Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County

Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County (Manchu:, Möllendorff: siuyan manju beye dasangga siyan) is a county in the southeast of Liaoning province, China, and is also one of the 11 Manchu autonomous counties and one of 117 autonomous counties nationally. It is under the administration of and occupies the southernmost portion of Anshan, the centre of which 136 km to the north-northwest, and has a population of 500,000.

Administrative divisions
There are 3 subdistricts, 18 towns and 3 townships under the county's administration.
 * 3 subdistricts:
 * Fuchang Subdistrict (阜昌街道)
 * Xinglong Subdistrict (兴隆街道)
 * Yahe Subdistrict (雅河街道)


 * 18 towns:
 * Sanjiazi (三家子镇)
 * Shimiaozi (石庙子镇)
 * Huanghuadian (黄花甸镇)
 * Dayingzi (大营子镇)
 * Suzigou (苏子沟镇)
 * Pianling (偏岭镇)
 * Hadabei (哈达碑镇)
 * Xindian (新甸镇)
 * Yanghe (洋河镇)
 * Yangjiabao (杨家堡镇)
 * Qingliangshan (清凉山镇)
 * Shihuiyao (石灰窑镇)
 * Qianying (前营镇)
 * Longtan (龙潭镇)
 * Muniu (牧牛镇)
 * Yaoshan (药山镇)
 * Dafangshen (大房身镇)
 * Chaoyang (朝阳镇)


 * 3 townships:
 * Hongqiyingzi Township (红旗营子乡)
 * Linggou Township (岭沟乡)
 * Shaozihe Township (哨子河乡)

Geography and climate
Xiuyan borders Yingkou and Gaizhou to the west, Donggang and Zhuanghe to the south and Haicheng and Liaoyang to the north. Its latitude ranges from 40° 00' to 40° 39' N and longitude 122° 52' to 123° 41' E, and the area is 4507 km2. The county's area is dominated by low-lying mountains part of the Changbai Mountains, with the highest peak in the county, Mount Maokui (帽盔山), at 1141.5 m, being the highest point in southern Liaoning.

Xiuyan has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa) characterised by hot, humid summers, due to the monsoon, and rather long, cold, and very dry winters, due to the Siberian anticyclone. The four seasons here are distinctive. A majority of the annual rainfall occurs in July and August. The monthly 24-hour average temperatures ranges from −9.8 °C in January to 23.3 °C in July, while the annual mean is 8.2 °C. Due to the mountainous location, temperatures tend to be slightly cooler than areas to the south and west, and summer rainfall is more generous.