# Yuanmou County

Yuanmou County (simplified Chinese: 元谋县; traditional Chinese: 元謀縣; pinyin: Yuánmóu Xiàn; Chuxiong Yi script: , IPA: /pʻə$^{33}$ lə$^{21}$ bu$^{33}$/) is under the administration of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the north of Yunnan province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the north.
The famous Yuanmou Man was found in Yuanmou County in 1965.

## Administrative divisions

Yuanmou County has 3 towns and 7 townships.

### 3 towns

* Yuanma (元马镇)
* Huangguayuan (黄瓜园镇)
* Yangjie (羊街镇)

### 7 townships

| Laocheng (老城乡) Wumao (物茂乡) Jiangbian (江边乡) Xinhua (新华乡) | Pingtian (平田乡) Liangshan (凉山乡) Jiangyi (姜驿乡) |

## Climate

Climate data for Yuanmou, elevation 1,121 m (3,678 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) | 31.2 (88.2) | 34.6 (94.3) | 36.7 (98.1) | 39.1 (102.4) | 41.6 (106.9) | 42.4 (108.3) | 38.9 (102.0) | 37.5 (99.5) | 37.5 (99.5) | 35.7 (96.3) | 32.7 (90.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 42.4 (108.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23.7 (74.7) | 26.5 (79.7) | 29.7 (85.5) | 32.3 (90.1) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.7 (90.9) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.2 (82.8) | 25.7 (78.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 29.0 (84.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.5 (58.1) | 17.5 (63.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 24.5 (76.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 25.8 (78.4) | 25.3 (77.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 14.2 (57.6) | 21.6 (70.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) | 9.8 (49.6) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 22.3 (72.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.3 (70.3) | 20.3 (68.5) | 17.4 (63.3) | 11.4 (52.5) | 7.7 (45.9) | 15.8 (60.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.7 (33.3) | 2.5 (36.5) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 11.7 (53.1) | 15.0 (59.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.3 (59.5) | 11.4 (52.5) | 9.9 (49.8) | 0.0 (32.0) | −1.3 (29.7) | −1.3 (29.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 8.3 (0.33) | 4.2 (0.17) | 7.6 (0.30) | 14.3 (0.56) | 61.2 (2.41) | 120.8 (4.76) | 140.1 (5.52) | 108.4 (4.27) | 90.1 (3.55) | 58.1 (2.29) | 19.6 (0.77) | 4.8 (0.19) | 637.5 (25.12) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 8.3 | 12.4 | 17.0 | 15.4 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 90.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 53 | 43 | 39 | 39 | 50 | 63 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 58 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 249.1 | 241.6 | 260.3 | 250.5 | 230.8 | 182.4 | 160.1 | 170.9 | 156.0 | 179.8 | 222.1 | 231.1 | 2,534.7 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 75 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 38 | 43 | 43 | 51 | 69 | 71 | 58 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Tourist Resources

Besides the big discovery of Yuanmou Man, Yuanmou County is also famous for its Tulin, which literally means earth forest. It is a natural landscape composed of earth columns or pillars forming like immense forest. The unique landscape was formed by geological movement and soil erosion one or two million years ago. It is named for its shape like immense forest and the main composition of the expansion is earth.There are three scenic areas, which are Wumao Earth Forest, Langbapu Earth Forest and Banguo Earth Forest. Wumao and Langbapu have been developed as scenic areas. Yuanmou Earth Forest has been more and more popular these years.