Wanyuan is a county-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, located near the trisection of Sichuan, Chongqing, and Shaanxi. Tamping Township is its municipality seat. Wanyuan has more than 406,685 inhabitants.

Administrative divisions

Wanyuan comprises 1 subdistrict, 25 towns and 5 townships:

Geography and climate

Wanyuan has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), with cool, damp winters and hot, humid summers; winter temperatures are significantly cooler than in the Sichuan Basin. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 4.1 °C in January to 24.9 °C in July and August, the latter figure being comparable to Chengdu, while the annual mean is 14.81 °C. About two-thirds of the 1271 mm of annual precipitation occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 20% in January and February to 49% in August, the city receives 1,372 hours of bright sunshine annually, with spring sunnier than autumn.

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