Wuxuan County
Wuxuan County (Chinese: 武宣县; pinyin: Wǔxuān Xiàn; Zhuang: Vujsenh Yen) is a county in the east-central part of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Laibin.
Wuxuan County 武宣县 · Vujsenh Yen | |
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County | |
 Wuxuan Old Street | |
  Wuxuan Location of the seat in Guangxi | |
| Coordinates: 23°35′38″N 109°39′47″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Laibin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,739 km2 (671 sq mi) |
| Population (2004) | 416,600 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
During the Cultural Revolution, the county was the site of pitched battles between rival factions. The investigative journalist Zheng Yi wrote of these battles and cases of cannibalism of members of the fallen faction in his book Scarlet Memorial: Tales Of Cannibalism In Modern China.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Wuxuan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.8 (83.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
34. (93) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.7 (96.3) |
37.7 (99.9) |
39.4 (102.9) |
38.7 (101.7) |
39.0 (102.2) |
36.6 (97.9) |
32.8 (91.0) |
30.4 (86.7) |
39.4 (102.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 15.8 (60.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
28.6 (83.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.9 (66.0) |
25.8 (78.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.8 (71.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.6 (83.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
13.6 (56.5) |
21.3 (70.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 8.6 (47.5) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.8 (49.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
0.4 (32.7) |
1.3 (34.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
19.1 (66.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 53.5 (2.11) |
62.2 (2.45) |
74.0 (2.91) |
108.6 (4.28) |
195.7 (7.70) |
221.5 (8.72) |
187.3 (7.37) |
141.5 (5.57) |
79.0 (3.11) |
48.7 (1.92) |
44.6 (1.76) |
26.9 (1.06) |
1,243.5 (48.96) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 74 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 78 | 79 | 75 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 76 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
Notes
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References
- Zheng, Yi (1996). Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China. edited and translated by T. P. Sym. With a Foreword by Ross Terrill. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. ISBN 081332615X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Further reading
- Sutton, Donald S. (January 1995). "Consuming Counterrevolution: The Ritual and Culture of Cannibalism in Wuxuan, Guangxi, China, May to July 1968". Comparative Studies in Society and History. Cambridge University Press. 37 (1): 136–172. doi:10.1017/S0010417500019575. JSTOR 179381.
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