Guangnan, as with much of southern Yunnan, has a warm humid subtropical climate, with muddled distinction between the seasons and daytime temperatures remaining warm year-round. The warmest and coolest months are July and January, respectively at and ; the annual mean is. May thru September accounts for nearly 75% of the annual rainfall of
Ethnic groups
The following information in this section is from the Guangnan County Almanac .
Han
Zhuang
Miao
*White Miao 白苗
*Sinicized Miao 汉苗 Lopsided Miao 偏苗
*"Meng Zhua"
Yao
*Landian Yao 蓝靛瑶
*Daban Yao 大板瑶
Yi: split into two official divisions of Pu 仆 and Luo 倮. Autonyms are: Nisupo 尼苏颇, Guo 果, Poluo 颇罗, Nishebei 尼舍杯, Nashepu 哪舍噗, Bugeng 布更, Gasou 嘎叟, Guwo 估涡, Mengpei 孟培, Mengpu 孟噗, Mengguobei 孟果杯, Lairen 徕人
*Pu 仆: Flowery Pula 花仆拉, White Pula 白仆拉, Black Pula 黑仆拉
*Luo 倮: Flowery Luo 花倮, Black Luo 黑倮, Chinese Luo 汉倮, Sandaohong 三道红, Lairen 徕人
Gelao
Hui
Mongol
Ethnic Zhuang and Han make up about 80% of the county's population, with each group making up about 40%.
Miao
There were 81,223 ethnic Miao individuals comprising 16,086 households as of 1995.
White Miao 白苗: most of the county, including Nalun 那伦乡 and Diyu 底于乡
Bugeng 布更: Walong 挖聋, Nasa 那洒镇; Amiao 阿渺, Zhuanjiao 篆角乡
Nashepu 那舍噗: Changchong 长冲, Zhujie 珠街镇
Kashepu 卡舍噗: Tuanqing 团箐, Shuguang 曙光镇
Axi 阿细: Zhongzhai 中寨, Zhulin 珠琳镇
Gelao
There are 157 ethnic Gelao.
Baishiyan 白石岩, Laozhai 老寨村, Babao Township 八宝镇
Xijide 西基得村, Zhulin Township 珠琳镇
Muyang 木秧, Shujie 鼠街村, Heizhiguo Township 黑支果乡
Hui
There were 1,306 ethnic Hui individuals comprising 314 households as of 1995. Most lived in Zhulin Township, which had 964 ethnic Hui individuals comprising 212 households. Liancheng Township, the county seat, had 161 ethnic Hui individuals comprising 51 households.
Guangnan Minorities Museum: Featuring numerous neolithic and Bronze Age artifacts unearthed from tombs in the region, in addition to more modern Ming and Qing Dynasty objects collected from the town and nearby villages.
Grave of Princess Anhua . The 16-year-old princess, a full sister of the last Ming emperor Zhu Youlang, died near Guangnan town in 1652, when the emperor was retreating from Guangxi to Yunnan.
Ayong Bridge: built on the outstrected branches of trees from the two banks of the river
Wang Peilun's Residence: Xiban Village 夕板村, Guangnan
The Tinglang of Xiban Village 夕板村, Guangnan
The ganlan houses of Tuotong Village 拖同村 and Dixian Village 底仙村
Yanta Pagoda : a 19th-century tower atop a prominent summit to the southeast of the city, offering excellent views of the surrounding region.
Historical villages include:
Heye 河野村
Tuopai 拖派村
Dixian 底仙村: notable for its unique ganlan houses found only there
Nabei 那贝村
Tuotong 拖同村
Gejia 革假村: notable for its thousand-year-old banyan tree, and for its many natives who passed the civil examination to become jinshi 进士 during the Qing Dynasty
Ayong 阿用
Guima 贵马
Jiumo includes a former residence of a Nationalist warlord now defaced, poorly restored and in use as an agricultural store and communist memorial site, in addition to a covered bridge. Hard to reach and not set up for tourists, there is barely a restaurant.
