Dayao County
Dayao County
大姚县 | |
|---|---|
 Urban skyline of Dayao | |
  Dayao Location of the county seat in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates: 25°43′N 101°19′E / 25.717°N 101.317°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Chuxiong |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,146 km2 (1,601 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,862 m (6,109 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 280,000 |
| • Density | 68/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 675400 |
| Area code | 0878 |
| Website | dayao |
Dayao County (simplified Chinese: 大姚县; traditional Chinese: 大姚縣; pinyin: Dàyáo Xiàn) is a county of north-central Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, under the administration of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
Ethnic groups
The Dayao County Almanac (1999:780) lists the following Yi subgroups.
- Luoluopu 罗罗濮 dialect (spoken in the northwest hill districts)
- Luoluopu 罗罗濮
- Laluobo 腊罗拨
- Popei 婆胚
- Lipu 俚濮 dialect: (spoken in the Qingling River 蜻蛉河 and Yipao River 一泡江 watersheds)
- Lipu 俚濮
- Machipu 骂池濮
- Gesupu 格苏濮
Climate
| Climate data for Dayao (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.5 (76.1) |
25.3 (77.5) |
29.3 (84.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
33.7 (92.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.1 (86.2) |
28.6 (83.5) |
25.9 (78.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
33.7 (92.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.9 (62.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
25.4 (77.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
17.0 (62.6) |
22.4 (72.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.2 (48.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.2 (63.0) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
14.6 (58.3) |
11.7 (53.1) |
5.9 (42.6) |
2.1 (35.8) |
10.3 (50.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.8 (23.4) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.5 (40.1) |
9.6 (49.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
5.5 (41.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9.1 (0.36) |
8.2 (0.32) |
10.7 (0.42) |
16.1 (0.63) |
66.7 (2.63) |
127.4 (5.02) |
196.0 (7.72) |
158.7 (6.25) |
124.2 (4.89) |
72.4 (2.85) |
23.5 (0.93) |
6.7 (0.26) |
819.7 (32.28) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 56 | 48 | 46 | 48 | 58 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 72 | 66 | 66 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
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