The average altitude of Weining is 2,200 meters.

The full name of Weining is Weining Yi, Hui and Miao Autonomous County, located in the northwest of Guizhou Province.

Its highest altitude is 2,890 meters, and its lowest altitude is 1,234 meters. However, Weining's average altitude is also 2,200 meters, making it the largest and highest county in Guizhou Province.

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The total area of ??the county reaches 6,295 square kilometers, and the forest coverage rate is as high as 31.7%.

The area around Weining County is the largest basin in the Wumeng Mountains. There are many plateau lakes in the middle, among which Caohai is the most famous.

The county seat is in Caohai Town, and there is a railway station, Caohai Station.

Weining is known as Guizhou's "Sunshine City" because of its low latitude, high altitude and long sunshine hours.

In summer, the average temperature in Weining is only 18 degrees, making it the coolest place in Guizhou.

Recommended food in Weining: 1. Weining potato.

Local potatoes are crispy and can be eaten in a variety of ways. They can be stir-fried with vegetables or fried into potato chips. You can see various stalls selling roasted potatoes, fried potatoes, and boiled potatoes on the roadside. The roasted potatoes on the roadside are the most delicious.

The specialty is just like the usual roasted sweet potatoes, simmered over fire until soft, and taste charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

2. Little daddy.

It looks a bit like fried buns.

The outer shell is buckwheat noodles, and the filling is Weining ham and tofu. Some pickles or bamboo shoots are also added, cut into cubes, stir-fried with oil, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer until cooked.

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After being cooked, the dumplings are mixed with chili oil. They taste salty, slightly spicy, and not greasy.

3. Pig's feet hot pot.

There are two types of pig's trotters hot pot in Weining, one is glutinous pig's trotters, and the other is old pig's trotters. The locals prefer old pig's trotters.

Pig's trotters are the trotters of Weining ham. Although the pig's trotters are pickled, they are not salty. Pig's trotters hot pot is a hot pot cooked with Weining ham with vegetables, kidney beans and other ingredients.