Pingwu County
Pingwu County
平武县 • ཕེན་བོས་རྫོང | ||
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Postal code 622550 | ||
| Area code | 0816 | |
| Website | www | |
Pingwu County (
It has an area of 5,959.71 km2 (2,301.06 sq mi)[2] and a population of 180,000 in 2018, making it one of the smallest counties by population in Sichuan.[3]
History
The history of Pingwu goes back over 1,700 years. In 108 CE, the
In 347, Pingwu became part of the
By the 6th century, the Di kingdoms saw their power wane, and much of the area surrounding present-day Pingwu County was integrated into the Yarlung dynasty.[4] Despite this, the area of contemporary Pingwu County was not occupied by the Yarlung dynasty during the 7th century, resulting in a linguistic identity more akin to that of the Di tribe.[4]
Geography and climate
Pingwu is a mountainous county located along the upper reaches of the Fujiang river, in the far northwest of the
| Climate data for Pingwu, elevation 893 m (2,930 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
24.7 (76.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
20.5 (69.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.4 (36.3) |
11.5 (52.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.6 (0.14) |
7.0 (0.28) |
21.4 (0.84) |
53.1 (2.09) |
87.2 (3.43) |
92.8 (3.65) |
178.2 (7.02) |
178.5 (7.03) |
105.9 (4.17) |
55.1 (2.17) |
13.7 (0.54) |
2.5 (0.10) |
799 (31.46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.2 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 142.3 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
67 | 66 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 70 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 95.4 | 78.4 | 99.6 | 133.7 | 146.6 | 123.8 | 137.3 | 138.8 | 80.4 | 73.3 | 87.4 | 99.4 | 1,294.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 30 | 25 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 29 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Pingwu is a large production base of Shiitake and wood ear mushroom, with an output of 1.1 million kg in 2009.[9]
Administrative divisions
Pingwu County has six towns, two townships, and twelve ethnic townships.[10]
- Towns
- Townships
- Gaocun Township (高村乡)
- Bazi Township (坝子乡)
- Ethnic townships
- Suojiang Qiang Ethnic Township (锁江羌族乡)
- Tucheng Tibetan Ethnic Township (土城藏族乡)
- Jiubu Qiang Ethnic Township (旧堡羌族乡)
- Kuoda Tibetan Ethnic Township (阔达藏族乡)
- Huangyangguan Tibetan Ethnic Township (黄羊关藏族乡)
- Huya Tibetan Ethnic Township (虎牙藏族乡, ཧོས་ཡའ་བོད་རིགས་གྲོང་ཚོ་)
- Si'er Tibetan Ethnic Township (泗耳藏族乡)
- Baima Tibetan Ethnic Township (白马藏族乡)
- Muzuo Tibetan Ethnic Township (木座藏族乡)
- Mupi Tibetan Ethnic Township (木皮藏族乡, མུ་ཕིས་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།)
- Doukou Qiang Ethnic Township (豆叩羌族乡)
- Pingtong Qiang Ethnic Township (平通羌族乡)
Demographics
Languages
Pingwu County is one of three counties in Sichuan where the Baima language is spoken.[11]
Attractions
Pingwu county is the center of the biggest remaining
Fauna
There are two species of
Notable residents
See also
- 1976 Songpan-Pingwu earthquake
References
- ^ "绵阳市第七次全国人口普查公报（第一号）——全市人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Mianyang. 2021-05-28.
- ^ (in Chinese) Geography of Pingwu County Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of Pingwu County Government, visited on May 14, 2008.
- ^ a b c d 网易 (2021-03-30). "四川省一县级市，人口仅18万，建县历史超1700年！". www.163.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ S2CID 170844236. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22 – via HAL (open archive).
- ^ 网易 (2021-03-30). "四川省一县级市，人口仅18万，建县历史超1700年！". www.163.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ "走进平武 - 平武县文广旅局". zww.zypingwu.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ 中国农村科技 (in Chinese). 中国农村科技杂志社. 2009.
- ^ 2020年统计用区划代码 [2020 Statistical Division Codes] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ "Baima". endangeredlanguages.com. Endangered Languages Project. Retrieved 2021-02-17.