Lancang County 澜沧县 ·Laq Cha Sheq | |
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澜沧拉祜族自治县 Laq Cha Lad Hof Ceol Ziq Ziq Sheq Lancang Autonomous County | |
 Location of Lancang County (red) in Pu'er City (pink) and Yunnan | |
  Lancang Location of the seat in Yunnan | |
| Coordinates:22°33′22″N99°55′55″E / 22.556°N 99.932°E /22.556; 99.932 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture-level city | Pu'er |
| GB/T 2260 CODE[1] | 530828 |
| County seat | Menglang |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,807 km2 (3,400 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,054 m (3,458 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,516 m (8,255 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 578 m (1,896 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 441,455 |
| • Density | 50.13/km2 (129.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 665600[4] |
| Area code | 0879[4] |
| Website | www |
| 1Yunnan Statistics Bureau[1] 2Puer Gov.[2] 3Yunnan Portal[3] | |
Lancang Lahu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese:澜沧拉祜族自治县;traditional Chinese:瀾滄拉祜族自治縣;pinyin:Láncāng Lāhùzú Zìzhìxiàn;Lahu:Laq Cha Lad Hof Ceol Ziq Ziq Sheq) is anautonomous county under the jurisdiction ofPu'er City, in southwesternYunnan province, China. Lancang is the same asLan Xang, and refers to theMekong River (known in Chinese as the Lancang) on its eastern borders and adopted by modernLaos, aTai word meaningMillion Elephants.
In 1988, the county was struck by amagnitude 7.6 earthquake. It was followed by a second damaging event shortly after. The two events killed a total of 939 people.[5][6]
The main source of traditionalPu'er tea, the forests surrounding Jingmai Mountain (普洱景迈山古茶林), have been inscribed as aUNESCOWorld Heritage site.
Lancang Lahu Autonomous County comprises five towns, nine townships and six ethnic townships.
A large portion of the population are ofLahu ethnicity, andLahu language is one of the official languages in the county.
TheAkha language, whose speakers are officially classified asHani people, is also spoken in Lancang County.[7] Ethnic Hani townships include Fazhan 发展河哈尼族乡 and Jiujing 酒井哈尼族乡 townships. Menglang 勐朗镇 and Huimin 惠民镇 were formerly ethnic Hani townships, but are now towns (镇).
TheBisu language is spoken in the townships of Zhutang 竹塘乡 (in Dazhai 大寨, Laomian 老面 village;[8]seeLaomian language), Laba 拉巴乡, Donglang 东朗乡, and Fubang 富邦乡.
Yi people also live in Lancang County, and are found in Qianliu Ethnic Yi Township 谦六彝族乡.
The Aciga 阿茨戛 people of Lancang County numbered about 50 individuals as of 1960, and are located in Yakou Township 雅口乡 and Nanxian Township 南现乡 (You 2013:134).[9] Their original language has become extinct, and the Aciga now speak Chinese and Yi. The Aciga are currently classified by the Chinese government as ethnic Yi.[9]
Two dialects of theWa language are spoken in Lancang County.[10]
Wa townships include Xuelin 雪林佤族乡, Ankang 安康佤族乡, and Wendong 文东佤族乡 ethnic Wa townships.
Bulang people are located in:[11]
Lancang County is located in southwestern Yunnan below theTropic of Cancer, spanning latitude 22°01'−23°16' N and longitude 99°29'−100°35' E and an area of 8,807 km2 (3,400 sq mi), making it the second-largest county in the province in terms of area. It bordersSimao District andJinggu County across theLancang River to the east and northeast,Menghai County to the southeast,Ximeng County andMenglian County to the west and southwest, andCangyuan County andShuangjiang County to the northwest and north.[24] It has an international border withBurma'sShan State to the west and south[25], totaling 80.563 km (50.060 mi) in length. It is heavily mountainous and situated among theHengduan Mountains, with the elevation ranging from 2,516 m (8,255 ft) at Mount Malihei (麻栗黑山) in Xincheng Township (新城乡) to 578 m (1,896 ft) in Yakou Township (雅口乡).[2]
Lancang County contains elements of both atropical wet and dry climate and ahumid subtropical climate (KöppenAw andCwa, respectively), and is generally humid. Summer is long and there is virtually no "winter" as such; instead, there is adry season (December thru April) andwet season (May thru October). A drier heat prevails from February thru early May before the onset of the monsoon from the Indian Ocean. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 13.6 °C (56.5 °F) in January to 23.6 °C (74.5 °F) in June, while the annual mean is 19.73 °C (67.5 °F). Rainfall totals about 1,586 mm (62 in) annually, with nearly 70% of it occurring from June to September, whenrelative humidity averages above 85%. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 24% in July to 70% in February, the county receives 2,116 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Lancang, elevation 1,055 m (3,461 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 29.4 (84.9) | 33.2 (91.8) | 33.8 (92.8) | 36.3 (97.3) | 36.8 (98.2) | 35.1 (95.2) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.6 (92.5) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 30.4 (86.7) | 29.3 (84.7) | 36.8 (98.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.2 (79.2) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 29.2 (84.6) | 28.1 (82.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 28.9 (84.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 25.5 (77.9) | 23.3 (73.9) | 27.7 (81.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) | 15.8 (60.4) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.5 (74.3) | 22.9 (73.2) | 21.1 (70.0) | 17.7 (63.9) | 14.6 (58.3) | 20.0 (68.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) | 8.2 (46.8) | 11.1 (52.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 18.4 (65.1) | 20.9 (69.6) | 21.0 (69.8) | 20.8 (69.4) | 19.9 (67.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | 15.3 (59.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) | 1.8 (35.2) | 2.6 (36.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | 12.0 (53.6) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 15.3 (59.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 7.8 (46.0) | 2.9 (37.2) | −1.4 (29.5) | −1.4 (29.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 30.1 (1.19) | 12.5 (0.49) | 25.8 (1.02) | 52.8 (2.08) | 133.3 (5.25) | 240.1 (9.45) | 345.3 (13.59) | 294.8 (11.61) | 184.4 (7.26) | 162.5 (6.40) | 56.8 (2.24) | 22.9 (0.90) | 1,561.3 (61.48) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.5 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 9.6 | 16.3 | 24.1 | 27.7 | 25.3 | 19.8 | 15.0 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 159.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 74 | 67 | 62 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 80 | 79 | 76 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 225.0 | 240.3 | 253.6 | 238.9 | 208.9 | 131.5 | 96.9 | 125.8 | 151.5 | 163.7 | 182.1 | 190.5 | 2,208.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 66 | 74 | 68 | 63 | 51 | 33 | 24 | 32 | 42 | 46 | 55 | 57 | 51 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[26][27] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[28] | |||||||||||||
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