# Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County

Luquan Yi and Miao Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 禄劝彝族苗族自治县; traditional Chinese: 禄劝彝族苗族自治縣; pinyin: Lùquàn Yízú Miáozú Zìzhìxiàn; A-Hmao: 𖼘𖽒𖽪𖾗 𖼪𖽑𖽱𖽗𖾙 𖽃𖽔 𖼄𖽘𖾔 𖽃𖽔 𖼄𖽑𖽻𖾔 𖽀𖽒𖽧𖾕 𖼮𖽑𖽱𖾓 𖼺𖽙) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, Yunnan, China, bordering Sichuan province to the north. As of the 2020 census the population was 378,881.
The county seat has two bus stations. The first is the long-distance Kunming-Luquan bus station, near the access to the G108 highway. The second is the local public bus station behind the Wuxinglu street market, with buses north to Maoshan, Tuanjie, Zhongping and Sayingpan, south to Songde, east to Cuihua and west to Wuding County.

## Economy

Luquan's agriculture is specialized in sericulture, chestnuts, white kidney beans, coffee, and tobacco.

## Administrative divisions

| Name | Native name | Population (2020) |
| Luquan County | 禄劝彝族苗族自治县 | 378,881 |
| Pingshan Subdistrict | 屏山街道 | 101,735 |
| Chongde Subdistrict | 崇德街道 | 27,749 |
| Sayingpan Town | 撒营盘镇 | 28,427 |
| Zhuanlong Town | 转龙镇 | 24,143 |
| Maoshan Town | 茂山镇 | 23,062 |
| Tuanjie Town | 团街镇 | 17,305 |
| Zhongping Town | 中屏镇 | 13,393 |
| Jiaopingdu Town | 皎平渡镇 | 14,342 |
| Wudongde Town | 乌东德镇 | 15,730 |
| Cuihua Town | 翠华镇 | 25,835 |
| Jiulong Town | 九龙镇 | 29,231 |
| Yunlong Township | 云龙乡 | 6,406 |
| Tanglang Township | 汤郎乡 | 9,804 |
| Malutang Township | 马鹿塘乡 | 10,093 |
| Zehei Township | 则黑乡 | 15,245 |
| Wumeng Township | 乌蒙乡 | 9,748 |
| Xueshan Township | 雪山乡 | 6,633 |

## Ethnic groups

29.95% of the population in 2020 belonged to ethnic minorities, mainly Yi and Miao.
There are 1,026 ethnic Hani as of 1990, who live in Xiaojing 硝井 and Liuhe 六合 of Chongde Township 崇德乡, and Xinglong 兴龙 and Chutu 初途 of Cuihua Township 翠华乡 (Luquan County Gazetteer 1995:150). The only Hani-speaking village is Liuhe 六合 of Chongde Township 崇德乡. Their autonym is Luomian 罗缅.
Sayingpan-zhen (撒营盘镇), 80 km (50 mi) north of the county seat of Luquan, was the original site of Salaowu (撒老乌), the headquarters of the Yi.
The Luquan County Gazetteer (1995:132) lists the following Yi subgroups.
* Nasu 纳苏 (Black Yi 黑彝)
* Aluo 阿罗 (Dry Yi 干彝 or White Yi 白彝)
* Gaopo 稿颇 (Dry Yi 干彝 or White Yi 白彝)
* Miqipo 密期颇 (Micha 密岔)
* Sanipo 撒尼颇 (Milang 密朗)
* Nuosu 诺苏 (Liangshan Yi 凉山彝)
* Lipo 里颇

## Climate

Climate data for Luquan, elevation 1,751 m (5,745 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 25.3 (77.5) | 29.6 (85.3) | 30.4 (86.7) | 32.9 (91.2) | 34.6 (94.3) | 35.2 (95.4) | 32.7 (90.9) | 33.9 (93.0) | 31.9 (89.4) | 28.9 (84.0) | 25.5 (77.9) | 23.9 (75.0) | 35.2 (95.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.5 (63.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.6 (74.5) | 26.4 (79.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.3 (81.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.9 (80.4) | 25.3 (77.5) | 22.8 (73.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 17.1 (62.8) | 23.4 (74.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 14.7 (58.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.6 (70.9) | 21.1 (70.0) | 20.7 (69.3) | 19.2 (66.6) | 16.6 (61.9) | 12.2 (54.0) | 8.9 (48.0) | 16.1 (61.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 3.9 (39.0) | 7.0 (44.6) | 10.5 (50.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 13.0 (55.4) | 7.1 (44.8) | 3.3 (37.9) | 10.8 (51.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) | −2.9 (26.8) | −0.9 (30.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | 9.8 (49.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 10.5 (50.9) | 5.6 (42.1) | 4.9 (40.8) | −2.2 (28.0) | −5.3 (22.5) | −5.3 (22.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.4 (0.84) | 9.7 (0.38) | 14.5 (0.57) | 25.5 (1.00) | 81.1 (3.19) | 169.5 (6.67) | 219.1 (8.63) | 150.3 (5.92) | 119.3 (4.70) | 89.8 (3.54) | 29.6 (1.17) | 10.9 (0.43) | 940.7 (37.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 15.8 | 20.6 | 18.1 | 14.5 | 12.3 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 119 |
| Average snowy days | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 59 | 54 | 56 | 63 | 75 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 75 | 71 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 202.8 | 207.4 | 225.4 | 214.8 | 191.6 | 133.7 | 109.1 | 132.0 | 112.6 | 132.7 | 171.7 | 172.0 | 2,005.8 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 61 | 65 | 60 | 56 | 46 | 33 | 26 | 33 | 31 | 37 | 53 | 53 | 46 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||