Huili (; Yi: or ''nyi ddix xiep'' or ''hop li xiep'') is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

of far southern

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

province, China. It is under the administration of the

Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Liangshan (; Yi: ''Niep Sha'', pronounced ), officially the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is an autonomous prefecture occupying much of the southern extremity of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China; its seat is Xichang. Liangshan ...

. The county-level city was severely affected by the 2008 Panzhihua earthquake.

Geography and climate

Huili is situated in southern Sichuan and is the southernmost division of the Liangshan Prefecture, bordering Sichuan's

Panzhihua Panzhihua (), formerly Dukou (), is a prefecture-level city located in the far south of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China, at the confluence of the Jinsha and Yalong Rivers. It has an administrative area of , and a population at the 2 ...

City and

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the C ...

. The county-level city seat has an elevation of about , although elevations range from along the

Jinsha River The Jinsha River (, Tibetan: Dri Chu, འབྲི་ཆུ) is the Chinese name for the upper stretches of the Yangtze River. It flows through the provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan in western China. The river passes through Tiger L ...

to at Mount Beimu (). Due to its southerly location in Sichuan and high elevation, Huili has a

subtropical highland climate An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ...

(

Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer * Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan * Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...

''Cwb''), with mild, very sunny and dry winters, and very warm, rainy summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in June, and the annual mean is . Over 60% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to August. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 34% in July to 72% in February, the county-level city seat receives 2,348 hours of bright sunshine annually.

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Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture Amdo County-level cities in Sichuan {{Sichuan-geo-stub