Têwo County
Têwo County (Tibetan: ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: the bo rdzong, THL: Têwo Zong; Chinese: 迭部县; pinyin: Diébù Xiàn) is a county in the south of Gansu province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Sichuan province to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Gannan Prefecture. Its postal code is 747400, and in 1999 its population was 55,568 people.
Têwo County
ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་། · 迭部县 | |
|---|---|
.png.webp) Têwo County (red) within Gannan | |
| Coordinates: 34°03′22″N 103°13′19″E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Autonomous prefecture | Gannan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,108.3 km2 (1,972.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 54,000 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 747400 |
The Lazikou Pass, a mountain pass of strategical significance during the Long March, is located in Têwo County.
Administrative divisions
Diebu County (迭部县) is divided to 5 towns and 6 townships.[1]
- Towns
|
|
- Townships
|
|
Climate
| Climate data for Têwo (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
23.6 (74.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.7 (90.9) |
33.3 (91.9) |
35.5 (95.9) |
34.5 (94.1) |
32.7 (90.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.7 (71.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
17.8 (64.0) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
16.3 (61.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.6 (25.5) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.7 (45.9) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
7.4 (45.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −10.6 (12.9) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.6 (47.5) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.6 (51.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.9 (−2.0) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
2.6 (36.7) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−19.9 (−3.8) |
−19.9 (−3.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.3 (0.09) |
4.6 (0.18) |
13.7 (0.54) |
33.8 (1.33) |
81.5 (3.21) |
83.0 (3.27) |
107.1 (4.22) |
100.2 (3.94) |
87.2 (3.43) |
46.7 (1.84) |
6.9 (0.27) |
1.4 (0.06) |
568.4 (22.38) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 53 | 52 | 56 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 62 | 56 | 64 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- Harvard University Committee on the Environment (1999). "China County & City Population 1999 FAQ". Archived from the original on 9 January 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.