Luding County
County in Sichuan, China
Luding County 29°54′50″N 102°14′02″E / 29.914°N 102.234°E / 29.914; 102.234 | |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Garzê |
| County seat | Luqiao |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,165.35 km2 (836.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 86,234 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| • Major nationalities | Han - 78.2% Tibetan - 16.0% Yi - 4.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 626100 |
| Area code | 0836 |
| Website | www |
| Luding County | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 泸定县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 瀘定縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | ལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Luding County (simplified Chinese: 泸定县; traditional Chinese: 瀘定縣; pinyin: Lúdìng Xiàn), also known via its Tibetan name as Chagsam or Jagsam (Tibetan: ལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: lcags zam rdzong, ZYPY: Jagsam Zong), is a county located in the southeast of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, China.[1] Luding County covers an area of 2,165.35 km2 (836.05 sq mi), and has a population of 86,234 as of 2022.[1]
History
Geography
Luding County is bordered by Tianquan County, Yingjing County, and Hanyuan County to the east, Shimian County to the south, and Kangding to the west and north.[1]
The county is located within the Hengduan Mountains, within the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.[1] The town of Luqiao, the county seat, sits at an elevation of 1,321 metres (4,334 ft) above sea level.[1] The highest point in the county is Mount Gongga, along the southwestern border with Kangding.[1] Mount Erlang is also located on the county's edge.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Luding, elevation 1,403 m (4,603 ft), (1991–2015 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.4 (74.1) | 29.4 (84.9) | 36.3 (97.3) | 35.5 (95.9) | 36.3 (97.3) | 36.3 (97.3) | 37.8 (100.0) | 36.1 (97.0) | 34.9 (94.8) | 30.6 (87.1) | 26.3 (79.3) | 22.0 (71.6) | 37.8 (100.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) | 15.4 (59.7) | 19.2 (66.6) | 24.0 (75.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 26.9 (80.4) | 28.7 (83.7) | 28.4 (83.1) | 25.6 (78.1) | 21.5 (70.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 13.4 (56.1) | 21.6 (70.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 9.4 (48.9) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.0 (62.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.1 (70.0) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.5 (72.5) | 20.1 (68.2) | 16.4 (61.5) | 12.5 (54.5) | 7.9 (46.2) | 15.7 (60.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) | 5.2 (41.4) | 8.4 (47.1) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.3 (59.5) | 17.3 (63.1) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 16.8 (62.2) | 13.3 (55.9) | 8.9 (48.0) | 4.2 (39.6) | 11.9 (53.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | −3.5 (25.7) | −2.4 (27.7) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.0 (42.8) | 10.6 (51.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 9.9 (49.8) | 5.3 (41.5) | 0.2 (32.4) | −3.2 (26.2) | −4.2 (24.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.8 (0.03) | 2.9 (0.11) | 17.8 (0.70) | 44.8 (1.76) | 75.8 (2.98) | 123.0 (4.84) | 143.4 (5.65) | 142.3 (5.60) | 86.6 (3.41) | 33.9 (1.33) | 6.3 (0.25) | 1.0 (0.04) | 678.6 (26.7) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.0 | 2.3 | 9.0 | 14.2 | 16.8 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 17.3 | 11.3 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 138.8 |
| Average snowy days | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 53 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 65 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 72 | 64 | 58 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 113.9 | 108.3 | 114.2 | 126.1 | 116.8 | 91.1 | 110.1 | 115.7 | 88.0 | 91.4 | 106.9 | 108.5 | 1,291 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 35 | 34 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 34 | 30 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
As of 2022, Luding County contains the following eight towns and one township:[4]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
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| Luqiao Town (Jagsam) | 泸桥镇 | Lúqiáo Zhèn | ལྕགས་ཟམ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | lcags zam grong rdal | 513322100 | |
| Linqi Town (Lengqi) | 冷碛镇 | Lěngqì Zhèn | ལིན་ཆིས་གྲོང་རྡལ། | lin chis grong rdal | 513322101 | |
| Xinglong Town (Xinlung) | 兴隆镇 | Xīnglóng Zhèn | ཞིན་ལུང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | zhin lung grong rdal | 513322102 | |
| Boxab Town (Moxi) | 磨西镇 | Móxī Zhèn | འབོ་ཞབས་གྲོང་རྡལ། | 'bo zhabs grong rdal | 513322103 | |
| Kugdalung Town (Kugdalungba, Yanzigou) | 燕子沟镇 | Yànzigōu Zhèn | ཁུག་རྟ་ལུང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | khug rta lung grong rdal | 513322104 | |
| Dêtog Town (Detuo) | 得妥镇 | Détuǒ Zhèn | བདེ་ཐོག་གྲོང་རྡལ། | bde thog grong rdal | 513322105 | |
| Pumba Town (Pingpa, Pengba) | 烹坝镇 | Pēngbà Zhèn | བུམ་པ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | bum pa grong rdal | 513322106 | |
| Dêwê Town (Dewei) | 德威镇 | Déwēi Zhèn | ཏེ་ཝེ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | te we grong rdal | 513322107 | |
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| La'ngoi Township (Lan'an) | 岚安乡 | Lán'ān Xiāng | ལ་ངོས་ཤང་། | la ngos shang | 513322200 | |
Demographics
Luding County has a total population of 86,234 as of 2022,[1] up from approximately 80,000 at the end of 2004, and the 77,855 recorded in the 2000 Chinese Census.[citation needed]
Ethnic groups
Luding County has a supermajority Han Chinese population, but is home to a number of ethnic minorities, who constitute about 22% of the county's population.[1] The county's ethnic minorities include Tibetans, Yi, Qiang, Miao, Hui, Mongols, Tujia, Lisu, Manchus, Yao, Kam, Nakhi, Bouyei, Bai, Zhuang, and the Dai.[1]
The following table shows the ethnic composition of Luding County:
| 2000[citation needed] | 2022[1] | ||||
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| Ethnic Group | Population | Percentage | Ethnic Group | Population | Percentage |
| Han | 66,066 | 84.86% | Han | ~67,435 | 78.2% |
| Tibetan | 7,834 | 10.06% | Tibetan | ~13,797 | 16.0% |
| Yi | 3,424 | 4.4% | Yi | ~4,139 | 4.8% |
| Mongols | 253 | 0.32% | Mongols | N/A | N/A |
| Others | 278 | 0.36% | Others | 863 | 1.0% |
Transport
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 泸定简介 [Luding Introduction]. luding.gov.cn (in Chinese). Luding County People's Government. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ 2021年统计用区划代码（泸定县）. 2021 Statistical Division Codes (Luding County) (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
External links
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