| Lancang County | |
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| — Autonomous county — | |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Characters | 澜沧拉祜族自治县 |
| • Pinyin | Láncāng lāhùzú Zìzhìxiàn |
| Location of Lancang County (pink) and Pu'er Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China | |
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Lancang County
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Pu'er |
| GB/T 2260 CODE[1] | 530828 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,807 km2 (3,400.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,110 m (3,642 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 460,976 |
| • Density | 52.3/km2 (135.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 665600[2] |
| Area code(s) | 0879[2] |
| Website | http://www.lczw.gov.cn/ |
| 1Yunnan Statistics Bureau [1] 2Puer Gov. [2] 3Yunnan Portal [3] |
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Lancang Lahu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 澜沧拉祜族自治县; traditional Chinese: 瀾滄拉祜族自治縣; pinyin: Láncāng lāhùzú Zìzhìxiàn) is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Lancang is the same as Lan Xang, and refers to the Mekong river and adopted by modern Laos, a Tai word meaning Million Elephants.
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A large portion of the population are of Lahu ethnicity, and Lahu language is one of the official languages in the county.
| Climate data for Lancang (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 23.8 (74.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
30.7 (87.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
28.4 (83.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
22.9 (73.2) |
27.34 (81.22) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.8 (49.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.9 (62.4) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
14.43 (57.98) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 11.8 (0.465) |
16.0 (0.63) |
20.1 (0.791) |
44.8 (1.764) |
161.4 (6.354) |
273.6 (10.772) |
329.2 (12.961) |
293.0 (11.535) |
191.2 (7.528) |
135.6 (5.339) |
79.4 (3.126) |
20.7 (0.815) |
1,576.8 (62.079) |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 10.6 | 17.5 | 25.0 | 27.8 | 25.7 | 20.9 | 15.6 | 9.6 | 4.4 | 168.3 |
| Source: Weather China | |||||||||||||
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