Pingtang County

Not to be confused with Pingtan County.

Pingtang County (Chinese: 平塘县; 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]

Pingtang County 平塘县
County
Pingtang Location of the seat in Guizhou Show map of Guizhou Pingtang Pingtang (Southwest China) Show map of Southwest China
Coordinates (Pingtang County government): 25°49′21″N 107°19′21″E
Country	China
Province	Guizhou
Autonomous prefecture	Qiannan
County seat	Jinpen
Area
• Total	2,799.08 km2 (1,080.73 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	228,377
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

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

Main article: Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope

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

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]

References

1. Kuang MG (July 1986). "[Develop family planning work based on the reality of minority regions]". Renkou Yanjiu (in Simplified Chinese) (4): 40–1. PMID 12159294.
2. 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：平塘县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
3. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
4. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

External links

• Map of Pingtang County