Longling County
龙陵县 | |
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![]() Longling County government | |
![]() Location of Longling County (pink) and Baoshan City (yellow) within Yunnan | |
Coordinates: 24°38′18″N 98°50′23″E / 24.63833°N 98.83972°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Yunnan |
Prefecture | Baoshan City |
Area | |
• Total | 2,884 km2 (1,114 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 270,000 |
• Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Postal code | 678300 |
Area code | 0875 |
Website | www |
Longling County (simplified Chinese: 龙陵县; traditional Chinese: 龍陵縣; pinyin: Lónglíng Xiàn) is a county in Baoshan City, in the west of Yunnan Province, China, bordering Burma's Shan State to the south.
Its capital is the large community Longshan (龙山镇).
The site of the Songshan Battlefield (松山战役旧址; 松山戰役舊址; Sōngshān zhànyì jiùzhǐ) (1944 during the Second Sino-Japanese War) has since 2006 been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China.
Longling County has 5 towns, 4 townships and 1 ethnic township.[1]
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Climate data for Longling (1991–2017 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) | 21.1 (70.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.9 (84.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
31.0 (87.8) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.8 (62.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.0 (73.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.8 (71.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
19.6 (67.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
15.3 (59.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
18.4 (65.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
10.9 (51.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | −3.9 (25.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 27.2 (1.07) |
28.9 (1.14) |
36.2 (1.43) |
85.2 (3.35) |
202.2 (7.96) |
337.6 (13.29) |
432.7 (17.04) |
399.5 (15.73) |
251.5 (9.90) |
183.9 (7.24) |
51.9 (2.04) |
16.5 (0.65) |
2,053.3 (80.84) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.3 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 13.0 | 19.0 | 25.4 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 23.0 | 16.8 | 7.4 | 3.7 | 182.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 78 | 75 | 78 | 84 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 85 | 85 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 240.6 | 226.4 | 245.8 | 231.5 | 189.0 | 106.8 | 78.5 | 114.1 | 138.6 | 175.3 | 215.0 | 233.7 | 2,195.3 |
Percent possible sunshine | 72 | 71 | 66 | 60 | 46 | 26 | 19 | 29 | 38 | 49 | 66 | 71 | 51 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] |