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Luoping County 罗平县 | |
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 Fields ofcanola in Luoping | |
 Location of Luoping County (red) and Qujing City (pink) within Yunnan | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture-level city | Qujing |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,096 km2 (809 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 508,345 |
| • Density | 242.5/km2 (628.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 655800 |
| Area code | 0874 |
| Website | www |
Luoping County (Chinese:罗平县;pinyin:Luópíng Xiàn) is located inQujing City, in easternYunnan province, China. It bordersXingyi,Guizhou to the east,Xilin County,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to the southeast,Shizong County to the southwest, andLuliang County,Qilin District andFuyuan County, Yunnan to the northwest.
The county of Luoping in easternYunnan is noted for its springtime scenery, when its fields ofcanola (also known asrapeseed) plants are in full bloom, surrounding the area's mountains with a blanket of golden flowers.[citation needed]
Located near where Yunnan meetsGuizhou andGuangxi, Luoping is about 240 kilometers east of Kunming. Not unlike the terraced fields ofYuanyang in southernYunnan, Luoping's canola fields attract manyphotographers.[citation needed]
The canola flowering lasts until late June. During this high travel season for the county regular buses leave fromKunming's bus stations on an almost hourly basis.[citation needed]
Luoping County has 3 subdistricts, 4 towns, 3 townships and 3 ethnic townships.[1]
TheLuoping County Gazetteer (1995:601) lists the followingYi subgroups and their respective locations.
Buyi is also spoken in Luoping County. Zhou (2013) documents the Buyi dialects of Shangmute 上木特, Xiamute 下木特, Dabulong 大补笼, and Yize 以则 villages, all of which are in Changdi Township 长底乡.[2]
| Climate data for Luoping, elevation 1,483 m (4,865 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) | 25.4 (77.7) | 29.6 (85.3) | 32.3 (90.1) | 34.0 (93.2) | 36.0 (96.8) | 32.9 (91.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.7 (87.3) | 31.3 (88.3) | 29.1 (84.4) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.7 (80.1) | 36.0 (96.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.9 (53.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 20.0 (68.0) | 24.4 (75.9) | 25.9 (78.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 26.0 (78.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 20.3 (68.5) | 17.5 (63.5) | 12.7 (54.9) | 20.8 (69.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.7 (63.9) | 20.2 (68.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 21.5 (70.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 19.3 (66.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.3 (54.1) | 7.9 (46.2) | 15.6 (60.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | 8.6 (47.5) | 12.7 (54.9) | 15.9 (60.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 13.4 (56.1) | 8.8 (47.8) | 4.8 (40.6) | 12.0 (53.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) | −2.3 (27.9) | −3.6 (25.5) | −3.0 (26.6) | 4.3 (39.7) | 11.7 (53.1) | 12.7 (54.9) | 11.9 (53.4) | 7.1 (44.8) | 3.1 (37.6) | −2.6 (27.3) | −13.5 (7.7) | −13.5 (7.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 35.4 (1.39) | 28.4 (1.12) | 36.8 (1.45) | 46.9 (1.85) | 149.4 (5.88) | 316.9 (12.48) | 326.2 (12.84) | 263.6 (10.38) | 185.0 (7.28) | 115.2 (4.54) | 36.3 (1.43) | 27.2 (1.07) | 1,567.3 (61.71) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.9 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 15.4 | 20.0 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 17.2 | 17.0 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 189.9 |
| Average snowy days | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 86 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 84 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 88 | 85 | 87 | 82 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 101.3 | 129.3 | 165.1 | 194.0 | 179.6 | 124.3 | 138.7 | 157.2 | 125.9 | 101.5 | 132.2 | 102.2 | 1,651.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 30 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 43 | 30 | 33 | 39 | 34 | 29 | 41 | 31 | 37 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
24°53′06″N104°18′29″E / 24.88500°N 104.30806°E /24.88500; 104.30806
