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Ledong
乐东县
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| 乐东黎族自治县 Ledong Li Autonomous County | |
  Ledong Location of the seat in Hainan | |
| Coordinates: 18°44′52″N 109°17′31″E / 18.74778°N 109.29194°E / 18.74778; 109.29194 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hainan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,745.4 km2 (1,060.0 sq mi) |
| Population
(1999)
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| • Total | 468,834 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China standard time) |
Ledong Li Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 乐东黎族自治县; traditional Chinese: 樂東黎族自治縣; pinyin: Lèdōng Lízú Zìzhìxiàn; postal: Loktung) is an autonomous county in Hainan province, China. It is one of six autonomous counties of Hainan. Its postal code is 572500, and in 1999, its population was 468,834 people, largely made up of the Li people.
Ledong has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw). The coldest average monthly high temperature exceeds 26 °C (78.8 °F), the annual precipitation exceeds 1500 mm, cold waves rarely occur, and it is warm all year round. The Jianfengling National Nature Reserve and Jiaxi The provincial reserve has nurtured a large area of tropical seasonal forest with rich plant species and is one of the areas with the richest biodiversity in China.
| Climate data for Ledong (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.5 (79.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
32.5 (90.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
30.6 (87.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.7 (74.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
24.8 (76.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
22.2 (72.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.2 (70.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.6 (0.42) |
17.6 (0.69) |
27.1 (1.07) |
77.1 (3.04) |
162.4 (6.39) |
242.7 (9.56) |
294.5 (11.59) |
331.0 (13.03) |
256.1 (10.08) |
149.6 (5.89) |
63.1 (2.48) |
20.4 (0.80) |
1,652.2 (65.04) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.7 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 8.4 | 13.1 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 20.0 | 18.9 | 13.9 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 134.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 86 | 85 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 153.8 | 139.6 | 157.2 | 178.8 | 196.6 | 169.1 | 171.4 | 157.0 | 148.3 | 179.3 | 172.6 | 149.1 | 1,972.8 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 45 | 43 | 42 | 47 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 40 | 41 | 50 | 52 | 44 | 45 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1][2] | |||||||||||||
18°44′53″N 109°17′31″E / 18.748°N 109.292°E / 18.748; 109.292
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