Têwo County (Tibetan: ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 迭部县) is a county in the south of Gansu province 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 Diebu | |
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.png) Têwo County (red) within Gannan | |
  Têwo Location of the seat in Gansu  Têwo Têwo (China) | |
| Coordinates: 34°03′22″N 103°13′19″E / 34.0560°N 103.2219°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Autonomous prefecture | Gannan |
| County seat | Dêngga (Dianga) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,108.3 km2 (1,972.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 52,192 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 747400 |
| Website | www |
| Têwo County | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 迭部县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 迭部縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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The Lazikou Pass, a mountain pass of strategical significance during the Long March, is located in Têwo County.
Administrative divisions
editTêwo County is divided to 5 towns and 6 townships.[2]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | ||||||
| Dêngga Town (Dianga) |
电尕镇 | Diàngā Zhèn | སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | steng ka grong rdal | 623024100 | |
| Yiwa Town | 益哇镇 | Yìwā Zhèn | གཡི་བ་གྲོང་རྡལ་། | gyi ba grong rdal | 623024101 | |
| Wangsang Town (Wangzang) |
旺藏镇 | Wàngzàng Zhèn | དབང་བཟང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | dbang bzang grong rdal | 623024102 | |
| Lasargag Town (Lazikou) |
腊子口镇 | Làzǐkǒu Zhèn | ལ་གཟར་འགག་གྲོང་རྡལ། | la gzar ʼgag grong rdal | 623024103 | |
| Ritang Town (Luoda) |
洛大镇 | Luòdà Zhèn | རི་དྭངས་གྲོང་རྡལ། | ri dwangs grong rdal | 623024104 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Kaba Township | 卡坝乡 | Kǎbà Xiāng | ཁ་པ་ཤང་། | kha pa shang | 623024201 | |
| Dara Township (Dagra, Dala) |
达拉乡 | Dálā Xiāng | རྟ་ར་ཤང་། | rta ra shang | 623024202 | |
| Nyinngo Township (Ni'ao) |
尼傲乡 | Ní'ào Xiāng | ཉིན་ངོ་ཤང་། | nyin ngo shang | 623024203 | |
| Axa Township (Axia) |
阿夏乡 | Āxià Xiāng | འ་ཞ་ཤང་། | ʼa zha shang | 623024205 | |
| Dora Township (Duo'er) |
多儿乡 | Duō'ér Xiāng | རྡོ་ར་ཤང་། | rdo ra shang | 623024206 | |
| Qangbab Township (Sangba) |
桑坝乡 | Sāngbà Xiāng | བྱ་འབབ་ཤང་། | bya ʼbab shang | 623024207 | |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Têwo, elevation 2,374 m (7,789 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 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) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.7 (45.9) |
16.8 (62.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) |
0.4 (32.7) |
4.6 (40.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
12.2 (54.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.9 (14.2) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
1.9 (35.4) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.7 (47.7) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−9.0 (15.8) |
1.7 (35.1) |
| 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) | 3.1 (0.12) |
5.0 (0.20) |
13.9 (0.55) |
37.1 (1.46) |
84.4 (3.32) |
80.9 (3.19) |
104.3 (4.11) |
98.3 (3.87) |
92.8 (3.65) |
48.5 (1.91) |
7.8 (0.31) |
1.4 (0.06) |
577.5 (22.75) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.1 | 3.9 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 16.9 | 15.1 | 16.5 | 14.4 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 132.3 |
| Average snowy days | 6.8 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 31.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 62 | 55 | 63 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 199.1 | 181.8 | 203.0 | 203.8 | 201.4 | 180.4 | 200.6 | 199.9 | 149.4 | 161.6 | 194.3 | 199.4 | 2,274.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 63 | 58 | 54 | 52 | 46 | 42 | 46 | 49 | 41 | 47 | 63 | 65 | 52 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "甘南州第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Gannan Prefecture. 27 May 2021.
- ^ "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- Harvard University Committee on the Environment (1999). "China County & City Population 1999 FAQ". Archived from the original on 9 January 2016.
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