Suining
(
simplifeed Cheenese
:
遂?
;
traditeeonal Cheenese
:
遂寧
;
Sichuanese Pinyin
: Xu
4
nin
2
;
Sichuanese pronunciation
:
[?y??nin??]
;
pinyin
:
Suining
;
Wade?Giles
:
Sui-ning
) is a
prefectur-level ceety
o eastren
Sichuan
province in
Soothwast Cheenae
. Suining haed 3,252,551 in 2010 (3,477,013 residents in 2000).
[1]
Maist o the aurie is owerwhelmingly landwart in character. In several coonties thare are petroleum, gas an salt resources.
Suining is locatit in the centre o the
Sichuan Basin
an on the central reaches o the
Fu River
, borderin
Chongqing
,
Guang'an
an
Nanchong
tae the east,
Neijiang
an
Ziyang
tae the sooth, the provincial caipital o
Chengdu
tae the wast, an
Deyang
an
Mianyang
tae the north. Its
prefectural
, or admeenistrative, aurie ranges in latitude frae 30° 10' 50" tae 31° 10' 50" N, or 108.9 kilometre (67.7 mi) an in langitude frae 105° 03' 26" to 106° 59' 49" E, or 90.3 kilometre (56.1 mi). While hintle o the prefectur is muntainous, the urban aurie itsel, which occupees 40 square kilometre (15 sq mi), is locatit on flat laund.
Suining haes a
monsoon
-influencit
humid subtropical climate
(
Koppen
Cwa
) an is lairgely mild an humid, wi fower distinct saisons. Winter is short, mild, an foggy, tho actual precipitation is law. Januar averages 6.5 °C (43.7 °F), an while frost mey occur, snaw is rare. Simmers are lang, hot an humid, wi the daily average in Julie an August aroond 27 °C (81 °F), wi August bein slichtly wairmer. Rainfaw is licht in winter an can be hivy in simmer, an 75% o the annual total occurs from Mey tae September.
| Climate data for Suining (1971?2000)
|
| Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
| Average heich °C (°F)
|
9.8
(49.6)
|
12.3
(54.1)
|
16.9
(62.4)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
29.1
(84.4)
|
31.5
(88.7)
|
32.2
(90.0)
|
26.6
(79.9)
|
21.4
(70.5)
|
16.5
(61.7)
|
11.2
(52.2)
|
21.4
(70.6)
|
| Average law °C (°F)
|
4.1
(39.4)
|
5.9
(42.6)
|
9.4
(48.9)
|
14.1
(57.4)
|
18.4
(65.1)
|
21.4
(70.5)
|
23.6
(74.5)
|
23.5
(74.3)
|
19.9
(67.8)
|
15.3
(59.5)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
5.7
(42.3)
|
14.3
(57.8)
|
| Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
|
14.5
(0.57)
|
14.8
(0.58)
|
25.0
(0.98)
|
63.6
(2.50)
|
104.0
(4.09)
|
131.5
(5.18)
|
198.1
(7.80)
|
143.3
(5.64)
|
122.8
(4.83)
|
65.5
(2.58)
|
29.9
(1.18)
|
14.6
(0.57)
|
927.6
(36.5)
|
| Average precipitation days
(≥ 0.1 mm)
|
8.1
|
8.2
|
9.8
|
12.1
|
13.1
|
13.8
|
13.3
|
10.4
|
14.7
|
14.1
|
10.1
|
7.5
|
135.2
|
| Source:
Weather China
|
Suining is a buimin ceety wi a wide range o roles, no juist limit tae the
Excellent Tourism Ceety o Cheenae
, but include the
Finance an Ecological Ceety o Cheenae
, the
Naitional Landscape Ceety
, the
Naitional Hygiene Ceety
, an the
Global Green Ceety
.
Accordin tae the local legend, Suining is the
Hametoun o Guanyin
, three sisters o Guanyin are aw frae Suining.
[2]
There exists
Lingquan Temple
,
Guangde Temple
, an the
Dead Sea
, which are regardit as the 4A scenic zone. An thare is a
Celadon Museum o Sichuan
an aw, which is referred tae as a 3A scenic zone.
The percentage o laund-covered forests o Suining is approximately 34%, it's the first Provincial Environmental Protection Ceety in Sichuan.
| M
|
|
| #
|
Name
|
Hanzi
|
Hanyu Pinyin
|
Population (2004 est.)
|
Aurie (km²)
|
Densitie (/km²)
|
| 1
|
Chuanshan Destrict
|
船山?
|
Chuansh?n Q?
|
670,000
|
618
|
1,084
|
| 2
|
Anju Destrict
|
安居?
|
?nj? Q?
|
750,000
|
1,258
|
596
|
| 3
|
Pengxi Coonty
|
蓬溪?
|
Pengx? Xian
|
760,000
|
1,251
|
608
|
| 4
|
Shehong County
|
射洪?
|
Shehong Xian
|
1,040,000
|
1,496
|
695
|
| 5
|
Daying County
|
大英?
|
Day?ng Xian
|
550,000
|
703
|
782
|
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