Enshi
恩施市 · Enrshiv · Entshil Enshih | |
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Coordinates (Enshi City government): 30°17′42″N 109°28′47″E / 30.2951°N 109.4796°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Hubei |
Autonomous prefecture | Enshi |
Municipal seat | Xiaoduchuan Subdistrict |
Area | |
• County-level city | 3,971.58 km2 (1,533.44 sq mi) |
• Urban | 52.00 km2 (20.08 sq mi) |
Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• County-level city | 836,781 |
• Estimate (2017) | 857,000 |
• Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
• Urban | 260,700 |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Postal code | 445000 |
Area code | 0718 |
Website |
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Chinese | 恩施 | ||||||||
Postal | Enshih | ||||||||
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Former name | |||||||||
Chinese | 施 南 | ||||||||
Postal | Shihnan | ||||||||
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Enshi ( Chinese: 恩施; pinyin: Ēnshī) is a county-level city in and the seat of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in western Hubei province, China. The prefecture's legislature, executive and judiciary are seated here, as well as its CPC and Public security bureau.
The entire county-level city of Enshi has an area of 3,967 square kilometres (1,532 sq mi) and a population of 780,000. [4]
The oldest records of Enshi date the Spring and Autumn Period of 776BC. At that time the area was a state known as Bazi, which lasted until 476BC. [5] Enshi then became a county from 475 to 221, prior to it being absorbed into the Chinese Dynasties during the Qi period. [ citation needed] In 1925, the city of Enshi formed the Exi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, which in 1935 became the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. [5]
Enshi City administers 5 subdistricts, 6 towns, 6 townships and 1 ethnic township: [6]
Five subdistricts are: Wuyangba Subdistrict ( 舞阳坝 街道), Liujiaoting Subdistrict ( 六角亭 街道), Xiaoduchuan Subdistrict ( 小渡船 街道), Qiliping Subdistrict ( 七里坪 街道), Jinziba Subdistrict ( 金子坝 街道).
Six towns are: Longfeng ( 龙凤 镇), Cuiba ( 崔坝 镇), Banqiao ( 板桥 镇), Baiyangping ( 白杨坪 镇), Sancha ( 三岔 镇), Shengjiaba ( 盛家坝 镇).
Six townships are: Xintang Township ( 新塘 乡), Hongtu Township ( 红土 乡), Shadi Township ( 沙地 乡), Taiyanghe Township ( 太阳河 乡), Tunbao Township ( 屯堡 乡), Baiguo Township ( 白果 乡).
One ethnic township is: Bajiao Dong Ethnic Township ( 芭蕉 侗族 乡)
One township-level area: Enshi Daxiagu Landscape Management Division (恩施大峡谷风景管理处)
The city is built alongside the Qing River and is surrounded by forest-covered mountains. The city has many hotels, restaurants and spas. Restaurants here in general cater for Chinese tastes; however there is one western style restaurant called "Mac Home" in the city center. The food in Enshi is spicy and includes many "Hot Pot" style dishes as well as smoked pork and chirzo style sausage meat, spicy fried potatoes and lamb skewers.[ citation needed]
There is a beautiful Forest Park in Enshi which offers splendid scenery and views of the city as well as an amusement park. there is an out-door cafe in the park with hammocks which sells fresh ground coffee. During the summer months there is white water rafting tours available on the river.[ citation needed]
The City Center has a shopping district catering for most tastes. There is a local night club located under the "shelter bridge" called the "Soho Times".
According to Chinese Agency Enshi's economy depends on its people who almost all are workers call (人民) in Traditional Chinese Language. Statistics show in 2018 July city was known by many Chinese businessmen because of its scenery and upcoming demands. In that era of time the city has developed most of its parts and is visiting point for people in Hubei and nearby counties. In the Enshi City there is a university (湖北民族大学) where various departments are taught and Researchers time by time visit its laboratories to find clue.[ citation needed]
Enshi has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa), with short, cool winters, hot, humid summers, and high humidity year-round. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 5.2 °C (41.4 °F) in January to 26.5 °C (79.7 °F) in August, while the annual mean is 16.3 °C (61.3 °F). More than two-thirds of the annual precipitation of 1,424.7 millimetres (56 in) occurs from May to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 12% in January to 50% in August, the city receives only 1,212 hours of bright sunshine annually; winter is especially overcast while July thru September is the sunniest period of the year.
Climate data for Enshi City (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.5 (95.9) |
38.6 (101.5) |
40.3 (104.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.1 (102.4) |
33.6 (92.5) |
27.2 (81.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
40.3 (104.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
29.5 (85.1) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.7 (90.9) |
27.9 (82.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
21.3 (70.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.4 (41.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.2 (75.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.1 (53.8) |
6.9 (44.4) |
16.6 (61.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.4 (57.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
13.3 (56.0) |
Record low °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
9.2 (48.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 32.6 (1.28) |
42.0 (1.65) |
70.7 (2.78) |
125.5 (4.94) |
181.9 (7.16) |
208.0 (8.19) |
256.8 (10.11) |
152.1 (5.99) |
134.9 (5.31) |
114.1 (4.49) |
73.5 (2.89) |
27.5 (1.08) |
1,419.6 (55.87) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 12.1 | 11.9 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 13.9 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 163.4 |
Average snowy days | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 80 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 79 | 75 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 80 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 41.3 | 48.8 | 84.0 | 115.0 | 125.0 | 123.4 | 172.4 | 197.4 | 120.1 | 89.7 | 67.5 | 46.4 | 1,231 |
Percent possible sunshine | 13 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 49 | 33 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 27 |
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather China [9] |
恩施市域为鄂西南山地,东西横距86.5千米,南北纵距90.2千米,国土面积3971.58平方千米。[ permanent dead link]