Yongsheng County 永胜县 | |
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 Location of Yongsheng County (red) and Lijiang City (pink) within Yunnan | |
  Yongsheng Location of the seat in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates:26°41′20.25″N100°44′49.56″E / 26.6889583°N 100.7471000°E /26.6889583; 100.7471000 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Lijiang City |
| Area | |
• County | 4,950 km2 (1,910 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 9.42 km2 (3.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,140 m (7,020 ft) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• County | 406,757 |
| • Density | 82.2/km2 (213/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 103,437 |
| • Ethnic minorities | 140,012 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 674200 |
| Area code | 0888 |
| Vehicle registration | 云P |
| Website | Archived 2008-09-29 at theWayback Machine |
Yongsheng County (simplified Chinese:永胜县;traditional Chinese:永勝縣;pinyin:Yǒngshèng Xiàn) is located in the northwest ofYunnan province, China. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofLijiang. In 2019 the county had a population of 406,757 including 34.42%ethnic minorities.[1]
TheChenghai Lake is located in Yongsheng. Yongsheng has a strong agricultural output consisting especially of fruits including pomegranate, oranges, grapes, mangoes,longan, andSugar-apple.[2]
Yongsheng County bordersHuaping County to the east,Dayao County to the southeast,Yulong County andHeqing County to the west,Ninglang County andGucheng District to the north andBinchuan County to the south.
Yongsheng County has 9 towns and 6 ethnic townships.[3]
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TheYongsheng County Gazetteer (1989:637) lists the following ethnicYi subgroups. Population statistics are as of 1985.
| Climate data for Yongsheng, elevation 2,131 m (6,991 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.8 (78.4) | 29.9 (85.8) | 31.2 (88.2) | 31.4 (88.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 28.6 (83.5) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.3 (81.1) | 23.4 (74.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 31.4 (88.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) | 16.9 (62.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 23.0 (73.4) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.7 (76.5) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.6 (72.7) | 20.7 (69.3) | 17.4 (63.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 20.5 (68.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.0 (53.6) | 15.4 (59.7) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.2 (66.6) | 18.7 (65.7) | 17.3 (63.1) | 14.7 (58.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 6.7 (44.1) | 14.0 (57.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | 1.6 (34.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | 8.0 (46.4) | 12.9 (55.2) | 16.0 (60.8) | 16.1 (61.0) | 15.4 (59.7) | 14.0 (57.2) | 10.5 (50.9) | 4.3 (39.7) | 0.2 (32.4) | 8.6 (47.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) | −6.3 (20.7) | −5.0 (23.0) | 0.3 (32.5) | 2.5 (36.5) | 9.4 (48.9) | 10.5 (50.9) | 8.4 (47.1) | 2.5 (36.5) | 3.1 (37.6) | −2.7 (27.1) | −7.1 (19.2) | −7.1 (19.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 7.7 (0.30) | 5.2 (0.20) | 9.2 (0.36) | 13.7 (0.54) | 56.1 (2.21) | 120.8 (4.76) | 255.9 (10.07) | 229.4 (9.03) | 151.2 (5.95) | 64.8 (2.55) | 12.8 (0.50) | 2.1 (0.08) | 928.9 (36.55) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 10.0 | 15.2 | 22.4 | 21.1 | 18.3 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 116.7 |
| Average snowy days | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 57 | 51 | 49 | 51 | 58 | 72 | 82 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 71 | 66 | 67 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 234.3 | 218.8 | 230.7 | 225.1 | 208.3 | 156.6 | 114.5 | 131.6 | 126.9 | 175.5 | 215.5 | 233.4 | 2,271.2 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 71 | 68 | 62 | 58 | 50 | 38 | 27 | 33 | 35 | 50 | 67 | 72 | 53 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8]All-time October high[9] | |||||||||||||
