Xiangcheng County, Sichuan

Xiangcheng County (simplified Chinese: 乡城县; traditional Chinese: 鄉城縣; pinyin: Xiāngchéng Xiàn; Tibetan: ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་རྫོང་།, Wylie: phyag phreng rdzong, ZYPY: Qagchêng Zong) is a county in the west of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Yunnan province to the south. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Xiangcheng County
乡城县 · ཕྱག་ཕྲེང་རྫོང་།
County
Location of Xiangcheng County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
Area
 • Total5,016 km2 (1,937 sq mi)
Population
 • Total30,000 (2,007)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Climate
Climate data for Xiangcheng (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 22.0
(71.6)		 22.7
(72.9)		 27.4
(81.3)		 29.7
(85.5)		 30.5
(86.9)		 32.5
(90.5)		 34.4
(93.9)		 31.8
(89.2)		 31.0
(87.8)		 27.3
(81.1)		 23.5
(74.3)		 20.6
(69.1)		 34.4
(93.9)
Average high °C (°F) 12.0
(53.6)		 13.4
(56.1)		 16.2
(61.2)		 19.0
(66.2)		 22.9
(73.2)		 25.5
(77.9)		 24.5
(76.1)		 23.5
(74.3)		 22.3
(72.1)		 20.0
(68.0)		 15.9
(60.6)		 12.7
(54.9)		 19.0
(66.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 2.5
(36.5)		 4.7
(40.5)		 7.8
(46.0)		 11.1
(52.0)		 15.3
(59.5)		 18.3
(64.9)		 17.7
(63.9)		 16.8
(62.2)		 15.2
(59.4)		 11.6
(52.9)		 6.4
(43.5)		 2.7
(36.9)		 10.8
(51.5)
Average low °C (°F) −5.4
(22.3)		 −3.3
(26.1)		 0.3
(32.5)		 3.8
(38.8)		 8.0
(46.4)		 12.0
(53.6)		 13.0
(55.4)		 12.3
(54.1)		 10.2
(50.4)		 4.8
(40.6)		 −1.1
(30.0)		 −4.9
(23.2)		 4.1
(39.4)
Record low °C (°F) −14.4
(6.1)		 −11.3
(11.7)		 −6.3
(20.7)		 −3.5
(25.7)		 −1.0
(30.2)		 3.6
(38.5)		 5.1
(41.2)		 5.6
(42.1)		 1.9
(35.4)		 −3.5
(25.7)		 −8.3
(17.1)		 −13.3
(8.1)		 −14.4
(6.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.2
(0.05)		 1.4
(0.06)		 5.8
(0.23)		 11.0
(0.43)		 25.3
(1.00)		 66.2
(2.61)		 156.0
(6.14)		 127.2
(5.01)		 66.7
(2.63)		 18.4
(0.72)		 3.2
(0.13)		 0.8
(0.03)		 483.2
(19.04)
Average relative humidity (%) 33 35 40 45 48 57 71 73 70 58 44 36 51
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center

Terrain maps
  • NH 47-11 (Taocheng)
  • NH 47-15 (Tejung)


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