# Yiliang County, Zhaotong

Yiliang County (Chinese: 彝良县; pinyin: Yíliáng Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Yunnan Province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the northeast and Guizhou to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhaotong. In 2020 the population was 631,538 including 14.27% ethnic minorities, most of them Miao (59,920) and Yi (28,406).
It is the home county of general Luo Binghui (罗炳辉) and also known for the plant gastrodia elata.

## Tourism

Yiliang's main attractions are:
* Niujie Ancient Town
* Long and Ding manors
* Shoushi Mountain
* Traditional Miao villages

## Administrative divisions

The county seat is Juekui, it will be split into Juekui subdistrict and Fajie subdistrict (发界街道), pending approval from higher government organs.
Towns
* Juekui (角奎镇)
* Luozehe (洛泽河镇)
* Niujie (牛街镇)
* Haizi (海子镇)
* Qiaoshan (荞山镇)
* Long'an (龙安镇)
* Lianghe (两河镇)
* Zhongming (钟鸣镇)
* Xiaocaoba (小草坝镇)
* Longhai (龙海镇)
Townships
* Liuxi Miao ethnic township (柳溪苗族乡)
* Luowang Miao ethnic township (洛旺苗族乡)
* Longjie Miao and Yi ethnic township (龙街苗族彝族乡)
* Kuixiang Miao and Yi ethnic township (奎香苗族彝族乡)
* Shulin Yi and Miao ethnic township (树林彝族苗族乡)

## Climate

Climate data for Yiliang, elevation 880 m (2,890 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) | 27.5 (81.5) | 33.6 (92.5) | 40.4 (104.7) | 40.7 (105.3) | 40.9 (105.6) | 41.1 (106.0) | 40.6 (105.1) | 41.4 (106.5) | 41.8 (107.2) | 36.3 (97.3) | 33.3 (91.9) | 25.8 (78.4) | 41.8 (107.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.3 (52.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 19.7 (67.5) | 25.1 (77.2) | 27.9 (82.2) | 29.2 (84.6) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.3 (88.3) | 27.8 (82.0) | 22.1 (71.8) | 18.6 (65.5) | 13.0 (55.4) | 22.7 (72.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.8 (56.8) | 18.7 (65.7) | 21.7 (71.1) | 23.6 (74.5) | 25.4 (77.7) | 24.8 (76.6) | 22.0 (71.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 14.0 (57.2) | 9.1 (48.4) | 17.3 (63.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 21.3 (70.3) | 20.8 (69.4) | 18.4 (65.1) | 15.0 (59.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 6.6 (43.9) | 13.9 (57.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) | −1.5 (29.3) | −0.2 (31.6) | 4.2 (39.6) | 8.5 (47.3) | 12.1 (53.8) | 14.0 (57.2) | 13.7 (56.7) | 9.9 (49.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | −0.2 (31.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | −3.1 (26.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.3 (0.17) | 5.3 (0.21) | 14.8 (0.58) | 31.9 (1.26) | 60.7 (2.39) | 130.5 (5.14) | 182.9 (7.20) | 166.1 (6.54) | 96.0 (3.78) | 47.7 (1.88) | 10.3 (0.41) | 2.9 (0.11) | 753.4 (29.67) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.7 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 12.3 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 17.2 | 14.6 | 12.3 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 118.7 |
| Average snowy days | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66 | 65 | 63 | 62 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 70 | 68 | 70 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 56.5 | 74.9 | 111.5 | 128.4 | 122.2 | 97.6 | 138.3 | 141.4 | 103.2 | 64.2 | 75.7 | 60.3 | 1,174.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 17 | 24 | 30 | 33 | 29 | 24 | 33 | 35 | 28 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 26 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||