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.
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.