Ninglang County
Ninglang Yi Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 宁蒗彝族自治县; traditional Chinese: 寧蒗彝族自治縣; pinyin: Nínglàng Yízú Zìzhìxiàn; Yi: ꆀꆿꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꑤ, nip lat nuo su zyt jie jux dde xiep) is located in the northwest of Yunnan province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the northeast. It is under the administration of Lijiang City. The county is home to the Mosuo people, who lived under the quasi-independent Chiefdom of Yongning until abolished in 1956. Ninglang Luguhu Airport is located in the county.
Administrative divisions
Ninglang Yi Autonomous County has 2 subdistricts, 3 towns, 10 townships and 1 ethnic township.
- 2 subdistricts
- Daxing Subdistrict (大兴街道)
- Zima Subdistrict (紫玛街道)
- 4 towns
- 10 townships
- Labo (拉伯乡)
- Ningli (宁利乡)
- Jinmian (金棉乡)
- Xichuan (西川乡)
- Xibuhe (西布河乡)
- Yongningping (永宁坪乡)
- Paomaping (跑马坪乡)
- Chanzhanhe (蝉战河乡)
- Xinyingpan (新营盘乡)
- Lanniqing (烂泥箐乡)
- 1 ethnic township
- Cuiyu Lisu and Pumi Ethnic Township (翠玉傈僳族普米族乡)
Climate
| Climate data for Ninglang, elevation 2,241 m (7,352 ft), (1991–2014 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) | 24.6 (76.3) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.8 (87.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.5 (59.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.7 (76.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.1 (39.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
0.6 (33.1) |
4.3 (39.7) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
15.5 (59.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.1 (46.6) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
5.9 (42.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.7 (36.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
8.7 (47.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.7 (0.19) |
3.7 (0.15) |
9.6 (0.38) |
18.5 (0.73) |
62.8 (2.47) |
160.5 (6.32) |
244.5 (9.63) |
200.5 (7.89) |
138.1 (5.44) |
47.8 (1.88) |
12.1 (0.48) |
1.7 (0.07) |
904.5 (35.63) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 11.5 | 17.1 | 23.0 | 21.8 | 18.3 | 10.1 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 119.7 |
| Average snowy days | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 55 | 54 | 56 | 62 | 74 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 74 | 68 | 69 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 248.5 | 235.3 | 249.3 | 242.9 | 217.4 | 163.3 | 129.3 | 136.1 | 131.5 | 184.6 | 210.5 | 239.2 | 2,387.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 75 | 74 | 67 | 63 | 52 | 40 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 52 | 66 | 74 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||