Jianchuan County
County in Yunnan, China
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Jianchuan County (simplified Chinese: 剑川县; traditional Chinese: 劍川縣; pinyin: Jiànchuān Xiàn; Bai: Jinp•cuinl[2]), historically known as Yidu (Chinese: 义督; pinyin: Yìdū; Bai: Jiex•dvnl[3]) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the western part of Yunnan Province, China. The county is about 50 km (31 mi) southwest of Lijiang and 120 km (75 mi) north of Dali.
Jianchuan County
剑川县 · Jinp•cuinl xiainb | |
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 Location of Jianchuan County (red) and Dali City (pink) within Yunnan province | |
  Jianchuan Location of the seat in Yunnan  Jianchuan Jianchuan (China) | |
| Coordinates: 26°25′07″N 99°44′25″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture-level city | Dali |
| County seat | Jinhua |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,318 km2 (895 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 160,471 |
| • Density | 69.23/km2 (179.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 671300 |
| Area code | 0872 |
| Climate | Cwb |
| Website | www |
The historical town of Shaxi in the southeast of the county lies on the old Tea Horse Road to Bengal. China National Highway 214, from Xining to Jinghong in southern Yunnan, passes through the northeast of the county.
Jianchuan borders Heqing County to the east, Eryuan County to the south, Lanping County and Yunlong County to the west, and Yulong Naxi Autonomous County to the north.
Administrative divisions
Climate
| Climate data for Jianchuan, elevation 2,191 m (7,188 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.7 (76.5) |
24.0 (75.2) |
27.2 (81.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.0 (84.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
22.2 (72.0) |
32.5 (90.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
24.4 (75.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.2 (41.4) |
7.3 (45.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.8 (42.4) |
12.9 (55.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
2.3 (36.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
10.4 (50.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
15.8 (60.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
7.1 (44.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −8.7 (16.3) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.4 (0.29) |
7.4 (0.29) |
16.3 (0.64) |
16.7 (0.66) |
55.4 (2.18) |
100.2 (3.94) |
183.2 (7.21) |
174.8 (6.88) |
107.9 (4.25) |
50.3 (1.98) |
15.0 (0.59) |
3.4 (0.13) |
738 (29.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.8 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 10.6 | 16.2 | 22.4 | 21.9 | 19.3 | 10.4 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 124.9 |
| Average snowy days | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 57 | 54 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 74 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 69 | 63 | 68 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 245.3 | 227.0 | 233.0 | 216.8 | 202.3 | 153.4 | 108.3 | 121.2 | 125.2 | 173.7 | 221.6 | 250.1 | 2,277.9 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 74 | 71 | 62 | 56 | 49 | 37 | 26 | 30 | 34 | 49 | 69 | 77 | 53 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] All-time October high[7] | |||||||||||||
