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Jinggu County
景谷县 · ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥝᥨᥝᥰ | |
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| 景谷傣族彝族自治县 Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County | |
Cityscape of county town Twin Stupas of Mengwo Central Temple Jinggu Ivory Mango Ancestor White Dragon Park Peacock Square | |
Location of Jinggu County (red) and Pu'er Prefecture (pink) within Yunnan province | |
| Coordinates: 23°29′49″N 100°42′11″E / 23.497°N 100.703°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture-level city | Pu'er |
| County seat | Weiyuan |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,550 km2 (2,920 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 946 m (3,104 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 277,417 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 666400[2] |
| Area code | 0879[2] |
| GB/T 2260 CODE[3] | 530824 |
| Website | www |
| 1Yunnan Statistics Bureau [1] 2Puer Gov. [2] 3Yunnan Portal [3] | |
Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County (Chinese: 景谷傣族彝族自治县; pinyin: Jǐnggǔ Dǎizú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn; Tai Nüa: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥝᥨᥝᥰ[note 1]) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China. It borders Ning'er County to the east, Simao District and Ning'er County across Weiyuan and Xiaohei Rivers to the south and southeast, Lancang County, Linxiang District and Shuangjiang County across the Lancang River to the west, and Zhenyuan County to the north.
In the present, Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County has 6 towns and 4 townships.
The Jinggu County Gazetteer (1993:682) lists the following ethnic groups and their locations.
Yi subgroups in Jinggu are:[8]
On October 7, 2014 a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Jinggu county at 9:49 p.m. local time. The earthquake was felt in many parts of Yunnan including the provincial capital, Kunming, nearly 300 miles away.[9]
| Climate data for Jinggu, elevation 979 m (3,212 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
32.9 (91.2) |
35.3 (95.5) |
37.1 (98.8) |
39.5 (103.1) |
38.2 (100.8) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.7 (94.5) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.1 (88.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
26.7 (80.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.1 (86.2) |
28.1 (82.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.8 (71.2) |
17.8 (64.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
20.8 (69.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
18.6 (65.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
2.6 (36.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
5.5 (41.9) |
0.9 (33.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.5 (1.04) |
14.6 (0.57) |
21.1 (0.83) |
46.2 (1.82) |
105.2 (4.14) |
171.1 (6.74) |
296.7 (11.68) |
247.5 (9.74) |
159.7 (6.29) |
122.9 (4.84) |
45.8 (1.80) |
16.6 (0.65) |
1,273.9 (50.14) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.6 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 13.8 | 19.8 | 24.9 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 146 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 67 | 60 | 62 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 198.7 | 221.2 | 231.9 | 225.3 | 204.4 | 149.8 | 128.9 | 152.3 | 152.4 | 150.3 | 163.5 | 165.8 | 2,144.5 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 59 | 69 | 62 | 59 | 50 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 50 | 50 | 49 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[10][11] | |||||||||||||