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Maguan County

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.

Key Information

Geography

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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.

Administrative divisions

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In the present, Maguan County has 9 towns and 4 townships.[2]

9 towns
4 townships

Ethnic groups

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The Maguan County Gazetteer (马关县志) (1996) lists the following ethnic subgroups.

  • Han
  • Zhuang
  • Buyi
  • Dai
  • Miao
  • Yao
  • Yi (Lolo)
    • Pu 仆 (autonyms: Toulapa 托拉葩 and Alapa 阿拉葩), related to the Phù Lá in Vietnam
    • Luo 倮 (autonyms: Luomo 罗摩 and Lemo 勒摩)
  • Mongol
  • Laji (拉基)

Transport

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Climate

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Climate data for Maguan, elevation 1,333 m (4,373 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) 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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