Garzê County

Garzê County or Ganzi County (Chinese: 甘孜县; pinyin: Gānzī Xiàn; Tibetan: དཀར་མཛེས་རྫོང་།, Wylie: dkar mdzes rdzong, ZYPY: Garzê Zong) is one of the 18 subdivisions of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in northwestern Sichuan province, China. The Yalong River passes just south of the town Garzê, also known as Ganzi, the capital town of the county, which has some 16,920 inhabitants (2010),[2] many of them ethnic Tibetans, and is famous for its Tibetan lamasery. Historically, it is part of the Tibetan cultural region of Kham and now defunct province of Xikang (or Sikang). It lies on the northern section of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway.

Garzê County
甘孜县 • དཀར་མཛེས་རྫོང་།
County
View of Garzê Town
View of Garzê Town
Location of Garzê County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Garzê County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Garzê is located in Sichuan
Garzê
Garzê
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 31°37′23″N 100°00′04″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
Area
 • Total7,364 km2 (2,843 sq mi)
Highest elevation
5,688 m (18,661 ft)
Lowest elevation
3,325 m (10,909 ft)
Population
[1]
 • Total68,523
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Postal code
624000

Geography and climate

Due to its elevation, Garzê County has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb) and subarctic climate, with cold but very dry winters, and warm summers with frequent rain. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −3.9 °C (25.0 °F) in January to 14.2 °C (57.6 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 5.93 °C (42.7 °F). Over two-thirds of the annual precipitation of 646 mm (25.4 in) occurs from June thru September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 49% in July to 74% in November and December, the county seat receives abundant, outside of summer, sunshine, totalling 2,620 hours annually. The diurnal temperature variation is large, averaging 14.5 °C (26.1 °F) annually.

Climate data for Garzê County (1981–2010 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 20.7
(69.3)		 20.6
(69.1)		 25.3
(77.5)		 27.0
(80.6)		 28.9
(84.0)		 30.5
(86.9)		 29.7
(85.5)		 29.6
(85.3)		 28.0
(82.4)		 25.9
(78.6)		 21.3
(70.3)		 18.2
(64.8)		 30.5
(86.9)
Average high °C (°F) 5.7
(42.3)		 8.1
(46.6)		 11.3
(52.3)		 14.7
(58.5)		 18.5
(65.3)		 20.3
(68.5)		 21.4
(70.5)		 21.2
(70.2)		 19.2
(66.6)		 15.2
(59.4)		 10.0
(50.0)		 6.2
(43.2)		 14.3
(57.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −3.9
(25.0)		 −0.8
(30.6)		 2.9
(37.2)		 6.5
(43.7)		 10.6
(51.1)		 13.2
(55.8)		 14.2
(57.6)		 13.6
(56.5)		 11.3
(52.3)		 6.8
(44.2)		 0.4
(32.7)		 −3.7
(25.3)		 5.9
(42.7)
Average low °C (°F) −11.0
(12.2)		 −7.6
(18.3)		 −3.6
(25.5)		 0.0
(32.0)		 4.1
(39.4)		 7.8
(46.0)		 8.9
(48.0)		 8.2
(46.8)		 6.2
(43.2)		 1.3
(34.3)		 −6.0
(21.2)		 −10.5
(13.1)		 −0.2
(31.7)
Record low °C (°F) −26.5
(−15.7)		 −22.6
(−8.7)		 −16.4
(2.5)		 −9.6
(14.7)		 −4.1
(24.6)		 −2.4
(27.7)		 0.7
(33.3)		 −1.1
(30.0)		 −2.0
(28.4)		 −9.2
(15.4)		 −21.4
(−6.5)		 −26.0
(−14.8)		 −26.5
(−15.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.8
(0.19)		 8.4
(0.33)		 21.4
(0.84)		 32.3
(1.27)		 75.3
(2.96)		 133.9
(5.27)		 118.4
(4.66)		 98.3
(3.87)		 94.7
(3.73)		 45.7
(1.80)		 9.2
(0.36)		 3.2
(0.13)		 645.6
(25.41)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 3.8 5.6 8.8 13.4 18.2 22.7 20.8 18.2 18.4 13.6 4.8 2.7 151
Average snowy days 5.4 7.9 11 8.3 1.9 0.2 0 0 0.1 4.6 5.7 4.2 49.3
Average relative humidity (%) 44 44 48 52 56 67 71 71 70 64 53 47 57
Mean monthly sunshine hours 215.3 195.0 215.5 212.8 223.5 197.8 200.6 198.9 204.2 213.7 229.7 232.6 2,539.6
Percent possible sunshine 67 62 58 54 52 47 47 49 56 61 73 74 58
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days, snow days, sunshine 1991–2020)[3][4]
Source 2: Weather China[5]

Towns and townships
  • Garzê Town (甘孜镇)
  • Nanduo Township (南多乡)
  • Shengkang Township (生康乡)
  • Gonglong Township (贡隆乡)
  • Zheke Township (扎科乡)
  • Laima Township (来马乡)
  • Xise Township (昔色乡)
  • Kagong Township (卡攻乡)
  • Renguo Township (仁果乡)
  • Tuoba Township (拖坝乡)
  • Si'e Township (斯俄乡)
  • Tingka Township (庭卡乡)
  • Xiaxiong Township (下雄乡)
  • Sitongda Township (四通达乡)
  • Duoduo Township (夺多乡)
  • Nike Township (泥柯乡)
  • Chazha Township (茶扎乡)
  • Dade Township (大德乡)
  • Kalong Township (卡龙乡)
  • Chalong Township (查龙乡)

Transport

References
  1. City Population. "Gānzī Xiàn (County)". Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. City Population. "Gānzī Zhèn (Gānzī Xiàn)". Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. 甘孜 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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