Xiangcheng County, Sichuan
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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 | 6.261/km2 (16.22/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
[edit]Xiangcheng County is divided into 3 towns and 7 townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
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| 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
[edit]| 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) |
28.2 (82.8) |
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] All-time October high[5] | |||||||||||||
Terrain maps
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NH 47-11 (Taocheng) -
NH 47-15 (Tejung)
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Experience Template" 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.
- ^ "Sina Visitor System" 【离谱的气温】今天南方高温继续发展，福建江西浙江站点包揽高温榜前十，上榜门槛提升到了38.2℃，福建建宁39.3℃排名第一。浙江上海安徽四川云南有28站气温打破10月最高气温纪录。杭州福州南昌长沙南京武汉上海共7个省会直辖市，创最晚高温日纪录。杭州南昌武汉上海刷新1951年以来全年高温日数最多纪录。南昌未来7天高温不断，今年高温日数将达到80天，就算兑现5天，高温日数也将达到78天，将创造新的省会首府直辖市全年高温日数纪录——2022年福州74天，已经觉得不可思议，2024年重庆77天，感觉是神迹。结果转眼今年又要见证新纪录诞生。而且福州未来再加5天，也将达到75天，创造当地全年高温日数新纪录。并且南方未来多个城市的高温，也将继续改写最晚高温日纪录。武汉长沙福州报出12日还有高温，杭州和南昌在13日还有高温。而且看最低气温，南昌和杭州报7日晨28℃，也是10月罕见，可能破纪录。总之，异常强的副热带高压，让南方热得一点不像10月，依然像盛夏的7-8月。而北方地区，在冷空气和阴雨影响，气温明显偏低，并创立秋后新低。白天最高气温的偏低程度尤其明显。华北等地，8-9日的白天，冷得也不像10月，更像11月。总之，未来气温就是主打一个离谱，南方热到怀疑人生，北方冷得有些发蒙。 (in Simplified Chinese). weatherman_信欣 on Weibo. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
External links
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Xiangcheng travel guide from Wikivoyage
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