Malipo County
麻栗坡县 · Mazliboh Yen | |
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Cityscape of county town Great King Rock Square Chouyang River Malipo Martyrs Cemetery | |
Location of Malipo County (red) and Wenshan Prefecture (pink) within Yunnan province of China | |
| Coordinates: 23°07′32″N 104°42′11″E / 23.12556°N 104.70306°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Wenshan |
| County seat | Mali |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 243,587 |
| • Density | 101.7/km2 (263.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
| Postal code | 663600 |
| Area code | 0876 |
| Website | www |

Malipo County (Chinese: 麻栗坡县; pinyin: Málìpō Xiàn) is under the administration of the Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the southeast of Yunnan province, China, bordering Tuyên Quang province to the southeast.
Malipo County is located in the south of Wenshan Prefecture, in southeastern Yunnan. It borders Funing County, Yunnan and Guangnan County to the northeast, Xichou County to the north, and Maguan County to the southwest. To the southeast, it borders Tuyên Quang province, Vietnam.
Malipo County has 4 towns, 6 townships and 1 ethnic township.
The following list of ethnic groups and subgroups, and their respective distributions, is from the Malipo County Gazetteer (2000).
| Climate data for Malipo, elevation 1,093 m (3,586 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.2 (95.4) |
36.6 (97.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.7 (94.5) |
30.8 (87.4) |
28.7 (83.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
36.6 (97.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.0 (59.0) |
17.1 (62.8) |
20.5 (68.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.7 (81.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
0.2 (32.4) |
3.2 (37.8) |
5.8 (42.4) |
10.1 (50.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.6 (0.85) |
15.6 (0.61) |
39.7 (1.56) |
60.4 (2.38) |
104.4 (4.11) |
154.8 (6.09) |
217.0 (8.54) |
201.3 (7.93) |
103.9 (4.09) |
55.7 (2.19) |
28.6 (1.13) |
19.7 (0.78) |
1,022.7 (40.26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.3 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 10.7 | 14.7 | 18.0 | 20.9 | 20.6 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 150.6 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 88 | 86 | 86 | 83 | 82 | 85 | 86 | 86 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 99.5 | 110.8 | 141.2 | 182.9 | 190.3 | 148.0 | 149.0 | 154.8 | 148.4 | 122.7 | 128.6 | 108.1 | 1,684.3 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 29 | 34 | 38 | 48 | 46 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 41 | 34 | 39 | 33 | 38 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||

One major tourist attraction is the Neolithic rock art above Malipo itself, apparently known as the 'Great King' site for the two dominant figures at the center of the artwork. It is said to be over 4000 years old.