Shilin Yi Autonomous County

Coordinates: 24°46′19″N 103°17′28″E / 24.772°N 103.291°E / 24.772; 103.291
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Shilin Yi Autonomous County
石林彝族自治县 ·
Postal code
652200
Phone code(0)692
Websitewww.kmsl.gov.cn

Shilin Yi Autonomous County (Chinese: 石林彝族自治县; pinyin: Shílín Yízú Zìzhìxiàn: Sani: ) is an autonomous county, under the jurisdiction of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, China.

Etymology

Lunan Yi Autonomous County (

Chengjiang Lu", it is a discriminatory name.[5]: 20  Finally Lunan County was changed the name to Shilin, which means "stone forest", also is a famous tourist site in the county.[4]
: 367 

History

Archaeological research show that as early as 800,000 years ago, humans began to settle in this region.

Chengjiang Lu.[3]: 199  Sani Qin clan is the tusi of Lunan Zhou. Lunan surrendered to Ming dynasty in 1382 and still by governed by Chengjiang Fu.[12]
: 26 

Administrative divisions

Shilin County is divided to 3 subdistricts, 3 towns and 1 township:

Lufu Subdistrict (鹿阜街道), Shilin Subdistrict (石林街道), Banqiao Subdistrict (板桥街道), Xijiekou Town (西街口镇), Changhu Town (长湖镇), Guishan Town (圭山镇) and Dake Township (大可乡).

Natural sites

The

Shilin (Stone Forest), a set of remarkable karst formations, is part of the South China Karst, inscribed in 2007 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Dadieshui Waterfall
is the largest waterfall in Yunnan province, located at the southwest of county urban.

Solarpower station

See also, Solar power in China

A large-scale solar power station in Shilin County had started construction on December 6, 2008. With a total installed capacity of 166 megawatts, the power station will be the largest experiment demonstration grid-connected solar photovoltaic power station in China.[14]

Climate

Climate data for Shilin (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 24.9
(76.8)
28.0
(82.4)
30.9
(87.6)
32.7
(90.9)
34.4
(93.9)
32.0
(89.6)
31.7
(89.1)
31.5
(88.7)
31.7
(89.1)
29.0
(84.2)
26.9
(80.4)
26.3
(79.3)
34.4
(93.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 17.0
(62.6)
19.5
(67.1)
23.4
(74.1)
26.1
(79.0)
27.0
(80.6)
26.8
(80.2)
26.3
(79.3)
26.4
(79.5)
24.9
(76.8)
22.3
(72.1)
19.8
(67.6)
16.7
(62.1)
23.0
(73.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 9.9
(49.8)
12.0
(53.6)
15.8
(60.4)
19.0
(66.2)
20.8
(69.4)
21.7
(71.1)
21.3
(70.3)
20.9
(69.6)
19.5
(67.1)
16.9
(62.4)
13.2
(55.8)
10.0
(50.0)
16.8
(62.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5)
6.3
(43.3)
9.8
(49.6)
13.2
(55.8)
16.1
(61.0)
18.1
(64.6)
18.2
(64.8)
17.7
(63.9)
16.2
(61.2)
13.6
(56.5)
8.9
(48.0)
5.4
(41.7)
12.4
(54.2)
Record low °C (°F) −4.9
(23.2)
−2.8
(27.0)
−6.2
(20.8)
2.2
(36.0)
4.0
(39.2)
11.4
(52.5)
12.37
(54.27)
12.1
(53.8)
7.7
(45.9)
4.0
(39.2)
−2.2
(28.0)
−8.9
(16.0)
−8.9
(16.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 26.6
(1.05)
15.1
(0.59)
23.5
(0.93)
28.5
(1.12)
91.4
(3.60)
168.8
(6.65)
192.2
(7.57)
148.3
(5.84)
98.9
(3.89)
76.6
(3.02)
32.5
(1.28)
19.8
(0.78)
922.2
(36.32)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 6.1 5.3 5.6 7.0 12.2 15.8 18.8 18.8 13.0 12.2 5.9 5.5 126.2
Average snowy days 1.0 0.4 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.2 1.8
Average
relative humidity
(%)
69 61 56 56 64 76 81 80 79 79 75 74 71
Mean monthly sunshine hours 192.0 203.8 237.3 243.5 217.3 153.8 131.5 147.9 135.1 140.1 174.0 165.8 2,142.1
Percent possible sunshine 57 64 63 64 52 38 32 37 37 40 54 51 49
Source: China Meteorological Administration[15][16]

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