# Ebian Yi Autonomous County

Ebian Yi Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 峨边彝族自治县; traditional Chinese: 峨邊彝族自治縣; pinyin: Ébiān Yízú Zìzhìxiàn; Yi: ꊉꀜꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꑤ wop bie nuo su zyt jie jux dde xiep) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Leshan city.
Heizhugou National Forest Park (黑竹沟国家森林公园), known as "China's Bermuda Triangle", is located at this county.

## Administrative divisions

Ebian County administers 7 towns and 6 townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Yi | Romanized Yi | Administrative division code |
| Towns ||||||
| Shaping Town | 沙坪镇 | Shāpíng Zhèn | ꎭꀻꍔ | sha pip zhep | 511132100 |
| Dabao Town | 大堡镇 | Dàbǎo Zhèn | ꄇꁍꍔ | dat pup zhep | 511132101 |
| Maoping Town | 毛坪镇 | Máopíng Zhèn | ꃀꀵꍔ | mop byp zhep | 511132102 |
| Wudu Town | 五渡镇 | Wǔdù Zhèn | ꃷꄖꍔ | vup du zhep | 511132103 |
| Xinlin Town | 新林镇 | Xīnlín Zhèn | ꑝꆀꍔ | xit nip zhep | 511132104 |
| Heizhugou Town | 黑竹沟镇 | Hēizhúgōu Zhèn | ꉿꍗꇫꍔ | hep zhu gox zhep | 511132105 |
| Hongqi Town | 红旗镇 | Hóngqí Zhèn | ꉼꐕꍔ | hop qyp zhep | 511132106 |
| Townships ||||||
| Yiping Township | 宜坪乡 | Yípíng Xiāng | ꒉꁓꑣ | yy pyp xie | 511132201 |
| Yanghe Township | 杨河乡 | Yánghé Xiāng | ꑷꉼꑣ | yie hop xie | 511132206 |
| Xinchang Township | 新场乡 | Xīnchǎng Xiāng | ꌉꍰꑣ | sit chep xie | 511132208 |
| Pingdeng Township | 平等乡 | Píngděng Xiāng | ꀻꄒꑣ | pip de xie | 511132209 |
| Jinyan Township | 金岩乡 | Jīnyán Xiāng | ꏶꉞꑣ | jyt ngie xie | 511132211 |
| Lewu Township | 勒乌乡 | Lèwū Xiāng | ꆻꃹꑣ | liet vur xie | 511132212 |

## Climate

Climate data for Ebian, elevation 642 m (2,106 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) | 19.6 (67.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 31.3 (88.3) | 32.9 (91.2) | 35.7 (96.3) | 36.7 (98.1) | 36.8 (98.2) | 37.6 (99.7) | 35.2 (95.4) | 29.9 (85.8) | 25.1 (77.2) | 23.4 (74.1) | 37.6 (99.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 12.9 (55.2) | 17.6 (63.7) | 22.9 (73.2) | 26.3 (79.3) | 28.4 (83.1) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.4 (86.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 16.8 (62.2) | 11.6 (52.9) | 21.2 (70.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.1 (55.6) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.2 (70.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.2 (77.4) | 21.7 (71.1) | 17.4 (63.3) | 13.3 (55.9) | 8.4 (47.1) | 17.0 (62.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) | 6.5 (43.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 17.4 (63.3) | 20.1 (68.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 21.6 (70.9) | 18.9 (66.0) | 15.1 (59.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 6.2 (43.2) | 13.9 (57.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.4 (25.9) | −1.6 (29.1) | −0.5 (31.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 9.4 (48.9) | 14.3 (57.7) | 15.9 (60.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.7 (54.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | −3.4 (25.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.5 (0.14) | 8.6 (0.34) | 30.9 (1.22) | 71.0 (2.80) | 92.0 (3.62) | 115.7 (4.56) | 147.8 (5.82) | 175.6 (6.91) | 84.7 (3.33) | 41.1 (1.62) | 15.9 (0.63) | 3.6 (0.14) | 790.4 (31.13) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.7 | 7.3 | 12.1 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 150.1 |
| Average snowy days | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 75 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 78 | 80 | 80 | 82 | 83 | 79 | 76 | 77 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 50.1 | 54.8 | 85.7 | 110.3 | 112.7 | 91.6 | 134.0 | 141.1 | 68.6 | 48.6 | 58.3 | 49.5 | 1,005.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 15 | 17 | 23 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 32 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 22 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||