Lüchun County 绿春县 | |
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 Location of Lüchun County in Honghe Prefecture within Yunnan province | |
  Lüchun Location of the seat in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates:22°59′38″N102°23′31″E / 22.994°N 102.392°E /22.994; 102.392 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Honghe |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,167 km2 (1,223 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 200,000 |
| • Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 662500 |
| Area code | 0873 |
| Website | www |
Lüchun County (simplified Chinese:绿春县;traditional Chinese:綠春縣;pinyin:Lǜchūn Xiàn) is located inHonghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the south ofYunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam'sLai Châu Province to the south.
Lüchun is located in southwestern Honghe Prefecture in southeastern Yunnan. It bordersHonghe County to the north,Jinping Miao, Yao and Dai Autonomous County andYuanyang County, Yunnan to the east,Jiangcheng County to the west andMojiang County to the northwest. It also borders theMuong Te District ofLai Châu Province,Vietnam to the south.
Lüchun County has 4 towns and 5 townships.[1]
Lüchun County was created in 1958 from 6 village offices ofYuanyang County,Honghe County,Jinping County andMojiang County.
TheLüchun County Gazetteer (1992) lists the following ethnicHani subgroups (highlighted in bold) and their respective locations.
EthnicYi subgroups (all of which speakSouthern Yi language varieties according toLüchun 1992) and their respective locations are:
TheLuoluopo 倮倮颇 (lo33 lo55 pho21) orLuopo 倮颇 (lo55 pho21) are found in Luopan Shangzhai 罗盘上寨,[11]Jinping County and in Zhongzhai 中寨,[12] Dashuigou 大水沟 Township, Lüchun County.[13] The Luopo of Jinping believe that their ancestors had migrated from Pu'er and Mojiang County, while the Luopo of Lüchun believe that their ancestors had migrated from Dali.[13]
| Climate data for Lüchun, elevation 1,643 m (5,390 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) | 27.5 (81.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 31.0 (87.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 29.3 (84.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 27.8 (82.0) | 26.0 (78.8) | 24.2 (75.6) | 31.2 (88.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.7 (63.9) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.9 (73.2) | 24.7 (76.5) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.4 (75.9) | 22.1 (71.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.4 (72.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.3 (54.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 17.3 (63.1) | 19.2 (66.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.3 (68.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 19.4 (66.9) | 17.4 (63.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 17.3 (63.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) | 10.4 (50.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.7 (62.1) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 16.8 (62.2) | 14.8 (58.6) | 11.5 (52.7) | 9.0 (48.2) | 14.2 (57.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) | 1.6 (34.9) | −1.1 (30.0) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.4 (48.9) | 13.3 (55.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 14.0 (57.2) | 9.7 (49.5) | 7.6 (45.7) | 3.0 (37.4) | −1.2 (29.8) | −1.2 (29.8) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 43.6 (1.72) | 27.8 (1.09) | 46.9 (1.85) | 96.1 (3.78) | 241.1 (9.49) | 362.5 (14.27) | 421.6 (16.60) | 290.8 (11.45) | 194.8 (7.67) | 162.0 (6.38) | 68.5 (2.70) | 40.1 (1.58) | 1,995.8 (78.58) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.8 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 12.1 | 19.1 | 25.0 | 27.1 | 24.4 | 19.0 | 16.2 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 174.2 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 75 | 66 | 61 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 79 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 206.8 | 217.4 | 232.8 | 220.3 | 186.0 | 104.0 | 93.0 | 121.4 | 128.3 | 129.9 | 175.8 | 181.4 | 1,997.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 61 | 67 | 62 | 58 | 45 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 35 | 36 | 54 | 55 | 46 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[14][15] | |||||||||||||
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