# Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County

Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County (Chinese: 景谷傣族彝族自治县; pinyin: Jǐnggǔ Dǎizú Yízú Zìzhìxiàn; Tai Nüa: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥝᥨᥝᥰ) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China.

## Administrative divisions

In the present, Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County has 6 towns and 4 townships.

### 6 towns

| Weiyuan (威远镇) Yongping (永平镇) Zhengxing (正兴镇) | Minyue (民乐镇) Fengshan (凤山镇) Jinggu (景谷镇) |

### 4 townships

| Bi'an (碧安乡) Yizhi (益智乡) | Banpo (半坡乡) Mengban (勐班乡) |

## Ethnic groups

The Jinggu County Gazetteer (1993:682) lists the following ethnic groups and their locations.
* Hani (pop. 2,440)
** Fengshan Township 凤山乡: Wenzhe 文折村 and Wenshao 文绍村 villages (total pop. 1,562)
** Bi'an Township 碧安乡
* Hui (pop. 1,711)
** Weiyuan 威远, Yongping 永平, Bi'an 碧安 townships
* Bulang (pop. 1,532)
** Manghai Village 芒海村, Mengban Township 勐班乡
** Guangmin Village 光明村, Bi'an Township 碧安乡
** Zhongshan 钟山, Lemin 民乐, Bianjiang 边江, Banpo 半坡 townships
* Bai (pop. 1,153)
** Bi'an 碧安, Zhengxing 正兴, Bianjiang 边江 townships
Yi subgroups in Jinggu are:
* Lalu 腊鲁 (Xiangtang 香堂)
* Lami 腊米 (Mili 米俐)
* Gaisu 改苏 (Luoluo 倮倮)
* Laluo 腊罗 (Menghua 蒙化)
* Sani 撒尼
* Awu 阿武

## 2014 earthquake

On October 7, 2014 a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Jinggu county at 9:49 p.m. local time. The earthquake was felt in many parts of Yunnan including the provincial capital, Kunming, nearly 300 miles away.

## Climate

Climate data for Jinggu, elevation 979 m (3,212 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.9 (91.2) | 35.3 (95.5) | 37.1 (98.8) | 39.5 (103.1) | 38.2 (100.8) | 35.3 (95.5) | 35.5 (95.9) | 34.7 (94.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 31.1 (88.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) | 26.7 (80.1) | 29.9 (85.8) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.3 (88.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 28.1 (82.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 28.6 (83.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) | 16.2 (61.2) | 19.6 (67.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 23.8 (74.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 14.5 (58.1) | 20.8 (69.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) | 8.9 (48.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 20.7 (69.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 14.0 (57.2) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.1 (61.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) | 2.3 (36.1) | 2.6 (36.7) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.4 (54.3) | 15.7 (60.3) | 17.8 (64.0) | 16.8 (62.2) | 13.2 (55.8) | 8.7 (47.7) | 5.5 (41.9) | 0.9 (33.6) | 0.9 (33.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.5 (1.04) | 14.6 (0.57) | 21.1 (0.83) | 46.2 (1.82) | 105.2 (4.14) | 171.1 (6.74) | 296.7 (11.68) | 247.5 (9.74) | 159.7 (6.29) | 122.9 (4.84) | 45.8 (1.80) | 16.6 (0.65) | 1,273.9 (50.14) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.6 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 13.8 | 19.8 | 24.9 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 146 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 78 | 67 | 60 | 62 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 198.7 | 221.2 | 231.9 | 225.3 | 204.4 | 149.8 | 128.9 | 152.3 | 152.4 | 150.3 | 163.5 | 165.8 | 2,144.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 69 | 62 | 59 | 50 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 50 | 50 | 49 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||