Bijie


Bijie is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Guizhou Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the north and Yunnan to the west.
The Daotianhe Reservoir, located to the north of the town was commissioned in 1965 with a rated annual capacity of 6.5 million cubic meters.
On 10 November 2011, the former Bijie Prefecture was converted to a prefecture-level city, and the former county-level city of Bijie was rechristened Qixingguan District.

Geography and climate

Bijie borders Zunyi to the east, Anshun and Liupanshui to the south, Zhaotong and Qujing to the west, and Luzhou to the north. It spans latitude 26°21′−27°46′ N and longitude 105°36′−106°43′ E, and is marked heavily by the presence of the :zh:乌蒙山|Wumeng Mountains as well as karst topography. The Wu, Beipan, and Chishui Rivers are the most important rivers that originate here. The highest elevation is Jiucaiping, at, on the border of Hezhang and Weining counties.
Due to its low latitude and elevation above, Bijie has a monsoon-influenced subtropical highland climate, bordering on a humid subtropical climate with very warm, rainy summers and cool, damp winters. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, while the annual mean is. Rainfall is very common year-round, occurring on 206 days of the year, but over half of the annual total occurs from June to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 15% in January to 44% in August, the city receives 1,218 hours of bright sunshine annually; spring is sunnier and features warmer daytime temperatures than autumn.

Administration

Bijie City consists of a county-level district, six counties and one autonomous county. These are:
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Demographics

According to the 2010 Sixth National Census, Bijie City had a permanent resident population of 6,536,370, an increase of 208,899, 3,400,195 of which were male, producing a male-female ratio of 108.42:100. Children aged 0−14 numbered 2,029,934人, persons aged 15−64 numbered 4,018,583, and seniors 65+ numbered 487,853. The urban population stood at 1,711,222. Persons of Han ethnicity numbered 4,824,015, while minorities formed the other 26.20%.

Transport

At present the backbone of the transport network in Bijie City is formed by China National Highways 321 and 326., Bijie is the only prefecture-level city of Guizhou to lack rail service; this will change with the expected 2015 opening of the Leshan −Guiyang Railway. Other projected rail lines are Bijie−Shuicheng−Xingyi and Zhaotong −Weining−Bijie−Jinsha−Zunyi.
The city is served by the Bijie Airport.

Historical sites

Notable historical sites in Bijie include the following.
;Historical inscriptions