Dêrong County

Dêrong County (Tibetan: སྡེ་རོང་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 得荣县) is a county in the west of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the west. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Dêrong County
得荣县སྡེ་རོང་རྫོང་།
Derong
A bend on the Jinsha River in Dêrong County on the border between Sichuan and Yunan.
A bend on the Jinsha River in Dêrong County on the border between Sichuan and Yunan.
Location of the county (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan province
Location of the county (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan province
Dêrong is located in Sichuan
Dêrong
Dêrong
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Dêrong is located in China
Dêrong
Dêrong
Dêrong (China)
Coordinates: 28°44′N 99°17′E
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatWaka
Area
  Total2,916 km2 (1,126 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
  Total24,748
  Density8.5/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.gzdr.gov.cn
Dêrong County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese得荣县
Traditional Chinese得榮縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྡེ་རོང་རྫོང་།

Administrative divisions

Dêrong County is divided into 4 towns and 6 townships.

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Waka Town 瓦卡镇 Wǎkǎ Zhèn ཝ་ཁ་གྲོང་རྡལ། wa kha grong rdal 513338101
Bünsum Town
(Baisong)
白松镇 Báisōng Zhèn སྤུན་གསུམ་གྲོང་རྡལ། spun gsum grong rdal 513338102
Siyü Town
(Riyu)
日雨镇 Rìyǔ Zhèn གཟི་ཡུལ་གྲོང་རྡལ། gzi yul grong rdal 513338103
Nyimailungba Town
(Taiyanggu)
太阳谷镇 Tàiyánggǔ Zhèn ཉི་མའི་ལུང་པ་གྲོང་རྡལ། nyi ma'i lung pa grong rdal 513338104
Townships
Yulung Township
(Xulong)
徐龙乡 Xúlóng Xiāng གཡུ་ལུང་ཤང་། g.yu lung shang 513338201
Bündo Township
(Bendu)
奔都乡 Bēndū Xiāng པུ་མདོ་ཤང་། pu mdo shang 513338204
Bündo Township
(Bari)
八日乡 Bārì Xiāng ཕག་རི་ཤང་། phag ri shang 513338205
Gêxoi Township
(Guxue)
古学乡 Gǔxué Xiāng སྐེད་ཤོད་ཤང་། sked shod shang 513338206
Gongpo Township
(Gangbo, Gongbo)
贡波乡 Gòngbō Xiāng སྒོང་ཕོ་ཤང་། sgong pho shang 513338208
Ciu Township
(Ciwu)
茨巫乡 Cíwū Xiāng ཚེའུ་ཤང་། tshe'u shang 513338210

Climate

Climate data for Dêrong (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 25.1
(77.2)
25.9
(78.6)
29.2
(84.6)
31.8
(89.2)
34.2
(93.6)
36.3
(97.3)
36.0
(96.8)
33.6
(92.5)
33.5
(92.3)
30.1
(86.2)
27.1
(80.8)
22.8
(73.0)
36.3
(97.3)
Average high °C (°F) 15.1
(59.2)
17.4
(63.3)
19.9
(67.8)
23.1
(73.6)
26.9
(80.4)
30.1
(86.2)
28.5
(83.3)
27.3
(81.1)
26.9
(80.4)
24.1
(75.4)
19.6
(67.3)
15.8
(60.4)
22.9
(73.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 6.1
(43.0)
8.9
(48.0)
12.0
(53.6)
15.5
(59.9)
19.6
(67.3)
23.0
(73.4)
21.7
(71.1)
20.4
(68.7)
19.8
(67.6)
16.1
(61.0)
10.5
(50.9)
6.4
(43.5)
15.0
(59.0)
Average low °C (°F) −0.5
(31.1)
2.0
(35.6)
5.6
(42.1)
9.2
(48.6)
13.5
(56.3)
17.4
(63.3)
17.1
(62.8)
16.0
(60.8)
14.8
(58.6)
10.0
(50.0)
4.0
(39.2)
−0.1
(31.8)
9.1
(48.4)
Record low °C (°F) −8.9
(16.0)
−5.2
(22.6)
−1.0
(30.2)
2.1
(35.8)
3.6
(38.5)
10.2
(50.4)
6.6
(43.9)
11.4
(52.5)
7.6
(45.7)
2.1
(35.8)
−1.9
(28.6)
−7.7
(18.1)
−8.9
(16.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.3
(0.05)
1.5
(0.06)
4.4
(0.17)
6.8
(0.27)
18.6
(0.73)
39.1
(1.54)
126.8
(4.99)
111.1
(4.37)
35.3
(1.39)
9.1
(0.36)
3.3
(0.13)
0.4
(0.02)
357.7
(14.08)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.0 1.2 2.6 4.1 5.4 9.3 18.7 17.9 9.2 3.5 1.2 0.4 74.5
Average snowy days 1.2 0.7 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.2 2.4
Average relative humidity (%) 34 33 35 38 40 45 61 67 58 47 40 35 44
Mean monthly sunshine hours 174.1 163.2 178.3 169.0 174.0 154.1 121.7 118.8 125.8 163.0 170.3 175.5 1,887.8
Percent possible sunshine 53 51 48 44 41 37 29 29 34 46 53 55 43
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

References

  1. "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.
  2. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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