Dêrong County

County in Sichuan, China
Dêrong County
28°44′N 99°17′E / 28.733°N 99.283°E / 28.733; 99.283
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
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDéróng Xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingdak1wing4 jyun2
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྡེ་རོང་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliesde rong rdzong
Tibetan PinyinDêrong Zong

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

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, elevation 2,423 m (7,949 ft), (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)
Mean daily maximum °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)
Mean daily minimum °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.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Sub-provincial city
Chengdu
Prefecture-level cities
Zigong
Panzhihua
Luzhou
Deyang
Mianyang
Guangyuan
Suining
Neijiang
Leshan
Nanchong
Meishan
Yibin
Guang'an
Dazhou
Ya'an
Bazhong
Ziyang
Autonomous prefectures
Ngawa
Garzê
Liangshan
Special jurisdictions
  • v
  • t
  • e
County-level divisions
Location of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Towns and villages
Geography
Landmarks
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
International
  • VIAF
National
  • Israel
  • United States
Stub icon

This Sichuan location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e