Heqing County
Heqing County (simplified Chinese: 鹤庆县; traditional Chinese: 鶴慶縣; pinyin: Hèqìng Xiàn; Bai: Hhop•kait) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, China.
Administrative divisions
Heqing County has 7 towns, 1 township and 1 ethnic township.
- 7 towns
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- 1 township
- Jindun Township (金墩乡)
- 1 ethnic township
- Liuhe Yi Ethnic Township (六合彝族乡)
Ethnic groups
Zhuang
There are 855 Zhuang in Heqing County, most of whom reside in Luolang Village 洛崀村, Duomei Township 朵美乡 (Dali Ethnic Gazetteer 2009:224). Yunnan (1979) lists the name Qing 青; their autonym is Buyi 布依, while the Han Chinese refer to them as the Zhongjiazi 仲家子. They believe that their ancestors had migrated from the Langdai 郎岱 area of Guizhou. They had a population of 161 as of 1960.
Climate
| Climate data for Heqing (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.0 (75.2) |
32.7 (90.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
21.0 (69.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.1 (44.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
18.6 (65.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.3 (50.5) |
7.2 (45.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.2 (59.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
3.7 (38.7) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
8.3 (47.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.5 (16.7) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
2.8 (37.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
−11.4 (11.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.4 (0.21) |
3.8 (0.15) |
8.9 (0.35) |
15.7 (0.62) |
59.8 (2.35) |
140.9 (5.55) |
258.8 (10.19) |
256.6 (10.10) |
172.2 (6.78) |
61.4 (2.42) |
12.6 (0.50) |
2.1 (0.08) |
998.2 (39.3) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.7 | 8.9 | 14.1 | 19.9 | 17.7 | 16.4 | 10.2 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 100.6 |
| Average snowy days | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 51 | 46 | 48 | 52 | 59 | 71 | 83 | 85 | 84 | 76 | 66 | 60 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 243.5 | 239.9 | 271.3 | 263.9 | 238.9 | 178.7 | 148.7 | 164.1 | 135.8 | 181.3 | 214.9 | 230.3 | 2,511.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 73 | 75 | 73 | 69 | 57 | 43 | 35 | 41 | 37 | 51 | 67 | 71 | 58 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||