# Wuqi County

Wuqi County (simplified Chinese: 吴起县; traditional Chinese: 吳起縣; pinyin: Wúqǐ Xiàn) is a county under the jurisdiction of Yan'an City, in the northwest of Shaanxi Province, China, bordering Gansu province to the southwest. The county spans an area of 3,788.5 square kilometres (1,462.7 sq mi), and has a population of 145,600 as of 2012.

## Administrative divisions

The county is divided into 1 subdistrict and 8 towns.
| Zoning Code | English Name | Hanzi | Pinyin |
| 610626001000 | Wuqi Subdistrict [zh] | 吴起街道 | Wúqǐ Jiēdào |
| 610626101000 | Tiebiancheng [zh] | 铁边城镇 | Tiěbiānchéng Zhèn |
| 610626102000 | Zhouwan [zh] | 周湾镇 | Zhōuwān Zhèn |
| 610626103000 | Baibao [zh] | 白豹镇 | Báibào Zhèn |
| 610626104000 | Zhangguanmiao | 长官庙镇 | Zhǎngguānmiào Zhèn |
| 610626105000 | Changcheng [zh] | 长城镇 | Chángchéng Zhèn |
| 610626106000 | Wugucheng [zh] | 五谷城镇 | Wǔgǔchéng Zhèn |
| 610626107000 | Wucangbao [zh] | 吴仓堡镇 | Wúcāngbǎo Zhèn |
| 610626108000 | Miaogou [zh] | 庙沟镇 | Miàogōu Zhèn |

## Geography

Wuqi is adjacent to Dingbian County in the northwest, Zhidan County in the southeast, Jingbian County in the northeast, and Huachi County in Gansu Province in the southwest. The county's two main rivers are the Wuding River and the Beiluo River. The region is largely hilly, with the terrain's altitude varying from 1,233 metres (4,045 ft) to 1,809 metres (5,935 ft) in height.

### Climate

The county has warm, wet summers, and cool, dry winters. The county's minimum recorded temperature was −25.1 °C (−13.2 °F), maximum recorded temperature was 37.1 °C (98.8 °F), and has an average annual temperature of 7.8 °C (46.0 °F). The county's average annual precipitation is 483.4 millimetres (19.03 in).
Climate data for Wuqi, elevation 1,331 m (4,367 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) | 19.9 (67.8) | 28.1 (82.6) | 33.6 (92.5) | 34.6 (94.3) | 36.7 (98.1) | 38.3 (100.9) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.7 (92.7) | 28.0 (82.4) | 23.2 (73.8) | 15.5 (59.9) | 38.3 (100.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) | 5.8 (42.4) | 11.9 (53.4) | 18.9 (66.0) | 23.7 (74.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.8 (83.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.1 (61.0) | 9.6 (49.3) | 3.3 (37.9) | 16.4 (61.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.2 (19.0) | −2.8 (27.0) | 3.5 (38.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.8 (60.4) | 20.2 (68.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 20.3 (68.5) | 15.0 (59.0) | 8.2 (46.8) | 1.1 (34.0) | −5.5 (22.1) | 8.4 (47.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) | −9.2 (15.4) | −3.2 (26.2) | 2.9 (37.2) | 8.2 (46.8) | 13 (55) | 16.4 (61.5) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.1 (50.2) | 2.7 (36.9) | −4.7 (23.5) | −11.6 (11.1) | 2.2 (35.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −26.3 (−15.3) | −22.6 (−8.7) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −9.9 (14.2) | −3.3 (26.1) | 4.0 (39.2) | 7.3 (45.1) | 5.0 (41.0) | −3.1 (26.4) | −11.1 (12.0) | −17.8 (0.0) | −28.5 (−19.3) | −28.5 (−19.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.9 (0.11) | 4.7 (0.19) | 10.7 (0.42) | 23.8 (0.94) | 37.8 (1.49) | 53.4 (2.10) | 103.6 (4.08) | 111.6 (4.39) | 69.2 (2.72) | 30.4 (1.20) | 11.8 (0.46) | 2.3 (0.09) | 462.2 (18.19) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 10.6 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 83.1 |
| Average snowy days | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 24.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 55 | 52 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 56 | 67 | 72 | 74 | 70 | 63 | 57 | 59 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 202.0 | 188.0 | 220.2 | 234.2 | 255.4 | 248.6 | 237.1 | 213.4 | 171.4 | 189.9 | 192.9 | 197.6 | 2,550.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 65 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 66 | 58 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## History

On October 19, 1935, forces belonging to the Chinese Soviet Republic captured the area. An account of Wuqi (Wu Ch'i, in Wade-Giles Romanization) in 1936 can be found in Edgar Snow's "Red Star over China". At the time, it was the main industrial center of the communist-controlled Shaanxi/Gansu/Ningxia borderlands area, This is where the Red Army's arsenal. cloth, uniform, shoe and stockings factories were at the time. As Edgar Snow noted, the arsenal's products were mostly used to arm the Red guerilla fighters, while the regular Red Army units mostly used weapons captured from the enemy (Kuomintang and warlord) troops. The area was a part of the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region.

## Economy

As of 2016, Wuqi County had a GDP of 10.8 billion Renminbi. The county's urban residents had a per capita disposable income of 32,883 Yuan, and its agrarian residents had one of 11,538 Yuan.

### Natural resources

The county has deposits of a number of minerals, including coal, petroleum, and gypsum.

## Transportation

The county is home the Yan'an-Dingbian Road. The western terminus of the Yanwu Expressway is located in the county.