Longling County
Longling County
龙陵县 | |
|---|---|
 Longling County government | |
.png) Location of Longling County (pink) and Baoshan City (yellow) within Yunnan | |
  Longling Location of the seat in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates: 24°38′18″N 98°50′23″E / 24.63833°N 98.83972°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Baoshan City |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,884 km2 (1,114 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 270,000 |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 678300 |
| Area code | 0875 |
| Website | www |
Longling County (simplified Chinese: 龙陵县; traditional Chinese: 龍陵縣; pinyin: Lónglíng Xiàn) is a county in Baoshan City, in the west of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south.
Its capital is the large community Longshan (龙山镇).
The site of the Songshan Battlefield (松山战役旧址; 松山戰役舊址; Sōngshān zhànyì jiùzhǐ) (1944 during the Second Sino-Japanese War) has since 2006 been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China.
Climate
| Climate data for Longling (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.6 (61.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
8.8 (47.8) |
15.0 (59.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) |
2.4 (36.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
17.9 (64.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
3.3 (37.9) |
10.6 (51.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.1 (0.83) |
38.1 (1.50) |
36.0 (1.42) |
81.9 (3.22) |
201.0 (7.91) |
369.9 (14.56) |
447.9 (17.63) |
389.5 (15.33) |
258.5 (10.18) |
182.1 (7.17) |
66.9 (2.63) |
19.6 (0.77) |
2,112.5 (83.15) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 79 | 76 | 79 | 84 | 90 | 93 | 91 | 90 | 89 | 86 | 85 | 85 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
External links
- Longling County Official Site
- Longling County Tourism Bureau
- West Yunnan Main Battlefield of Anti-Japanese War of Resistance[permanent dead link]
- Songshan zhanyi jiuzhi
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