Jigzhi County
Jigzhi County or Chik Dril (Tibetan: གཅིག་སྒྲིལ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 久治县) is a county of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the southeast and Gansu to the northeast. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The seat of Jigzhi County is in the Town of Chugqênsumdo.
Administrative divisions
Jigzhi is divided into one town and five townships:
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | ||||||
| Chugqênsumdo Town (Zhogqênsumdo, Zhiqingsongduo) |
智青松多镇 | Zhìqīngsōngduō Zhèn | དྲུག་ཆེན་སུམ་མདོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | drug chen sum mdo grong rdal | 632625100 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Mintang Township (Mentang) |
门堂乡 | Méntáng Xiāng | སྨིན་ཐང་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | smin thang yul tsho | 632625200 | |
| Basar Township (Wasai) |
哇赛乡 | Wāsài Xiāng | སྦྲ་གསར་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | sbra gsar yul tsho | 632625201 | |
| Sogru Township (Sogruma, Suohurima) |
索呼日麻乡 | Suǒhūrìmá Xiāng | སོག་རུ་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | sog ru yul tsho | 632625202 | |
| Baiyü Township (Baiyu) |
白玉乡 | Báiyù Xiāng | དཔལ་ཡུལ་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | dpal yul yul tsho | 632625203 | |
| Parxi Township (Wa'eryi) |
哇尔依乡 | Wā'ěryī Xiāng | བར་བཞི་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | bar bzhi yul tsho | 632625204 | |
Climate
Jigzhi County has a dry-winter subarctic climate (Dwc)
| Climate data for Jigzhi, elevation 3,629 m (11,906 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) | 14.2 (57.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
15.0 (59.0) |
13.2 (55.8) |
25.3 (77.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.6 (34.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
10.0 (50.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.5 (63.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
14.9 (58.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.0 (42.8) |
2.7 (36.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.2 (15.4) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
5.7 (42.3) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
1.5 (34.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.9 (−0.2) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
0.1 (32.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
5.7 (42.3) |
5.1 (41.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.0 (−25.6) |
−27.8 (−18.0) |
−25.5 (−13.9) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−27.1 (−16.8) |
−29.3 (−20.7) |
−32.0 (−25.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.2 (0.28) |
9.7 (0.38) |
24.6 (0.97) |
42.2 (1.66) |
94.2 (3.71) |
135.6 (5.34) |
129.3 (5.09) |
120.9 (4.76) |
108.2 (4.26) |
58.3 (2.30) |
8.7 (0.34) |
3.2 (0.13) |
742.1 (29.22) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.0 | 7.9 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 21.5 | 23.7 | 21.3 | 19.9 | 21.0 | 16.7 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 174.6 |
| Average snowy days | 8.4 | 10.4 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 97.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 53 | 65 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 212.4 | 189.1 | 211.0 | 216.4 | 195.6 | 158.2 | 182.2 | 187.6 | 157.3 | 180.0 | 215.8 | 222.3 | 2,327.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 67 | 61 | 56 | 55 | 45 | 37 | 42 | 46 | 43 | 52 | 70 | 72 | 54 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "果洛州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——县级常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Hainan Prefecture. 2021-07-09.
- ^ 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.
External links
Media related to Jigzhi County at Wikimedia Commons
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