Midu County
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Midu County (simplified Chinese: 弥渡县; traditional Chinese: 彌渡縣; pinyin: Mídù Xiàn) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. It borders Xiangyun County and Nanhua County to the east, Jingdong County and Nanjian County to the south, Weishan County to the west and Dali City to the north.
Administrative divisions
Midu County has 6 towns, 1 township and 1 ethnic township.
6 towns
- Micheng (弥城镇)
- Hongyan (红岩镇)
- Xinjie (新街镇)
- Yinjie (寅街镇)
- Juli (苴力镇)
- Mizhi (密祉镇)
1 township
- Deju Township (德苴乡)
1 ethnic township
- Niujie Yi Ethnic Township (牛街彝族乡)
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| Hongyan Xinjie Micheng Yinjie Mizhi Juli Deju Niujie |
Ethnic groups
The Midu County Gazetteer (1993:721) lists the following ethnic groups.
- Yi people Mocha 墨叉 Luowu 罗婺 Tuzu 土族
- Hui people
- Bai people
- Lisu people
- Han people
Transportation
Climate
| Climate data for Midu, elevation 1,712 m (5,617 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) | 23.9 (75.0) | 26.3 (79.3) | 30.3 (86.5) | 32.6 (90.7) | 34.0 (93.2) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.7 (90.9) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.8 (89.2) | 29.4 (84.9) | 26.3 (79.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 34.0 (93.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) | 20.1 (68.2) | 23.2 (73.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 26.0 (78.8) | 23.9 (75.0) | 21.0 (69.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 23.8 (74.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 15.4 (59.7) | 18.6 (65.5) | 21.3 (70.3) | 22.6 (72.7) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 20.1 (68.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 13.3 (55.9) | 10.2 (50.4) | 17.0 (62.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) | 4.9 (40.8) | 8.0 (46.4) | 11.8 (53.2) | 16.1 (61.0) | 18.8 (65.8) | 18.5 (65.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 16.3 (61.3) | 13.3 (55.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 3.8 (38.8) | 11.6 (52.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) | −3.4 (25.9) | −1.4 (29.5) | 3.0 (37.4) | 6.8 (44.2) | 12.9 (55.2) | 12.7 (54.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.2 (45.0) | 4.9 (40.8) | −0.3 (31.5) | −5.9 (21.4) | −5.9 (21.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.0 (0.79) | 14.3 (0.56) | 19.9 (0.78) | 26.6 (1.05) | 62.6 (2.46) | 106.2 (4.18) | 157.4 (6.20) | 162.4 (6.39) | 110.2 (4.34) | 70.5 (2.78) | 22.4 (0.88) | 8.4 (0.33) | 780.9 (30.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.9 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 12.1 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 14.4 | 11.0 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 111.6 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 59 | 53 | 50 | 51 | 58 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 76 | 70 | 66 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 254.6 | 242.8 | 267.0 | 259.4 | 244.1 | 201.0 | 154.8 | 163.3 | 164.3 | 189.4 | 227.5 | 243.0 | 2,611.2 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 76 | 76 | 71 | 68 | 59 | 49 | 37 | 41 | 45 | 53 | 70 | 74 | 60 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration all-time Nov high |