Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County
Autonomous county in Yunnan, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 禄劝彝族苗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 禄劝彝族苗族自治縣; pinyin: Lùquàn Yízú Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn; A-Hmao: Hlus Quangf Ad Mangl Ad Hmaob Ziil Chux So) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China, bordering Sichuan province to the north. As of the 2020 census the population was 378,881.[3]
Luquan County
禄劝县 · Hlus Quangf So | |
|---|---|
禄劝彝族苗族自治县 Hlus Quangf Ad Mangl Ad Hmaob Ziil Chux So Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County | |
 Location of Luquan County (red) and Kunming City (pink) and Yunnan province | |
  Luquan County  Luquan County | |
| Coordinates: 25°52′11″N 102°35′36″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture-level city | Kunming |
| Established | 1956 |
| County seat | Pingshan Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • Autonomous county | 4,378 km2 (1,690 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation [1] (Mazongling (马鬃岭)) | 4,247 m (13,934 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 746 m (2,448 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
| • Autonomous county | 378,881 |
| • Density | 87/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 154,828 |
| • Rural | 224,053 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 651500 |
| Area code | 0871 |
| Website | www |
The county seat has two bus stations. The first is the long-distance Kunming-Luquan bus station, near the access to the G108 highway. The second is the local public bus station behind the Wuxinglu street market, with buses north to Maoshan, Tuanjie, Zhongping and Sayingpan, south to Songde, east to Cuihua and west to Wuding County.
Luquan's agriculture is specialized in sericulture, chestnuts, white kidney beans, coffee, and tobacco.[4]
| Name | Native name | Population (2020)[3] |
|---|---|---|
| Luquan County | 禄劝彝族苗族自治县 | 378,881 |
| Pingshan Subdistrict | 屏山街道 | 101,735 |
| Chongde Subdistrict | 崇德街道 | 27,749 |
| Sayingpan Town | 撒营盘镇 | 28,427 |
| Zhuanlong Town | 转龙镇 | 24,143 |
| Maoshan Town | 茂山镇 | 23,062 |
| Tuanjie Town | 团街镇 | 17,305 |
| Zhongping Town | 中屏镇 | 13,393 |
| Jiaopingdu Town | 皎平渡镇 | 14,342 |
| Wudongde Town | 乌东德镇 | 15,730 |
| Cuihua Town | 翠华镇 | 25,835 |
| Jiulong Town | 九龙镇 | 29,231 |
| Yunlong Township | 云龙乡 | 6,406 |
| Tanglang Township | 汤郎乡 | 9,804 |
| Malutang Township | 马鹿塘乡 | 10,093 |
| Zehei Township | 则黑乡 | 15,245 |
| Wumeng Township | 乌蒙乡 | 9,748 |
| Xueshan Township | 雪山乡 | 6,633 |
29.95% of the population in 2020 belonged to ethnic minorities, mainly Yi and Miao.[3][4]
There are 1,026 ethnic Hani as of 1990, who live in Xiaojing 硝井[5][6] and Liuhe 六合[7] of Chongde Township 崇德乡, and Xinglong 兴龙[8][9] and Chutu 初途[10] of Cuihua Township 翠华乡 (Luquan County Gazetteer 1995:150). The only Hani-speaking village is Liuhe 六合[7] of Chongde Township 崇德乡. Their autonym is Luomian 罗缅.
Sayingpan-zhen (撒营盘镇), 80 km (50 mi) north of the county seat of Luquan, was the original site of Salaowu (撒老乌), the headquarters of the Yi.
The Luquan County Gazetteer (1995:132) lists the following Yi subgroups.
| Climate data for Luquan, elevation 1,751 m (5,745 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) |
20.3 (68.5) |
23.6 (74.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
20.0 (68.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
23.4 (74.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.6 (61.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
16.1 (61.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.8 (60.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
7.1 (44.8) |
3.3 (37.9) |
10.8 (51.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.4 (0.84) |
9.7 (0.38) |
14.5 (0.57) |
25.5 (1.00) |
81.1 (3.19) |
169.5 (6.67) |
219.1 (8.63) |
150.3 (5.92) |
119.3 (4.70) |
89.8 (3.54) |
29.6 (1.17) |
10.9 (0.43) |
940.7 (37.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 15.8 | 20.6 | 18.1 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 119 |
| Average snowy days | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 59 | 54 | 56 | 63 | 75 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 202.8 | 207.4 | 225.4 | 214.8 | 191.6 | 133.7 | 109.1 | 132.0 | 112.6 | 132.7 | 171.7 | 172.0 | 2,005.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 61 | 65 | 60 | 56 | 46 | 33 | 26 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 53 | 53 | 46 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[11][12] | |||||||||||||
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