Xiangcheng County, Sichuan

Xiangcheng County
乡城县 · ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་རྫོང་།
Qagchêng
County
Location of Xiangcheng County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Xiangcheng County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Xiangcheng is located in Sichuan
Xiangcheng
Xiangcheng
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Xiangcheng is located in China
Xiangcheng
Xiangcheng
Xiangcheng (China)
Coordinates: 29°16′57″N 99°36′29″E / 29.2825°N 99.6081°E / 29.2825; 99.6081
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatShambala
Area
 • Total
5,016 km2 (1,937 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
31,407
 • Density6.261/km2 (16.22/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.xcx.gov.cn
Xiangcheng County, Sichuan
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese乡城县
Traditional Chinese鄉城縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiāngchéng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanཕྱག་ཕྲེང་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliephyag phreng rdzong
Tibetan PinyinQagchêng Zong

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)
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

  • NH 47-11 (Taocheng)
    NH 47-11 (Taocheng)
  • NH 47-15 (Tejung)
    NH 47-15 (Tejung)

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. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
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