# Dali County

Dali County (Chinese: 大荔; pinyin: Dàlì) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Weinan, in the east-central part of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi province to the east. It covers 1,766 km$^2$ (682 sq mi). The population in 2002 was 690 thousand. Its economy focuses on agriculture, mainly yielding cotton and fruits, such as watermelon. Dali was a county dated back to Qin Dynasty. It used to be named as Linjin, Dali, Wuxiang, Fengyi, Tongzhou, etc.

## Administration

Dali County governs 18 towns.

### Towns

| Chengguan (城关镇) Xuzhuang (许庄镇) Chaoyi (朝邑镇) Anren (安仁镇) Fengcun (冯村镇) Liangyi (两宜镇) | Shaungquan (双泉镇) Gaoming (高明镇) Fanjia (范家镇) Guanchi (官池镇) Qiangbai (羌白镇) Weilin (韦林镇) |

### Towns are upgraded from Townships.

| Xiazhai (下寨镇) Sucun (苏村镇) Zhaodu (赵渡镇) | Pingming (平民镇) Nianqiao (埝桥镇) Duanjia (段家镇) |

### Former Townships merged to others.

* Hujia (芦家乡), Buchang (埠场乡), Boshi (博市乡), Shicao (石槽乡), Bayu (八于乡), Xizhai (西寨乡), Zhangjia (张家乡), Shadi (沙地乡)

## Climate

Climate data for Dali, elevation 351 m (1,152 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) | 16.2 (61.2) | 22.7 (72.9) | 29.6 (85.3) | 37.6 (99.7) | 38.8 (101.8) | 41.8 (107.2) | 40.1 (104.2) | 38.9 (102.0) | 37.6 (99.7) | 32.1 (89.8) | 24.8 (76.6) | 18.1 (64.6) | 41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 16.4 (61.5) | 23.1 (73.6) | 27.8 (82.0) | 31.9 (89.4) | 32.7 (90.9) | 30.9 (87.6) | 26.1 (79.0) | 20.1 (68.2) | 13.1 (55.6) | 6.7 (44.1) | 20.3 (68.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.6 (30.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 9.6 (49.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.9 (69.6) | 25.3 (77.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.1 (68.2) | 13.7 (56.7) | 6.5 (43.7) | 0.6 (33.1) | 14.0 (57.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) | −1.3 (29.7) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.6 (49.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 19.1 (66.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 20.8 (69.4) | 15.6 (60.1) | 8.9 (48.0) | 1.7 (35.1) | −3.8 (25.2) | 8.8 (47.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.5 (5.9) | −17.4 (0.7) | −7.8 (18.0) | −1.6 (29.1) | 2.6 (36.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.6 (58.3) | 13.1 (55.6) | 4.5 (40.1) | −6.0 (21.2) | −10.2 (13.6) | −15.7 (3.7) | −17.4 (0.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.3 (0.21) | 8.5 (0.33) | 14.5 (0.57) | 31.5 (1.24) | 49.2 (1.94) | 52.9 (2.08) | 81.9 (3.22) | 84.2 (3.31) | 82.7 (3.26) | 51.5 (2.03) | 19.6 (0.77) | 4.0 (0.16) | 485.8 (19.12) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.4 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 77.6 |
| Average snowy days | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 11 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 58 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 62 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 64 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 156.6 | 156.0 | 191.4 | 217.6 | 236.4 | 233.4 | 243.3 | 218.5 | 166.6 | 156.2 | 148.8 | 159.2 | 2,284 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 50 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 53 | 45 | 45 | 49 | 52 | 51 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Transportation

* Dali railway station of the Datong–Xi'an passenger railway, with frequent service to Xi'an and Taiyuan.

## Famous figures

* Dali (fossil), excavated in 1978
* Ruoxi Zhang, former Minister of Education Ministry of PRC, is from Zhaoyi town in Dali county.
* Fengshou Shi, an expert of rapid calculation, is also from this county.
* Huaiying Dang was man of letters in Jin Dynasty. His ancestral home is Dali county.
* Xiandeng Ma was an official and a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations in late Qing Dynasty.