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
Dawu
Location in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°59′N 101°08′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
Township-level divisions2 towns
20 townships
County seatXianshui (鲜水镇)
Area
  Total7,546 km2 (2,914 sq mi)
Elevation
2,992 m (9,816 ft)
Population
 (2001)
  Total46,900
  Density6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Dawu County, Sichuan
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese道孚县
Traditional Chinese道孚縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྟའུ་རྫོང

In January 1981 it was struck by an earthquake.

Climate

Climate data for Dawu (1981−2010)
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 relative humidity (%) 46 44 48 53 58 68 71 70 71 67 57 51 59
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[1]

References

  1. 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

See this link for a book-length study of a Tibetan village in Dawu County:


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