Xiangcheng County, Sichuan
Xiangcheng County
乡城县 · ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་རྫོང་། Qagchêng | |
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.png) Location of Xiangcheng County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Xiangcheng Location of the seat in Sichuan  Xiangcheng Xiangcheng (China) | |
| Coordinates: 29°16′57″N 99°36′29″E / 29.2825°N 99.6081°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
| County seat | Shambala |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,016 km2 (1,937 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 31,407 |
| • Density | 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
| Xiangcheng County, Sichuan | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乡城县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄉城縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Xiangcheng County or Qagchêng (Chinese: 乡城县; Tibetan: ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་རྫོང་།) is a county in the west of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the south. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Administrative divisions
Xiangcheng County is divided into 3 towns and 7 townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | ||||||
| Shambala Town (Xambala, Xiangbala) |
香巴拉镇 | Xiāngbālā Zhèn | ཤམ་བྷ་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | sham bha la grong rdal | 513336100 | |
| Chêngdoi Town (Qingde) |
青德镇 | Qīngdé Zhèn | ཕྲེང་སྟོད་གྲོང་རྡལ། | phreng stod grong rdal | 513336101 | |
| Radag Town (Reda) |
热打镇 | Rèdǎ Zhèn | རྭ་རྟགས་གྲོང་རྡལ། | rwa rtags grong rdal | 513336103 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Sakong Township (Shagong) |
沙贡乡 | Shāgòng Xiāng | ས་གོང་ཤང་། | sa gong shang | 513336201 | |
| Siwa Township (Shuiwa) |
水洼乡 | Shuǐwā Xiāng | བསིལ་བ་ཤང་། | bsil ba shang | 513336202 | |
| Ragwa Township (Ranwu) |
然乌乡 | Ránwū Xiāng | རག་ཝ་ཤང་། | rag wa shang | 513336205 | |
| Dongsum Township (Dongsong) |
洞松乡 | Dòngsōng Xiāng | གདོང་གསུམ་ཤང་། | gdong gsum shang | 513336206 | |
| Dêmo Township (Dingbo) |
定波乡 | Dìngbō Xiāng | བདེ་མོ་ཤང་། | bde mo shang | 513336208 | |
| Zhodog Township (Zhengdou) |
正斗乡 | Zhèngdǒu Xiāng | སྒྲོ་མདོག་ཤང་། | sgro mdog shang | 513336209 | |
| Bayü Township (Baiyi) |
白依乡 | Báiyī Xiāng | དཔའ་ཡུལ་ཤང་། | dpa' yul shang | 513336210 | |
Climate
| Climate data for Xiangcheng, elevation 2,844 m (9,331 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
22.7 (72.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
32.5 (90.5) |
31.0 (87.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
23.5 (74.3) |
20.6 (69.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.8 (74.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.1 (46.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.6 (65.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
11.1 (52.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.3 (22.5) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.4 (32.7) |
4.2 (39.6) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
13.1 (55.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
4.4 (39.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −14.4 (6.1) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.6 (38.5) |
5.1 (41.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
−8.3 (17.1) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.6 (0.06) |
1.4 (0.06) |
5.9 (0.23) |
11.0 (0.43) |
26.5 (1.04) |
73.8 (2.91) |
159.9 (6.30) |
130.4 (5.13) |
69.2 (2.72) |
15.3 (0.60) |
2.6 (0.10) |
0.5 (0.02) |
498.1 (19.6) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.3 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 14.7 | 22.3 | 21.1 | 14.0 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 102.9 |
| Average snowy days | 2.4 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 10.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 34 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 47 | 56 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 56 | 43 | 36 | 50 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 200.5 | 184.3 | 202.2 | 196.7 | 203.5 | 176.3 | 140.7 | 145.2 | 140.3 | 176.2 | 189.5 | 204.7 | 2,160.1 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 61 | 58 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 42 | 33 | 36 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 64 | 50 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]All time August record high[4] | |||||||||||||
Terrain maps
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NH 47-11 (Taocheng) -
NH 47-15 (Tejung)
References
- ^ "甘孜州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）" (in Chinese). Government of Garzê Prefecture. 2021-06-04. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Sina Visitor System" 【高温】今天重庆四川站点包揽高温榜前十，重庆巫溪43.6℃，排名第一，并打破8月上旬最高气温纪录。不止巫溪，今天重庆四川西藏陕西有14个气象站打破8月上旬最高气温纪录，比如西藏拉萨、日喀则、陕西汉中。西藏江孜和四川江城还打破了8月最高气温纪录。今天7个省会直辖市出现高温，郑州距离全年高温日数纪录46天，越来越近。 未来高温天气还会发展增强，华北南部到四川盆地以及江南北部，将是高温核心区。并且在陕西关中，四川东部，重庆多地还会达到40℃以上。热度可能接近或打破同期纪录。总体来看，8月3-6日前后，是本轮高温的巅峰，部分城市报出40℃以上，比如西安8月3-4日42℃，重庆8月5-6日42℃，成都和武汉8月4日39℃，郑州8月5日40℃。 不仅白天气温高，夜温也高。西安报8月4日最低33℃，如果实现将打破纪录。郑州报8月4日最低31℃，也是热得少见。重庆报8月5日最低33℃，也不多见。这样的天气，白天尽量减少不必要的出门，就算是夜跑，也要警惕中暑。 (in Simplified Chinese). weatherman_信欣 on Weibo. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
External links
Xiangcheng travel guide from Wikivoyage
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