Tianlin County

Tianlin 田林县 · Denzlinz Yen
County
Tianlin Location of the seat in Guangxi
Coordinates: 24°17′38″N 106°13′44″E
Country	China
Province	Guangxi
Prefecture-level city	Baise
County seat	Leli
Area
• Total	5,584 km^2 (2,156 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	224,828
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.tianlin.gov.cn

Tianlin County (Chinese: 田林县; pinyin: Tiánlín Xiàn; Zhuang: Denzlinz Yen) is a county in the west of Guangxi, China, bordering the provinces of Guizhou to the north and Yunnan to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Baise.

Administrative divisions

Tianlin County is divided into 5 towns, 5 townships and 4 ethnic townships:^[1]

towns

• Leli Town 乐里镇
• Jiuzhou Town 旧州镇
• Ding'an Town 定安镇
• Liulong Town 六隆镇
• Langping Town 浪平镇

townships

• Pingtang Township 平塘乡
• Nabi Township 那比乡
• Gaolong Township 高龙乡
• Baile Township 百乐乡
• Zhemiao Township 者苗乡

ethnic townships

• Lucheng Yao Ethnic Township 潞城瑶族乡
• Lizhou Yao Ethnic Township 利周瑶族乡
• Bagui Yao Ethnic Township 八桂瑶族乡
• Badu Yao Ethnic Township 八渡瑶族乡

Demographics

Ethnic Yao are distributed mostly in the townships of Lizhou 利周, Lucheng 潞城, Bagui 八桂, Nongwa 弄瓦, Fuda 福达, and Badu 八渡, while ethnic Yi are found in Changjing Village 常井村 of Ding'an Township 定安镇.^[2]

The Miao of Tianlin County call themselves "Mengxia 孟夏", while the Zhuang call themselves Puyue 甫越 (bu33 jui33), the Han call themselves Kebianren 客边人 ('guest people'), and the Yi call themselves Buna 布那.^[3]

Yao

The Yao of Tianlin County consist of the following four subgroups.^[3]

• Landian Yao 蓝靛瑶 (autonym: Qinmen 琴门, meaning 'mountain people' 山人)
• Pangu Yao 盘古瑶 (autonym: Yumian 育棉)
• Beilou Yao 背篓瑶 (autonym: Bunu 布努)
• Mubing Yao 木柄瑶 (autonym: Nuomo 诺莫)

Notable people

• Li Jinfang (ethnic Zhuang): linguist at the Minzu University of China

Climate

Climate data for Tianlin (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	30.0 (86.0)	35.5 (95.9)	37.4 (99.3)	40.0 (104.0)	40.2 (104.4)	37.5 (99.5)	37.5 (99.5)	37.5 (99.5)	38.0 (100.4)	34.0 (93.2)	33.5 (92.3)	30.2 (86.4)	40.2 (104.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	17.3 (63.1)	20.3 (68.5)	24.1 (75.4)	28.9 (84.0)	31.1 (88.0)	32.1 (89.8)	32.7 (90.9)	32.9 (91.2)	31.1 (88.0)	27.4 (81.3)	23.9 (75.0)	19.2 (66.6)	26.7 (80.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	12.4 (54.3)	14.8 (58.6)	18.4 (65.1)	22.9 (73.2)	25.5 (77.9)	26.9 (80.4)	27.3 (81.1)	26.9 (80.4)	25.0 (77.0)	21.7 (71.1)	17.7 (63.9)	13.5 (56.3)	21.1 (69.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	9.4 (48.9)	11.3 (52.3)	14.6 (58.3)	18.6 (65.5)	21.4 (70.5)	23.6 (74.5)	24.1 (75.4)	23.6 (74.5)	21.6 (70.9)	18.5 (65.3)	14.2 (57.6)	10.1 (50.2)	17.6 (63.7)
Record low °C (°F)	0.0 (32.0)	1.8 (35.2)	2.0 (35.6)	9.3 (48.7)	11.5 (52.7)	16.0 (60.8)	17.5 (63.5)	18.0 (64.4)	13.9 (57.0)	7.9 (46.2)	3.2 (37.8)	−1.6 (29.1)	−1.6 (29.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	23.4 (0.92)	19.1 (0.75)	34.2 (1.35)	72.4 (2.85)	156.3 (6.15)	247.2 (9.73)	224.6 (8.84)	197.7 (7.78)	103.4 (4.07)	66.0 (2.60)	33.5 (1.32)	21.9 (0.86)	1,199.7 (47.22)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	7.6	8.1	9.0	10.2	12.8	15.4	17.8	16.2	10.8	8.9	7.0	6.4	130.2
Average snowy days	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.2
Average relative humidity (%)	80	77	75	75	77	82	83	83	82	82	81	80	80
Mean monthly sunshine hours	67.2	81.6	103.5	142.6	164.8	148.2	168.8	179.8	153.5	116.4	117.2	92.3	1,535.9
Percent possible sunshine	20	25	28	37	40	36	41	45	42	33	36	28	34
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]

References

1. 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：田林县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
2. "第二节 民族构成" [Section 2 National Composition] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-10-24.
3. "第一节 族称族源" [Section 1: Clan Name and Origin] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-10-24.
4. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
5. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 28 May 2023.