Heqing County
Heqing County
鹤庆县 | |
|---|---|
 Central Heqing | |
.png) Location of Heqing County (pink) and Dali Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province | |
  Heqing Location of the seat in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates: 26°33′34″N 100°10′36″E / 26.55944°N 100.17667°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Dali |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 260,000 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 671500 |
| Area code | 0872 |
| Climate | Cwb |
| Website | www |
Heqing County (simplified Chinese: 鹤庆县; traditional Chinese: 鶴慶縣; pinyin: Hèqìng Xiàn) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China.
Ethnic groups
Zhuang
There are 855 Zhuang in Heqing County, most of whom reside in Luolang Village 洛崀村, Duomei Township 朵美乡 (Dali Ethnic Gazetteer 2009:224). Yunnan (1979)[1] lists the name Qing 青; their autonym is Buyi 布依, while the Han Chinese refer to them as the Zhongjiazi 仲家子. They believe that their ancestors had migrated from the Langdai 郎岱 area of Guizhou.[1] They had a population of 161 as of 1960.
Climate
| Climate data for Heqing (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.6 (69.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) |
8.8 (47.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
8.0 (46.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.8 (0.15) |
4.0 (0.16) |
9.1 (0.36) |
14.0 (0.55) |
55.0 (2.17) |
155.4 (6.12) |
257.7 (10.15) |
239.8 (9.44) |
167.4 (6.59) |
73.3 (2.89) |
14.4 (0.57) |
3.4 (0.13) |
997.3 (39.28) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 50 | 47 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 72 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 76 | 66 | 60 | 65 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha zubian 云南民族识别综合调查组编 (1979). Yunnan minzu shibie zonghe diaocha baogao (1960 nian) 云南民族识别综合调查报告(1960年). Kunming: Yunnan minzuxue yanjiu suoyin 云南民族学研究所印.
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