Xinping 新平县 | |
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| 新平彝族傣族自治县Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County | |
Location of Xinping County (red) and Yuxi City (pink) within Yunnan | |
| Coordinates: 24°4′8″N101°59′20″E / 24.06889°N 101.98889°E / 24.06889; 101.98889 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture-level city | Yuxi |
| County seat | Guishan |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,114 km2 (430 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 262,771 |
| • Density | 235.9/km2 (610.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 653400 |
| Area code | 0877 |
| Website | www |
Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County (Chinese: 新平彝族傣族自治县; pinyin: Xīnpíng Yízú Dǎizú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county located in the central part of Yunnan Province, China. It is the westernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Yuxi. It borders Eshan County and Shiping County to the east; Yuanjiang County and Mojiang County to the south; Zhenyuan County to the west; and Shuangbai County to the north.
Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County has 2 subdistricts, 4 towns and 6 townships.[2]
The Xinping County Gazetteer (1993:106, 118) lists the following Yi and Hani subgroups.
There are various Tai ethnic groups in Xinping County.[11] They numbered 40,890 (15.54%) of the total population of Xinping County as of 2000, and include the following subgroups.[12]
These three groups are known as the 花腰傣, or 'Flowery-waisted Tai' due to the style of their women's clothing. Local Tai languages include the Yuánxīn 元新 dialect of Tai Hongjin.
The Damuyu Flowery-Waist Dai Cultural and Ecological Tourist Village (大沐浴花腰傣文化生态旅游村) is located in Longhe Village 龙河村, Mosha Township 漠沙镇.
| Climate data for Xinping, elevation 1,498 m (4,915 ft), (1991–2020 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) | 24.8(76.6) | 28.7(83.7) | 30.9(87.6) | 33.0(91.4) | 33.5(92.3) | 31.6(88.9) | 31.4(88.5) | 31.2(88.2) | 30.5(86.9) | 29.2(84.6) | 26.4(79.5) | 25.3(77.5) | 33.5(92.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.3(64.9) | 21.1(70.0) | 24.8(76.6) | 27.3(81.1) | 27.5(81.5) | 27.4(81.3) | 26.7(80.1) | 26.8(80.2) | 25.9(78.6) | 23.6(74.5) | 20.8(69.4) | 18.0(64.4) | 24.0(75.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.9(51.6) | 13.2(55.8) | 16.9(62.4) | 19.9(67.8) | 21.7(71.1) | 22.6(72.7) | 21.9(71.4) | 21.4(70.5) | 20.3(68.5) | 18.0(64.4) | 14.1(57.4) | 11.1(52.0) | 17.7(63.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.9(42.6) | 7.4(45.3) | 10.6(51.1) | 13.8(56.8) | 16.9(62.4) | 19.2(66.6) | 19.0(66.2) | 18.3(64.9) | 17.1(62.8) | 14.7(58.5) | 10.0(50.0) | 6.8(44.2) | 13.3(56.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.6(30.9) | 1.0(33.8) | −0.8(30.6) | 5.9(42.6) | 9.0(48.2) | 13.5(56.3) | 14.0(57.2) | 13.1(55.6) | 9.1(48.4) | 7.2(45.0) | 0.9(33.6) | −2.7(27.1) | −2.7(27.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29.1(1.15) | 15.4(0.61) | 23.1(0.91) | 43.5(1.71) | 92.6(3.65) | 119.0(4.69) | 173.2(6.82) | 183.0(7.20) | 99.8(3.93) | 86.5(3.41) | 38.4(1.51) | 17.3(0.68) | 920.9(36.27) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.3 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 13.9 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 14.2 | 12.4 | 6.1 | 4.2 | 123.3 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 63 | 56 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 84 | 82 | 82 | 80 | 78 | 73 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 228.7 | 232.0 | 259.5 | 259.7 | 236.4 | 176.5 | 136.8 | 150.7 | 145.0 | 155.0 | 202.2 | 203.3 | 2,385.8 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 68 | 72 | 69 | 68 | 57 | 43 | 33 | 38 | 40 | 44 | 62 | 62 | 55 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[13][14] | |||||||||||||