# Junlian County

Junlian County (simplified Chinese: 筠连县; traditional Chinese: 筠連縣; pinyin: Jūnlián Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city. At the end of 2019 it has a population of 450,176 of which 151,322 in the urban area. It is one of the most important coal mining areas of Sichuan.

## Administrative divisions

Junlian administers seven towns, two townships and three ethnic townships:
* Junlian town (筠连镇), county seat
* Tengda town (腾达镇)
* Xunsi town (巡司镇)
* Mu'ai town (沐爱镇)
* Zhenzhou town (镇舟镇)
* Haoba town (蒿坝镇)
* Daxueshan town (大雪山镇)
* Leyi township (乐义乡)
* Fengle township (丰乐乡)
* Tuanlin Miao Ethnic Township (团林苗族乡, Hmongb Xangb Bangl Rongd)
* Lianhe Miao Ethnic Township (联合苗族乡, Hmongb Xangb Lax Ngok)
* Gaoping Miao Ethnic Township (高坪苗族乡, Lof Huf Qangx Hmongb Xangb)

## Cuisine

Junlian's speciality cuisine includes:
* Sichuan peppercorn chicken (Jiaoma chicken)
* Kuding tea
* Hunshuiba crackers,
* Junlian Noodles: A starch product made from Junlian sweet potato powder as the main raw material.
* Junlian beef
* Junlian black jelly

## Climate

Climate data for Junlian, elevation 458 m (1,503 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) | 20.9 (69.6) | 25.8 (78.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 34.8 (94.6) | 38.9 (102.0) | 37.8 (100.0) | 39.0 (102.2) | 40.2 (104.4) | 39.2 (102.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 27.0 (80.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 40.2 (104.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.4 (50.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.8 (82.0) | 29.4 (84.9) | 32.2 (90.0) | 32.7 (90.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 21.5 (70.7) | 17.2 (63.0) | 11.5 (52.7) | 22.2 (72.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) | 9.3 (48.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 18.8 (65.8) | 21.7 (71.1) | 24.0 (75.2) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.4 (79.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 17.7 (63.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 8.3 (46.9) | 17.4 (63.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.3 (41.5) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.5 (72.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 15.6 (60.1) | 11.4 (52.5) | 6.5 (43.7) | 14.5 (58.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.3 (29.7) | −0.4 (31.3) | 1.5 (34.7) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 15.1 (59.2) | 16.1 (61.0) | 17.3 (63.1) | 13.1 (55.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | 1.5 (34.7) | −2.3 (27.9) | −2.3 (27.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.8 (1.21) | 25.0 (0.98) | 45.9 (1.81) | 81.3 (3.20) | 90.5 (3.56) | 175.7 (6.92) | 202.5 (7.97) | 247.2 (9.73) | 159.1 (6.26) | 84.9 (3.34) | 36.6 (1.44) | 28.3 (1.11) | 1,207.8 (47.53) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 17.2 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.9 | 19.3 | 17.0 | 15.1 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 201.9 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 80 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 87 | 88 | 86 | 86 | 82 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 33.0 | 54.4 | 94.3 | 126.8 | 119.9 | 90.6 | 158.2 | 179.2 | 57.2 | 44.7 | 43.3 | 33.1 | 1,034.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 10 | 17 | 25 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 38 | 45 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 23 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Wildlife

The Junlian odorous frog, Odorrana junlianensis, is a species of frog that was described as a new species based on specimens from Junlian.