Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County

Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County (Chinese: 景谷傣族彝族自治县; pinyin: Jǐnggǔ Dǎizú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China.

Jinggu County 景谷县
景谷傣族彝族自治县 Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County
Location of Jinggu County (pink) and Pu'er Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province
Jinggu Location of the seat in Yunnan
Coordinates: 23°29′49″N 100°42′11″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture	Pu'er
Area
• Total	7,550 km^2 (2,920 sq mi)
Elevation	946 m (3,104 ft)
Population
• Total	285,558
• Density	38/km^2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code	666400[1]
Area code(s)	0879[1]
GB/T 2260 CODE[2]	530824
Website	Archived 2008-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
^1Yunnan Statistics Bureau ^2Puer Gov. ^3Yunnan Portal

Administrative divisions

In the present, Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County has 6 towns and 4 townships.

6 towns

• Weiyuan (威远镇)
• Yongping (永平镇)
• Zhengxing (正兴镇)
• Minyue (民乐镇)
• Fengshan (凤山镇)
• Jinggu (景谷镇)

4 townships

• Bi'an (碧安乡)
• Yizhi (益智乡)
• Banpo (半坡乡)
• Mengban (勐班乡)

Ethnic groups

The Jinggu County Almanac (1993:682) lists the following ethnic groups and their locations.

• Hani (pop. 2,440)
  • Fengshan Township 凤山乡: Wenzhe 文折村[3] and Wenshao 文绍村[4] villages (total pop. 1,562)
  • Bi'an Township 碧安乡
• Hui (pop. 1,711)
  • Weiyuan 威远, Yongping 永平, Bi'an 碧安 townships
• Bulang (pop. 1,532)
  • Manghai Village 芒海村,[5] Mengban Township 勐班乡
  • Guangmin Village 光明村,[6] Bi'an Township 碧安乡
  • Zhongshan 钟山, Lemin 民乐, Bianjiang 边江, Banpo 半坡 townships
• Bai (pop. 1,153)
  • Bi'an 碧安, Zhengxing 正兴, Bianjiang 边江 townships

Yi subgroups in Jinggu are:[7]

• Lalu 腊鲁 (Xiangtang 香堂)
• Lami 腊米 (Mili 米俐)
• Gaisu 改苏 (Luoluo 倮倮)
• Laluo 腊罗 (Menghua 蒙化)
• Sani 撒尼
• Awu 阿武

2014 earthquake

On October 7, 2014 a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Jinggu county at 9:49 p.m. local time. The earthquake was felt in many parts of Yunnan including the provincial capital, Kunming, nearly 300 miles away.[8]

Climate

Climate data for Jinggu (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	30.4 (86.7)	32.9 (91.2)	35.3 (95.5)	37.1 (98.8)	39.5 (103.1)	38.2 (100.8)	35.3 (95.5)	35.5 (95.9)	34.7 (94.5)	33.3 (91.9)	31.1 (88.0)	28.6 (83.5)	39.5 (103.1)
Average high °C (°F)	24.0 (75.2)	26.5 (79.7)	29.7 (85.5)	31.6 (88.9)	31.7 (89.1)	30.9 (87.6)	29.9 (85.8)	30.3 (86.5)	29.7 (85.5)	28.0 (82.4)	25.2 (77.4)	22.8 (73.0)	28.4 (83.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	13.5 (56.3)	15.8 (60.4)	19.8 (67.6)	22.2 (72.0)	24.3 (75.7)	25.2 (77.4)	24.6 (76.3)	24.6 (76.3)	23.6 (74.5)	21.6 (70.9)	17.5 (63.5)	14.0 (57.2)	20.6 (69.0)
Average low °C (°F)	7.7 (45.9)	8.4 (47.1)	11.5 (52.7)	15.3 (59.5)	19.0 (66.2)	21.6 (70.9)	21.7 (71.1)	21.5 (70.7)	20.4 (68.7)	18.4 (65.1)	13.9 (57.0)	10.1 (50.2)	15.8 (60.4)
Record low °C (°F)	2.5 (36.5)	2.3 (36.1)	2.6 (36.7)	9.6 (49.3)	12.4 (54.3)	15.7 (60.3)	17.8 (64.0)	16.8 (62.2)	13.2 (55.8)	8.7 (47.7)	5.5 (41.9)	0.9 (33.6)	0.9 (33.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	12.9 (0.51)	16.4 (0.65)	19.1 (0.75)	41.0 (1.61)	118.7 (4.67)	180.6 (7.11)	302.9 (11.93)	254.3 (10.01)	162.4 (6.39)	128.6 (5.06)	65.3 (2.57)	18.0 (0.71)	1,320.2 (51.97)
Average relative humidity (%)	78	68	62	64	70	79	84	83	83	83	84	83	77
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center

References

1. "Area Code and Postal Code in Yunnan Province". Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-01-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=54678
4. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=108651̩
5. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=181829
6. http://www.ynszxc.gov.cn/villagePage/vIndex.aspx?departmentid=208037
7. 云南思茅市景谷彝族概况
8. Bonnie Cao (7 Oct 2014). "China Expects Heavy Casualties as Earth Quake Hits Yunnan". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 Oct 2014.

External links

• Jinggu County Official Site