Ledong Li Autonomous County
Ledong Li Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 乐东黎族自治县; traditional Chinese: 樂東黎族自治縣; pinyin: Lèdōng Lízú Zìzhìxiàn; postal: Loktung) is an autonomous county in Hainan province, China.
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It is one of six autonomous counties of Hainan. Its postal code is 572500, and in 1999, its population was 468,834 people, largely made up of the Li people.
Ledong 乐东县 | |
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| 乐东黎族自治县 Ledong Li Autonomous County | |
  Ledong Location of the seat in Hainan | |
| Coordinates: 18°44′52″N 109°17′31″E / 18.74778°N 109.29194°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,745.4 km2 (1,060.0 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 468,834 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
Climate
Ledong has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw). The coldest average monthly high temperature exceeds 26 °C (78.8 °F), the annual precipitation exceeds 1500 mm, cold waves rarely occur, and it is warm all year round. The Jianfengling National Nature Reserve and Jiaxi The provincial reserve has nurtured a large area of tropical seasonal forest with rich plant species and is one of the areas with the richest biodiversity in China.
| Climate data for Ledong (1991−2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) | 27.8 (82.0) | 30.2 (86.4) | 32.5 (90.5) | 33.5 (92.3) | 33.0 (91.4) | 32.6 (90.7) | 32.2 (90.0) | 31.9 (89.4) | 30.8 (87.4) | 29.1 (84.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 30.6 (87.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.7 (74.7) | 26.2 (79.2) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.6 (79.9) | 25.3 (77.5) | 23.5 (74.3) | 20.9 (69.6) | 24.8 (76.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.8 (74.8) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.4 (75.9) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.5 (74.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 17.2 (63.0) | 21.2 (70.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.6 (0.42) | 17.6 (0.69) | 27.1 (1.07) | 77.1 (3.04) | 162.4 (6.39) | 242.7 (9.56) | 294.5 (11.59) | 331.0 (13.03) | 256.1 (10.08) | 149.6 (5.89) | 63.1 (2.48) | 20.4 (0.80) | 1,652.2 (65.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.7 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 20.0 | 18.9 | 13.9 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 134.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 153.8 | 139.6 | 157.2 | 178.8 | 196.6 | 169.1 | 171.4 | 157.0 | 148.3 | 179.3 | 172.6 | 149.1 | 1,972.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 45 | 43 | 42 | 47 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 40 | 41 | 50 | 52 | 44 | 45 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
See also
- List of administrative divisions of Hainan
- Liguo, a town in Ledong
References
- Harvard University Committee on the Environment (1999). "China County & City Population 1999 FAQ". Archived from the original on 2016-01-09.
- Official website (Chinese)
18°44′53″N 109°17′31″E / 18.748°N 109.292°E
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