Tonghai County

Tonghai County borders Huaning County to the east, Shiping County and Jianshui County to the south, Eshan County and Hongta District to the west, and Jiangchuan District to the north.

Tonghai County occupies the fertile valley of Qilu Lake, surrounded on all sides by mountains. The county seat is located on the south side of the lake, separated from the lake by a mile-wide strip of farmland.

The county's southernmost part, including the Dagao Dai and Yi Ethnic Township and Lishan Yi Ethnic Township, is separated from the rest of the county by mountains; it is outside of the Qilu Lake basin, and is drained into the Qu River instead.

In 1970, a powerful earthquake struck the area.

The area around Qilu Lake has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic period. In the Tang dynasty it was the base of a general. For many centuries it was the political, economic and military center of southern Yunnan.{{cite web|url=http://www.tonghai.gov.cn/thgk/20190306/562376.html|date=6 March 2019|title=通海县概况}}

Soon after the formation of PRC, the area of today's Tonghai County was organized as two counties: Tonghai and Hexi (in the western part of today's Tonghai County). The two counties were merged into Qilu County ({{zh|labels=no |s=杞麓县}}) on November 22, 1956. On October 22, 1959, Qilu County was renamed Tonghai County.{{cite web |url=http://lt.qydli.com/qydl/wap_doc/3140732.html |script-title=zh:通海历史大事件—中华人民共和国 |trans-title=Big events in the history of Tonghai County |website=lt.qydli.com}}

The county includes a large Muslim (Hui) population. Centers of Hui culture include Dahui and Xiaohui villages in Hexi Township, as well as Nagu Town, with its Najiaying Mosque.

Xingmeng Mongol Ethnic Township, home to the Yunnan Mongols (Khatso), is the only Mongol ethnic township in Yunnan.

Tonghai County has 2 subdistricts, 4 towns and 3 ethnic townships.{{cite web

|url = http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/

|title = 国家统计局

|publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China

|language = zh

|access-date = 2021-12-07}}

;2 subdistricts

• Xiushan ({{lang|zh-Hans|秀山街道}})
• Jiulong ({{lang|zh-Hans|九龙街道}})

;4 towns

;3 ethnic townships

• Lishan Yi ({{lang|zh-Hans|里山彝族乡}})
• Gaoda Dai and Yi ({{lang|zh-Hans|高大傣族彝族乡}})
• Xingmeng Mongol ({{lang|zh-Hans|兴蒙蒙古族乡}})

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Bus routes:

• Jianshui County (2hr)
• Gejiu (2hr)
• Hekou (13hr)
• Kaiyuan (4hr)
• Kunming (2hr)

Railway:

• Yuxi–Mengzi Railway (a section of the standard gauge Kunming–Hekou Railway). The passenger station, Tonghai Station, is located at Jiulong, a few kilometers west of the county seat.

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| Jan high C = 16.5

| Feb high C = 18.9

| Mar high C = 22.0

| Apr high C = 24.1

| May high C = 25.7

| Jun high C = 26.0

| Jul high C = 25.1

| Aug high C = 25.1

| Sep high C = 23.9

| Oct high C = 21.4

| Nov high C = 19.4

| Dec high C = 16.2

| Jan mean C = 10.0

| Feb mean C = 12.2

| Mar mean C = 15.4

| Apr mean C = 17.8

| May mean C = 20.2

| Jun mean C = 21.2

| Jul mean C = 20.7

| Aug mean C = 20.3

| Sep mean C = 19.1

| Oct mean C = 16.5

| Nov mean C = 13.1

| Dec mean C = 10.1

| Jan low C = 5.0

| Feb low C = 6.5

| Mar low C = 9.5

| Apr low C = 12.4

| May low C = 15.5

| Jun low C = 17.8

| Jul low C = 17.8

| Aug low C = 17.2

| Sep low C = 16.1

| Oct low C = 13.3

| Nov low C = 8.7

| Dec low C = 5.6

| Jan record high C = 23.7

| Jan record low C = -2.8

| Feb record high C = 25.9

| Feb record low C = -0.9

| Mar record high C = 28.3

| Mar record low C = -3.2

| Apr record high C = 30.7

| Apr record low C = 3.2

| May record high C = 32.4

| May record low C = 6.7

| Jun record high C = 30.5

| Jun record low C = 11.5

| Jul record high C = 30.6

| Jul record low C = 11.9

| Aug record high C = 29.3

| Aug record low C = 11.2

| Sep record high C = 29.3

| Sep record low C = 7.8

| Oct record high C = 27.7

| Oct record low C = 4.3

| Nov record high C = 25.8

| Nov record low C = -1.2

| Dec record high C = 24.5

| Dec record low C = -5.5

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| Jan precipitation mm = 27.6

| Feb precipitation mm = 16.8

| Mar precipitation mm = 21.4

| Apr precipitation mm = 39.9

| May precipitation mm = 82.9

| Jun precipitation mm = 145.7

| Jul precipitation mm = 183.6

| Aug precipitation mm = 150.4

| Sep precipitation mm = 99.7

| Oct precipitation mm = 74.4

| Nov precipitation mm = 35.1

| Dec precipitation mm = 16.5

| Jan humidity = 70

| Feb humidity = 62

| Mar humidity = 57

| Apr humidity = 59

| May humidity = 67

| Jun humidity = 77

| Jul humidity = 81

| Aug humidity = 82

| Sep humidity = 80

| Oct humidity = 80

| Nov humidity = 77

| Dec humidity = 75

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| Jan precipitation days = 4.4

| Feb precipitation days = 4.1

| Mar precipitation days = 5.2

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| Aug precipitation days = 19.0

| Sep precipitation days = 13.5

| Oct precipitation days = 11.4

| Nov precipitation days = 5.3

| Dec precipitation days = 4.0

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| Aug sun = 135.2

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| Oct sun = 141.6

| Nov sun = 191.5

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| Oct percentsun = 40

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{{Reflist}}

{{Commons category|Tonghai County}}

{{Wikivoyage|Tonghai}}

• [http://www.tonghai.gov.cn/ Tonghai County Official Website]

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