Wuzhai County 五寨县 |
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County | |
Location in Shanxi | |
Coordinates: 38°55′N 111°51′E / 38.917°N 111.850°ECoordinates: 38°55′N 111°51′E / 38.917°N 111.850°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Shanxi |
Prefecture-level city | Xinzhou |
Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Postal code | 036200 |
Wuzhai (Chinese: 五寨; pinyin: Wǔzhài; literally: "five villages") is a county of northwestern Shanxi, China. It is under the administration of Xinzhou City.
Wuzhai has a monsoon-influenced, humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with cold and very dry winters, and warm, humid summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −12.8 °C (9.0 °F) in January to 19.9 °C (67.8 °F) in July, and the annual mean is 5.04 °C (41.1 °F). June thru September accounts for nearly three-fourths of the 454 millimetres (17.9 in) of annual precipitation. Due to the high elevation and dry climate, the diurnal temperature variation averages 15 °C (27 °F) annually.