Midu County (simplified Chinese: 弥渡县; traditional Chinese: 彌渡縣; pinyin: Mídù Xiàn) is a county in the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the northwest of Yunnan province, China. It borders Xiangyun County and Nanhua County to the east, Jingdong County and Nanjian County to the south, Weishan County to the west and Dali City to the north.
Midu County has 6 towns, 1 township and 1 ethnic township.[2]
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Hongyan
Xinjie
Micheng
Yinjie
Mizhi
Juli
Deju
Niujie
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The Midu County Gazetteer (1993:721) lists the following ethnic groups.
| Climate data for Midu, elevation 1,712 m (5,617 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.9 (75.0) |
26.3 (79.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
32.6 (90.7) |
34.0 (93.2) |
33.2 (91.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
29.4 (84.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
23.1 (73.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.1 (64.6) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
23.9 (75.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.9 (49.8) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
10.2 (50.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.5 (65.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.8 (38.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.7 (23.5) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12.9 (55.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
−5.9 (21.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.0 (0.79) |
14.3 (0.56) |
19.9 (0.78) |
26.6 (1.05) |
62.6 (2.46) |
106.2 (4.18) |
157.4 (6.20) |
162.4 (6.39) |
110.2 (4.34) |
70.5 (2.78) |
22.4 (0.88) |
8.4 (0.33) |
780.9 (30.74) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.9 | 4.3 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 9.2 | 12.1 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 14.4 | 11.0 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 111.6 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 59 | 53 | 50 | 51 | 58 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 76 | 70 | 66 | 66 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 254.6 | 242.8 | 267.0 | 259.4 | 244.1 | 201.0 | 154.8 | 163.3 | 164.3 | 189.4 | 227.5 | 243.0 | 2,611.2 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 76 | 76 | 71 | 68 | 59 | 49 | 37 | 41 | 45 | 53 | 70 | 74 | 60 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
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