Weixi Lisu Autonomous County

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County^[a] is an autonomous county of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in northwest Yunnan province, China. The titular ethnic group is the Lisu people.

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County
Autonomous county
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	维西傈僳族自治县
• Tibetan	འབའ་ལུང་ལི་སུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།
• Lisu	ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓫꓯꓽ
Location of Weixi County (red) in Diqing Prefecture (pink) within Yunnan
Coordinates: 27°12′58″N 99°15′58″E
Country	China
Province	Yunnan
Autonomous prefecture	Diqing
County seat	Baohe
Area
• Total	4,661 km2 (1,800 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Total	146,363
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	674600
Area code	0887
Website	weixi.diqing.gov.cn

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	维西傈僳族自治县
Traditional Chinese	維西傈僳族自治縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wéixī Lìsùzú Zìzhìxiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetan	འབའ་ལུང་ལི་སུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།
Transcriptions Wylie 'ba'-lung li-su'u-rigs rang-skyong rdzong Tibetan Pinyin Balung Lisurig Ranggyong Zong
Lisu name
Lisu	ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓫꓯꓽ

Weixi (labelled as WEI-HSI 維西) (1953)

Geography

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County borders Shangri-La City across the river to the east, Yulong County to the southeast, Lanping County to the south, Gongshan County and Fugong County to the west and Deqin County to the north. It is located in the northwest of Yunnan and is the only Lisu Autonomous County in China.

Administrative divisions

Weixi Lisu Autonomous County has 3 towns and 7 townships.^[2]

Towns

• Baohe (保和镇)
• Yezhi (叶枝镇)
• Tacheng (塔城镇)

Townships

• Yongchun (永春乡)
• Pantiange (攀天阁乡)
• Baijixun (白济汛乡)
• Kangpu (康普乡)
• Badi (巴迪乡)
• Zhonglu (中路乡)
• Weideng (维登乡)

Climate

Climate data for Weixi, elevation 2,326 m (7,631 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)	23.0 (73.4)	23.2 (73.8)	26.2 (79.2)	28.0 (82.4)	31.1 (88.0)	31.9 (89.4)	30.9 (87.6)	31.1 (88.0)	30.5 (86.9)	27.2 (81.0)	23.1 (73.6)	21.3 (70.3)	31.9 (89.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	12.7 (54.9)	13.7 (56.7)	15.6 (60.1)	18.5 (65.3)	22.1 (71.8)	25.0 (77.0)	24.9 (76.8)	24.7 (76.5)	23.2 (73.8)	20.3 (68.5)	17.1 (62.8)	14.4 (57.9)	19.3 (66.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	4.2 (39.6)	5.8 (42.4)	8.2 (46.8)	11.4 (52.5)	15.3 (59.5)	18.7 (65.7)	18.9 (66.0)	18.4 (65.1)	16.9 (62.4)	12.8 (55.0)	8.1 (46.6)	5.0 (41.0)	12.0 (53.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−1.6 (29.1)	0.3 (32.5)	3.0 (37.4)	6.4 (43.5)	10.3 (50.5)	14.3 (57.7)	15.3 (59.5)	14.8 (58.6)	13.4 (56.1)	8.3 (46.9)	2.2 (36.0)	−1.3 (29.7)	7.1 (44.8)
Record low °C (°F)	−8.0 (17.6)	−6.8 (19.8)	−2.8 (27.0)	−0.1 (31.8)	4.3 (39.7)	8.4 (47.1)	9.5 (49.1)	9.3 (48.7)	2.7 (36.9)	−0.3 (31.5)	−3.3 (26.1)	−8.9 (16.0)	−8.9 (16.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	30.5 (1.20)	59.2 (2.33)	105.1 (4.14)	76.3 (3.00)	66.6 (2.62)	73.9 (2.91)	180.5 (7.11)	168.4 (6.63)	97.6 (3.84)	52.9 (2.08)	17.4 (0.69)	8.2 (0.32)	936.6 (36.87)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	5.8	7.6	13.6	15.0	13.5	15.0	22.0	21.9	17.4	11.0	3.9	1.9	148.6
Average snowy days	4.0	3.5	1.6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	0.9	10.3
Average relative humidity (%)	57	62	67	69	69	71	79	80	79	75	65	55	69
Mean monthly sunshine hours	212.0	181.4	173.3	160.3	159.5	138.7	122.6	125.2	115.9	167.0	212.5	229.7	1,998.1
Percentage possible sunshine	64	57	46	42	38	34	29	31	32	47	66	71	46
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

Notes

1. • Chinese: 维西傈僳族自治县; pinyin: Wéixī Lìsùzú Zìzhìxiàn
   • Tibetan: འབའ་ལུང་ལི་སུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།, ZYPY: Balung Lisurig Ranggyong Zong
   • Lisu: ꓪꓰꓲ-ꓫꓲꓸ ꓡꓲ-ꓢꓴ ꓫꓵꓽ ꓝꓲꓸ ꓛꓬꓽ ꓫꓯꓽ