Autonomous county in Yunnan, China
Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (simplified Chinese : 景东彝族自治县 ; traditional Chinese : 景東彝族自治縣 ; pinyin : Jǐngdōng Yízú Zìzhìxiàn ; Tai Nüa : ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥖᥧᥒᥴ ) is an autonomous county in the west-central part of Yunnan Province , China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pu'er .
Administrative divisions
In the present, Jingdong Yi Autonomous County has 10 towns and 3 townships.
10 towns
3 townships
Ethnic groups
The Hani of Jingdong (autonym: Kaduo 卡多) numbered 10,861 individuals as of 1990 and live primarily in Wenjing 文井 , Zhehou 者后 , and Huashan 花山 townships.
The Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer 景东县民族志 (2012:209) reports that are about 200 ethnic Bulang in Manbeng Village 曼崩村 , Dachaoshandong Town 大朝山东镇 .[ 5]
According to the Jingdong County Gazetteer (1994:519), ethnic Yao numbered 3,889 individuals in 1990, and lived mainly in Chaqing 岔箐 [ 6] and Dasongshu 大松树 [ 7] of Taizhong 太忠乡 . Yao language speakers, known as the Lewu Yao 乐舞瑶族 , were found in Puya Village 普牙村 , Chaqing Township 岔箐乡 (Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer 2012:144).[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] The Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer (2012) reports that the Lewu language is now extinct.
Fauna
Frog species in Jingdong County include:
Family Megophryidae
Family Ranidae
Climate
Climate data for Jingdong, elevation 1,162 m (3,812 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
28.9 (84.0)
30.6 (87.1)
34.4 (93.9)
35.4 (95.7)
39.1 (102.4)
37.3 (99.1)
34.7 (94.5)
34.7 (94.5)
34.7 (94.5)
32.4 (90.3)
30.1 (86.2)
27.6 (81.7)
39.1 (102.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
21.6 (70.9)
24.4 (75.9)
27.4 (81.3)
29.5 (85.1)
30.1 (86.2)
29.8 (85.6)
29.0 (84.2)
29.6 (85.3)
28.3 (82.9)
26.0 (78.8)
23.6 (74.5)
21.1 (70.0)
26.7 (80.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)
11.8 (53.2)
14.1 (57.4)
17.6 (63.7)
20.6 (69.1)
22.9 (73.2)
24.2 (75.6)
23.8 (74.8)
23.6 (74.5)
22.4 (72.3)
19.9 (67.8)
15.7 (60.3)
12.5 (54.5)
19.1 (66.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
5.9 (42.6)
7.3 (45.1)
10.5 (50.9)
13.9 (57.0)
17.6 (63.7)
20.6 (69.1)
20.8 (69.4)
20.4 (68.7)
19.3 (66.7)
16.7 (62.1)
11.5 (52.7)
7.7 (45.9)
14.4 (57.8)
Record low °C (°F)
−0.3 (31.5)
0.6 (33.1)
1.8 (35.2)
7.2 (45.0)
10.0 (50.0)
14.5 (58.1)
15.9 (60.6)
15.1 (59.2)
10.6 (51.1)
7.4 (45.3)
3.4 (38.1)
−1.4 (29.5)
−1.4 (29.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
26.3 (1.04)
17.8 (0.70)
22.5 (0.89)
37.4 (1.47)
99.5 (3.92)
154.4 (6.08)
210.6 (8.29)
219.3 (8.63)
138.5 (5.45)
122.1 (4.81)
39.7 (1.56)
13.4 (0.53)
1,101.5 (43.37)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
5.0
4.8
6.3
8.6
13.3
18.4
22.6
20.8
18.1
16.0
6.9
4.3
145.1
Average relative humidity (%)
76
67
61
61
68
77
82
81
82
83
82
81
75
Mean monthly sunshine hours
197.9
208.8
228.7
222.6
201.0
138.0
117.9
145.6
138.8
132.0
158.5
167.4
2,057.2
Percent possible sunshine
59
65
61
58
49
34
28
37
38
37
49
51
47
Source: China Meteorological Administration [ 11] [ 12] all-time extreme temperature[ 13]
References
Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 2012. Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer 景东彝族自治县民族志. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press 云南民族出版社.
Jingdong County Gazetteer Editorial Committee (ed). 1994. Jingdong County Gazetteer 景东彝族自治县志. Chengdu: Sichuan Reference Book Press 四川辞书出版社.
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