# Jingdong Yi Autonomous County

Jingdong Yi Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 景东彝族自治县; traditional Chinese: 景東彝族自治縣; pinyin: Jǐngdōng Yízú Zìzhìxiàn; Tai Nüa: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥖᥧᥒᥴ) is an autonomous county in the west-central part of Yunnan Province, China. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Pu'er.

## Administrative divisions

In the present, Jingdong Yi Autonomous County has 10 towns and 3 townships.

### 10 towns

| Jinping (锦屏镇) Wenjing (文井镇) Manwan (漫湾镇) Dachaoshandong (大朝山东镇) Huashan (花山镇) | Dajie (大街镇) Taizhong (太忠镇) Wenlong (文龙镇) Anding (安定镇) Jingfu (景福镇) |

### 3 townships

* Mandeng (曼等乡)
* Longjie (龙街乡)
* Linjie (林街乡)

## Ethnic groups

The Hani of Jingdong (autonym: Kaduo 卡多) numbered 10,861 individuals as of 1990 and live primarily in Wenjing 文井, Zhehou 者后, and Huashan 花山 townships.
The Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer 景东县民族志 (2012:209) reports that are about 200 ethnic Bulang in Manbeng Village 曼崩村, Dachaoshandong Town 大朝山东镇.
According to the Jingdong County Gazetteer (1994:519), ethnic Yao numbered 3,889 individuals in 1990, and lived mainly in Chaqing 岔箐 and Dasongshu 大松树 of Taizhong 太忠乡. Yao language speakers, known as the Lewu Yao 乐舞瑶族, were found in Puya Village 普牙村, Chaqing Township 岔箐乡 (Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer 2012:144). The Jingdong County Ethnic Gazetteer (2012) reports that the Lewu language is now extinct.

## Fauna

Frog species in Jingdong County include:

### Family Megophryidae

* Oreolalax granulosus (endemic to the Ailao Mountains)
* Oreolalax jingdongensis (endemic to the Ailao Mountains)
* Leptolalax alpinus (endemic)
* Xenophrys wuliangshanensis (type locality)
* Xenophrys glandulosa (type locality)
* Xenophrys jingdongensis (type locality)
* Xenophrys gigantica
* Leptobrachium ailaonicum (type locality)

### Family Ranidae

* Nanorana bourreti
* Odorrana jingdongensis (type locality)

## Climate

Climate data for Jingdong, elevation 1,162 m (3,812 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 28.9 (84.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 34.4 (93.9) | 35.4 (95.7) | 39.1 (102.4) | 37.3 (99.1) | 34.7 (94.5) | 34.7 (94.5) | 34.7 (94.5) | 32.4 (90.3) | 30.1 (86.2) | 27.6 (81.7) | 39.1 (102.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.6 (70.9) | 24.4 (75.9) | 27.4 (81.3) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.8 (85.6) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.6 (85.3) | 28.3 (82.9) | 26.0 (78.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 26.7 (80.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.9 (73.2) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.8 (74.8) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 19.9 (67.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.5 (54.5) | 19.1 (66.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) | 7.3 (45.1) | 10.5 (50.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.8 (69.4) | 20.4 (68.7) | 19.3 (66.7) | 16.7 (62.1) | 11.5 (52.7) | 7.7 (45.9) | 14.4 (57.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) | 0.6 (33.1) | 1.8 (35.2) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.5 (58.1) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 3.4 (38.1) | −1.4 (29.5) | −1.4 (29.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26.3 (1.04) | 17.8 (0.70) | 22.5 (0.89) | 37.4 (1.47) | 99.5 (3.92) | 154.4 (6.08) | 210.6 (8.29) | 219.3 (8.63) | 138.5 (5.45) | 122.1 (4.81) | 39.7 (1.56) | 13.4 (0.53) | 1,101.5 (43.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.0 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 8.6 | 13.3 | 18.4 | 22.6 | 20.8 | 18.1 | 16.0 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 145.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 67 | 61 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 82 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 75 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 197.9 | 208.8 | 228.7 | 222.6 | 201.0 | 138.0 | 117.9 | 145.6 | 138.8 | 132.0 | 158.5 | 167.4 | 2,057.2 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 59 | 65 | 61 | 58 | 49 | 34 | 28 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 49 | 51 | 47 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration all-time extreme temperature ||||||||||||||