Tonghai County

Tonghai County (Chinese: 通海县; pinyin: Tōnghǎi Xiàn) is located in Yuxi Prefecture-level City, Yunnan Province, China.

Tonghai 通海县
County
A view of Tonghai county seat from west-north-west
Location of Tonghai County (yellow) and Yuxi City (yellow) within Yunnan
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Yunnan
Prefecture-level city	Yuxi
Area
• Total	1,114 km^2 (430 sq mi)
Population
• Total	260,617
• Density	230/km^2 (610/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (CST)
Postal code	652700
Area code(s)	0877
Website	www.tonghai.gov.cn

Central Tonghai

Geography

Tonghai (labelled as T'UNG-HAI 通海) (1954)

Tonghai County occupies the fertile valley of Qilu Lake, surrounded on all sides by mountains. The county seat is located on the south side of the lake, separated from the lake by a mile-wide strip of farmland.

The county's southernmost part, including the Dagao Dai and Yi Ethnic Township and Lishan Yi Ethnic Township, is separated from the rest of the county by mountains; it is outside of the Qilu Lake basin, and is drained into the Qu River instead.

In 1970, a powerful earthquake struck the area.

History

The area around Qilu Lake has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic period. In the Tang Dynasty it was the base of a general. For many centuries it was the political, economic and military center of southern Yunnan.[1]

Soon after the formation of PRC, the area of today's Tonghai County was organized as two counties: Tonghai and Hexi (in the western part of today's Tonghai County). The two counties were merged into Qilu County (杞麓县) on November 22, 1956. On October 22, 1959, Qilu County was renamed Tonghai County.[2]

The county includes a large Muslim (Hui) population. Centers of Hui culture include Dahui and Xiaohui villages in Hexi Township, as well as Nagu Town, with its Najiaying Mosque.

Xingmeng Mongol Ethnic Township, home to the Yunnan Mongols (Khatso), is the only Mongol ethnic township in Yunnan.

Transportation

Tonghai's county seat

Bus routes:

• Jianshui County (2hr)
• Gejiu (2hr)
• Hekou (13hr)
• Kaiyuan (4hr)
• Kunming (2hr)

Railway:

• Yuxi–Mengzi Railway (a section of the standard gauge Kunming–Hekou Railway). The passenger station, Tonghai Station, is located near Hexi Town, a few kilometers west of the county seat.

Climate

Climate data for Tonghai (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	23.7 (74.7)	25.9 (78.6)	28.3 (82.9)	30.7 (87.3)	31.1 (88.0)	30.5 (86.9)	30.6 (87.1)	29.3 (84.7)	29.3 (84.7)	27.7 (81.9)	25.8 (78.4)	24.5 (76.1)	31.1 (88.0)
Average high °C (°F)	16.4 (61.5)	18.5 (65.3)	21.6 (70.9)	24.6 (76.3)	24.9 (76.8)	25.0 (77.0)	24.6 (76.3)	24.8 (76.6)	23.4 (74.1)	21.1 (70.0)	18.4 (65.1)	15.9 (60.6)	21.6 (70.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	9.8 (49.6)	11.9 (53.4)	15.1 (59.2)	18.2 (64.8)	19.6 (67.3)	20.5 (68.9)	20.3 (68.5)	19.9 (67.8)	18.5 (65.3)	16.3 (61.3)	12.5 (54.5)	9.5 (49.1)	16.0 (60.8)
Average low °C (°F)	4.5 (40.1)	6.0 (42.8)	8.9 (48.0)	12.2 (54.0)	15.3 (59.5)	17.3 (63.1)	17.3 (63.1)	16.7 (62.1)	15.2 (59.4)	13.1 (55.6)	8.3 (46.9)	4.7 (40.5)	11.6 (52.9)
Record low °C (°F)	−2.8 (27.0)	−0.9 (30.4)	−3.2 (26.2)	3.2 (37.8)	6.7 (44.1)	11.5 (52.7)	11.9 (53.4)	11.2 (52.2)	7.8 (46.0)	4.3 (39.7)	−1.2 (29.8)	−5.5 (22.1)	−5.5 (22.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	14.9 (0.59)	19.7 (0.78)	21.5 (0.85)	41.4 (1.63)	92.4 (3.64)	152.9 (6.02)	179.9 (7.08)	154.3 (6.07)	91.3 (3.59)	74.5 (2.93)	43.0 (1.69)	13.7 (0.54)	899.5 (35.41)
Average relative humidity (%)	70	62	57	58	68	78	82	82	80	80	78	76	73
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center

References

1. "通海县概况". 6 March 2019.
2. 通海历史大事件—中华人民共和国 [Big events in the history of Tonghai County]. lt.qydli.com.

External links

• Tonghai County Official Website