# Eshan Yi Autonomous County

Eshan Yi Autonomous County (Chinese: 峨山彝族自治县; pinyin: Éshān Yízú Zìzhìxiàn; Yi: ꊉꎭꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꑤ, wop sha nuo su zyt jie jux dde) is located in Yuxi, in the central part of Yunnan Province, China.

## Administrative divisions

Eshan Yi Autonomous County has 2 subdistricts, 3 towns and 3 townships.

### 2 subdistricts

* Shuangjiang (双江街道)
* Xiaojie (小街街道)

### 3 towns

* Dianzhong (甸中镇)
* Huanian (化念镇)
* Tadian (塔甸镇)

### 3 townships

* Chahe (岔河乡)
* Dalongtan (大龙潭乡)
* Fuliangpeng (富良棚乡)

## Ethnic groups

The Eshan County Gazetteer (2001:110, 132) lists the following ethnic groups and their respective locations.
* Yi: 71,255 people as of 1993
** Nasu 纳苏: (West, Northwest) Fuliangpeng 富良棚, Dalongtan 大龙潭, Dianzhong 甸中, Tadian 塔甸, and Chahe 岔河; parts of Yani 亚尼
** Niesu 聂苏: (East, Southeast, South 南) Jinping 锦屏, Xiaojie 小街, Baoquan 宝泉, Huanian 化念, and Gaoping 高平
*** Flowery Waist Niesu 聂苏花腰人: Pengzu 棚租 and Yulaiqiu 雨来救
** Lesu 勒苏: Daxi 大西, Ana 婀娜, and Shiban 石板
* Bai: 130 people as of 1993
** Huanian 化念 (48.5% of population), Shuangjiang 双江, and Xiaojie 小街
* Hani: 8,619 people as of 1993

## Transport

* China National Highway 213
* Yuxi–Mohan railway (u/c)

## Climate

Climate data for Eshan, elevation 1,600 m (5,200 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) | 24.0 (75.2) | 27.3 (81.1) | 29.2 (84.6) | 31.6 (88.9) | 32.6 (90.7) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.4 (88.5) | 31.6 (88.9) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.2 (84.6) | 26.0 (78.8) | 23.9 (75.0) | 32.6 (90.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) | 20.3 (68.5) | 23.8 (74.8) | 26.3 (79.3) | 27.1 (80.8) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 26.6 (79.9) | 25.4 (77.7) | 23.1 (73.6) | 20.4 (68.7) | 17.5 (63.5) | 23.5 (74.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) | 11.3 (52.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 18.0 (64.4) | 20.5 (68.9) | 21.8 (71.2) | 21.4 (70.5) | 20.8 (69.4) | 19.6 (67.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.8 (49.6) | 16.5 (61.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.4 (38.1) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.9 (51.6) | 15.1 (59.2) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.0 (64.4) | 17.4 (63.3) | 16.0 (60.8) | 13.5 (56.3) | 8.4 (47.1) | 4.9 (40.8) | 11.4 (52.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.5 (27.5) | −2.0 (28.4) | −2.6 (27.3) | 3.1 (37.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | 10.9 (51.6) | 13.0 (55.4) | 11.2 (52.2) | 6.6 (43.9) | 4.8 (40.6) | −1.6 (29.1) | −4.5 (23.9) | −4.5 (23.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29.1 (1.15) | 16.8 (0.66) | 22.9 (0.90) | 39.3 (1.55) | 78.5 (3.09) | 125.3 (4.93) | 174.5 (6.87) | 160.8 (6.33) | 105.0 (4.13) | 77.9 (3.07) | 38.9 (1.53) | 17.5 (0.69) | 886.5 (34.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 13.8 | 11.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 122.7 |
| Average snowy days | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 70 | 65 | 65 | 69 | 78 | 83 | 84 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 76 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 196.4 | 217.6 | 243.1 | 248.6 | 222.6 | 162.3 | 113.0 | 130.3 | 121.6 | 133.1 | 161.8 | 158.4 | 2,108.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 59 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 54 | 40 | 27 | 33 | 33 | 37 | 50 | 48 | 48 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||