malaysia.

Transportation

• China National Highway 207

Schools

Xinyi Middle School, the first county school in Xinyi District, was set up in 1916. It is now a national-level model high school.

Districts

• Zhusha

Climate

Climate data for Xinyi, elevation 141 m (463 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	29.0 (84.2)	33.3 (91.9)	34.9 (94.8)	35.0 (95.0)	36.3 (97.3)	38.3 (100.9)	38.9 (102.0)	37.6 (99.7)	37.5 (99.5)	35.7 (96.3)	34.4 (93.9)	30.4 (86.7)	38.9 (102.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	20.2 (68.4)	21.6 (70.9)	24.3 (75.7)	28.0 (82.4)	31.2 (88.2)	32.5 (90.5)	33.2 (91.8)	33.2 (91.8)	32.4 (90.3)	30.1 (86.2)	26.7 (80.1)	22.2 (72.0)	28.0 (82.4)
Daily mean °C (°F)	15.2 (59.4)	16.8 (62.2)	19.8 (67.6)	23.6 (74.5)	26.4 (79.5)	27.7 (81.9)	28.3 (82.9)	28.1 (82.6)	27.2 (81.0)	24.9 (76.8)	21.1 (70.0)	16.8 (62.2)	23.0 (73.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	11.8 (53.2)	13.6 (56.5)	16.7 (62.1)	20.5 (68.9)	23.3 (73.9)	24.9 (76.8)	25.2 (77.4)	25.0 (77.0)	24.0 (75.2)	21.3 (70.3)	17.4 (63.3)	13.2 (55.8)	19.7 (67.5)
Record low °C (°F)	2.0 (35.6)	2.6 (36.7)	3.9 (39.0)	9.2 (48.6)	14.8 (58.6)	17.9 (64.2)	21.2 (70.2)	21.8 (71.2)	15.8 (60.4)	10.9 (51.6)	4.4 (39.9)	1.9 (35.4)	1.9 (35.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	42.9 (1.69)	42.0 (1.65)	71.4 (2.81)	193.3 (7.61)	302.6 (11.91)	344.1 (13.55)	276.1 (10.87)	253.1 (9.96)	141.9 (5.59)	58.3 (2.30)	41.9 (1.65)	33.0 (1.30)	1,800.6 (70.89)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	7.8	8.7	11.7	14.0	18.9	20.4	18.0	19.0	13.9	6.2	6.2	5.8	150.6
Average relative humidity (%)	72	76	79	80	81	83	81	82	78	69	68	66	76
Mean monthly sunshine hours	115.4	88.2	77.3	99.7	152.5	155.3	195.3	191.5	190.5	212.2	176.6	155.8	1,810.3
Percentage possible sunshine	34	27	21	26	37	39	48	48	52	59	54	47	41
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]

Facts of overseas Chinese: Xinyi is hometown of around 200,000 ovetseas Chinese, these overseas Chinese mostly settle in Malaysia and Singapore .

Notes

1. Xinyi was also formerly romanized Sin-e.^[2]