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Maguan County (simplified Chinese: 马关县; traditional Chinese: 馬關縣; pinyin: Mǎguān Xiàn; lit. 'horse pass', Vietnamese: Mã Quan) is located in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, bordering Vietnam's Lào Cai and Ha Giang provinces to the south.
Maguan County is located in the southwest of Wenshan Prefecture, in southeastern Yunnan. It borders Malipo County to the east, Hekou County and Pingbian County to the west, Wenshan City to the north and Xichou County to the northeast. It also borders Vietnam: Xín Mần District and Hoàng Su Phì District of Hà Giang Province to the southeast and Si Ma Cai District and Mường Khương District of Lào Cai Province to the southwest.
In the present, Maguan County has 9 towns and 4 townships.[2]
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The Maguan County Gazetteer (马关县志) (1996) lists the following ethnic subgroups.
| Climate data for Maguan, elevation 1,333 m (4,373 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.8 (91.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
25.0 (77.0) |
33.3 (91.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.7 (71.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
25.5 (77.9) |
22.5 (72.5) |
20.0 (68.0) |
16.4 (61.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
17.5 (63.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.8 (46.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.4 (47.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
8.7 (47.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 30.9 (1.22) |
21.0 (0.83) |
50.4 (1.98) |
76.7 (3.02) |
151.0 (5.94) |
197.4 (7.77) |
270.0 (10.63) |
237.6 (9.35) |
133.1 (5.24) |
82.1 (3.23) |
38.8 (1.53) |
26.9 (1.06) |
1,315.9 (51.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 11.1 | 11.1 | 10.2 | 12.6 | 15.7 | 20.3 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 15.5 | 14.0 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 173.3 |
| Average snowy days | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 85 | 83 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 84 | 86 | 85 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 83 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 121.8 | 135.3 | 167.4 | 195.2 | 201.4 | 156.8 | 146.0 | 155.0 | 144.6 | 120.7 | 147.7 | 130.9 | 1,822.8 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 36 | 42 | 45 | 51 | 49 | 39 | 35 | 39 | 40 | 34 | 45 | 40 | 41 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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