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Shanwei
Guangxicity
Total population
2,935,717
Air quality index
Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Shanwei, a large metropolis in Guangxi, China, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a tropical latitude (22.822°, 110.423°). Recent open-data figures place its population at about 2,935,717. Open solar datasets indicate about 1,386 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 54% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Few places in China carry a comparable population. Additional figures on demographics, climate, geography and points of interest appear in the sections that follow, all drawn from open public datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Parathyma selenophora (Kollar, 1848)Parathyma selenophora (Kollar, 1848) · Insecta4
- Paris PeacockPapilio paris Linnaeus, 1758 · Insecta4
- Camaena hainanensis (H.Adams, 1870)Camaena hainanensis (H.Adams, 1870) · Gastropoda4
- Blanford's Whipping FrogZhangixalus dennysi (Blanford, 1881) · Amphibia3
- Telchinia issoriaTelchinia issoria · Insecta3
- Ceracris nigricornis Walker, 1870Ceracris nigricornis Walker, 1870 · Insecta3
- Parathyma nefte (Cramer, 1782)Parathyma nefte (Cramer, 1782) · Insecta3
- Lycianthes biflora (Lour.) BitterLycianthes biflora (Lour.) Bitter · Magnoliopsida3
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.6 — 2019-10-1244 km ESE of Yashan, China
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
Nearby places in Guangxi
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species








Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API