Ledong Li Autonomous County Explained

Ledong
Settlement Type:Autonomous County
Official Name:
Ledong Li Autonomous County
Pushpin Map:Hainan
Pushpin Label:Ledong
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Hainan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Hainan
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:2745.4
Population As Of:1999
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Total:468834
Coordinates:18.7478°N 109.2919°W
Timezone:China standard time
Utc Offset:+8

Ledong Li Autonomous County (; 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.

Climate

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.

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