Pingtang County (Chinese: ; pinyin: Píngtáng Xiàn) is a county in the Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou province, China, bordering Guangxi to the south. It is a high mountain valley and is inhabited mainly by members of the Buyei and Miao ethnic minorities, who together make up 55% of the county's population.[1]

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Pingtang County
平塘县
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Pingtang
Pingtang
Location of the seat in Guizhou
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Pingtang
Pingtang
Pingtang (Southwest China)
Coordinates (Pingtang County government): 25°49′21″N 107°19′21″E
CountryChina
ProvinceGuizhou
Autonomous prefectureQiannan
County seatJinpen
Area
  Total2,799.08 km2 (1,080.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total228,377
  Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
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The county's area is 2,799.08 square km and at the 2010 Census its population was 228,560. The county's government is based in the town of Pinghu.

The Five Hundred Meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is located in the southwestern part of Pingtan County, near its Kedu and Tangbian Towns and Dongjia Township of the adjacent Luodian County.

Administrative divisions

Pingtang County is divided into 1 subdistrict, 9 towns and 1 ethnic township:[2]

subdistrict
  • Jinpen Subdistrict 金盆街道
towns
  • Pingzhou Town 平舟镇
  • Yazhou Town 牙舟镇
  • Tongzhou Town 通州镇
  • Datang Town 大塘镇
  • Kedu Town 克度镇
  • Tangbian Town 塘边镇
  • Jiacha Town 甲茶镇
  • Zhemi Town 者密镇
  • Zhangbu Town 掌布镇
ethnic township
  • Kapu Maonan Ethnic Township 卡蒲毛南族乡

Curiosities

Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope

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FAST radio telescope

The world's largest filled-aperture radio telescope, Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is located in the Dawodang, a natural sinkhole in Pingtang.

Climate

More information Climate data for Pingtang, elevation 709 m (2,326 ft), (1991–2014 normals, extremes 1981–2010), Month ...
Climate data for Pingtang, elevation 709 m (2,326 ft), (1991–2014 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 24.6
(76.3)
32.2
(90.0)
32.8
(91.0)
35.4
(95.7)
34.9
(94.8)
34.2
(93.6)
36.1
(97.0)
36.6
(97.9)
35.8
(96.4)
33.5
(92.3)
30.3
(86.5)
27.9
(82.2)
36.6
(97.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 10.8
(51.4)
14.2
(57.6)
18.2
(64.8)
23.6
(74.5)
26.7
(80.1)
28.7
(83.7)
30.3
(86.5)
30.6
(87.1)
28.3
(82.9)
23.3
(73.9)
19.3
(66.7)
13.9
(57.0)
22.3
(72.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.6
(43.9)
9.5
(49.1)
13.0
(55.4)
18.3
(64.9)
21.7
(71.1)
24.1
(75.4)
25.3
(77.5)
24.8
(76.6)
22.2
(72.0)
18.0
(64.4)
13.6
(56.5)
8.8
(47.8)
17.2
(62.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 3.9
(39.0)
6.4
(43.5)
9.6
(49.3)
14.5
(58.1)
18.0
(64.4)
21.0
(69.8)
22.1
(71.8)
21.2
(70.2)
18.3
(64.9)
14.7
(58.5)
10.1
(50.2)
5.6
(42.1)
13.8
(56.8)
Record low °C (°F) −4.0
(24.8)
−4.1
(24.6)
−1.7
(28.9)
2.4
(36.3)
6.8
(44.2)
12.5
(54.5)
13.8
(56.8)
15.1
(59.2)
10.0
(50.0)
4.9
(40.8)
−1.2
(29.8)
−5.1
(22.8)
−5.1
(22.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 24.7
(0.97)
29.2
(1.15)
54.2
(2.13)
95.7
(3.77)
201.8
(7.94)
217.0
(8.54)
202.8
(7.98)
104
(4.1)
79.6
(3.13)
72.2
(2.84)
42.6
(1.68)
22.7
(0.89)
1,146.5
(45.12)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 11.3 11.3 14.2 15.5 16.3 17.0 17.2 12.7 9.9 11.2 9.1 8.9 154.6
Average snowy days 1.9 0.8 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 3.3
Average relative humidity (%) 77 76 76 77 77 81 81 81 79 79 78 75 78
Mean monthly sunshine hours 45.4 57.0 76.3 104.4 123.2 106.8 156.2 177.1 142.6 96.9 91.7 67.3 1,244.9
Percent possible sunshine 14 18 20 27 30 26 37 44 39 27 28 21 28
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]
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