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/km2 (210/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 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 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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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) | 25.9 (78.6) | 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] | |||||||||||||
