Maguan County
Appearance
Maguan County
马关县 | |
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![]() Location of Maguan County (pink) and Wenshan Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Yunnan |
Autonomous prefecture | Wenshan |
Area | |
• Total | 2,767 km2 (1,068 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 367,507 |
• Density | 130/km2 (340/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
Postal code | 663700 |
Area code | 0876 |
Website | http://www.ynmg.gov.cn/ |
Maguan County (simplified Chinese: 马关县; traditional Chinese: 馬關縣; pinyin: Mǎguān Xiàn; lit. 'horse pass', Vietnamese: Mã Quan) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lào Cai and Ha Giang provinces to the south.
Ethnic groups
The Maguan County Gazetteer (马关县志) (1996) lists the following ethnic subgroups.
- Han
- Zhuang
- Buyi
- Dai
- Miao
- Yao
- Yi
- Pu 仆 (autonyms: Toulapa 托拉葩 and Alapa 阿拉葩)
- Luo 倮 (autonyms: Luomo 罗摩 and Lemo 勒摩)
- Mongol
- Lajiren 拉基人
Transport
- Nearest airport: Wenshan Airport
Climate
Climate data for Maguan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.3 (90.1) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.8 (91.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
22.2 (71.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.0 (71.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.0 (51.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.5 (45.5) |
8.9 (48.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.8 (65.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
15.1 (59.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.9 (0.86) |
24.2 (0.95) |
47.6 (1.87) |
83.0 (3.27) |
150.3 (5.92) |
201.3 (7.93) |
243.4 (9.58) |
237.8 (9.36) |
126.8 (4.99) |
79.6 (3.13) |
52.0 (2.05) |
18.4 (0.72) |
1,286.3 (50.63) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 85 | 83 | 80 | 79 | 80 | 84 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 83 |
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center |
References
External links
23°00′30″N 104°23′34″E / 23.00833°N 104.39278°E