# Huize County

Huize County (simplified Chinese: 会泽县; traditional Chinese: 會澤縣; pinyin: Huìzé Xiàn, old name: Dongchuan 東川) is a county-level city, under the jurisdiction of Qujing City, Yunnan province, People's Republic of China.

## Demography

The city has grown considerably over the past 20 years. It has 871,200 inhabitants.

## Geography

It is 120 km (75 mi) from the center of Qujing.
Huize is located between mountains with rice fields at one side and a large earth dam to the south. Some of the mountain areas are blasted for construction materials.

## Administrative divisions

Huize County has 3 subdistricts, 7 towns, 12 townships and 1 ethnic township.

### 3 subdistricts

* Gucheng (古城街道)
* Baoyun (宝云街道)
* Jinzhong (金钟街道)

### 7 towns

| Nagu (娜姑镇) Yiche (迤车镇) Leye (乐业镇) Kuangshan (矿山镇) | Zhehai (者海镇) Dajing (大井镇) Daibu (待补镇) |

### 12 townships

| Dahai (大海乡) Laochang (老厂乡) Wuxing (五星乡) Daqiao (大桥乡) Zhichang (纸厂乡) Malu (马路乡) | Huohong (火红乡) Yulu (雨碌乡) Luna (鲁纳乡) Shangcun (上村乡) Jiache (驾车乡) Tianba (田坝乡) |

### 1 ethnic township

* Xinjie Hui (新街回族乡)

## Climate

Tempered by the low latitude and moderate elevation, Huize has a mild subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with short, mild, dry winters, and warm, rainy summers. A great majority of the year's rainfall occurs from June to September.
Climate data for Huize, elevation 2,188 m (7,178 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 27.6 (81.7) | 29.0 (84.2) | 32.1 (89.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.4 (84.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 25.7 (78.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 32.1 (89.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) | 14.9 (58.8) | 19.4 (66.9) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.6 (74.5) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.9 (75.0) | 23.8 (74.8) | 21.6 (70.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 12.4 (54.3) | 19.4 (66.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.1 (46.6) | 12.0 (53.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 19.1 (66.4) | 18.5 (65.3) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.9 (55.2) | 9.4 (48.9) | 6.0 (42.8) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) | 3.1 (37.6) | 6.4 (43.5) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.0 (59.0) | 15.8 (60.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.7 (49.5) | 5.2 (41.4) | 1.8 (35.2) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −17.0 (1.4) | −16.2 (2.8) | −8.0 (17.6) | −3.6 (25.5) | 1.2 (34.2) | 7.6 (45.7) | 7.7 (45.9) | 6.7 (44.1) | 3.3 (37.9) | −1.0 (30.2) | −6.0 (21.2) | −14.8 (5.4) | −17.0 (1.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.8 (0.58) | 10.7 (0.42) | 21.6 (0.85) | 27.6 (1.09) | 67.4 (2.65) | 162 (6.4) | 173.4 (6.83) | 149.8 (5.90) | 87.9 (3.46) | 52.6 (2.07) | 18.7 (0.74) | 6.8 (0.27) | 793.3 (31.26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.8 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 15.6 | 18.7 | 16.9 | 13.8 | 11.8 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 121.4 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 12 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 63 | 57 | 53 | 56 | 64 | 75 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 73 | 70 | 69 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 207.7 | 205.7 | 252.9 | 254.7 | 224.0 | 166.8 | 158.4 | 161.9 | 144.4 | 147.9 | 191.4 | 196.4 | 2,312.2 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 63 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 59 | 61 | 53 |
| Source 1: China Meteorological Administrationall-time extreme temperature ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China ||||||||||||||

## Transport

* China National Highway 213

## Economy

There are several food markets, temples, shops and bars in the county center.

## Tourist attractions

On 23 July 2023 a glass segment of touristic glass slide had completely dislodged, leaving a void at a height of 10 metres. It caused collisions between rafts but nobody was injured. A video of the accident was in the worldwide media.