Dawu County, Sichuan
Dawu County (Tibetan: རྟའུ་རྫོང་།), also written Tawu County or Daofu County (Chinese: 道孚县), is a county of northwestern Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and as of 2001, had a population of 46,900 residing in an area of 7,546 square kilometres (2,914 sq mi). By road it is 219 km (136 mi) from Kangding, the prefectural seat, and 585 km (364 mi) from Chengdu, the provincial capital. It borders the counties of Xinlong to the west, Kangding and Yajiang to the south, and Jinchuan and Zamtang of Ngawa Prefecture as well as Luhuo to the north.
Dawu County
道孚县 · རྟའུ་རྫོང | |
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  Dawu Location in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 30°59′N 101°08′E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
| Township-level divisions | 2 towns 20 townships |
| County seat | Xianshui (鲜水镇) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,546 km2 (2,914 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,992 m (9,816 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 46,900 |
| • Density | 6.2/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Dawu County, Sichuan | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 道孚县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 道孚縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | རྟའུ་རྫོང | ||||||
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In January 1981 it was struck by an earthquake.
Climate
| Climate data for Dawu (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.2 (88.2) |
33.4 (92.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.3 (86.5) |
27.5 (81.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
33.4 (92.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 10.0 (50.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
21.1 (70.0) |
22.7 (72.9) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
18.1 (64.6) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
17.5 (63.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.6 (29.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.0 (59.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
8.1 (46.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −9.6 (14.7) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
8.2 (46.8) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
1.5 (34.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.7 (−7.1) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
0.8 (33.4) |
2.1 (35.8) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−24 (−11) |
−24 (−11) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.6 (0.06) |
3.2 (0.13) |
11.6 (0.46) |
29.1 (1.15) |
64.2 (2.53) |
135.6 (5.34) |
118.3 (4.66) |
103.2 (4.06) |
104.2 (4.10) |
36.5 (1.44) |
4.8 (0.19) |
1.0 (0.04) |
613.3 (24.16) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.0 | 3.4 | 7.8 | 13.5 | 18.0 | 23.2 | 20.1 | 17.7 | 18.8 | 13.6 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 143.4 |
| Average snowy days | 3.7 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 23.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 46 | 44 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 57 | 51 | 59 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 203.7 | 183.3 | 205.4 | 205.0 | 211.4 | 180.2 | 185.1 | 191.6 | 182.4 | 193.2 | 201.4 | 214.9 | 2,357.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 63 | 58 | 55 | 53 | 50 | 43 | 43 | 47 | 50 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 54 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days, snow days, sunshine 1991–2020)[1][2] | |||||||||||||
References
- 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Daofu.
See this link for a book-length study of a Tibetan village in Dawu County:
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