Longling County
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.
Longling County
龙陵县 | |
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 Longling County government | |
.png.webp) 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 | |
| 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(s) | 0875 |
| Website | www |
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.
Administrative divisions
Longling County has 5 towns, 4 townships and 1 ethnic township.[1]
- 5 towns
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- 4 townships
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- 1 ethnic township
- Mucheng Yi and Lisu (木城彝族傈僳族乡)
Climate
Longling (labelled as LUNG-LING 龍陵) (1954)
| Climate data for Longling (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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| 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) |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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 | |||||||||||||
References
- "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
External links
- Longling County Official Site
- Longling County Tourism Bureau
- West Yunnan Main Battlefield of Anti-Japanese War of Resistance
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