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Luhuo County

Luhuo County or Zhaggo (Chinese: 炉霍县; Tibetan: བྲག་འགོ་རྫོང་།) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

History

On March 24, 1923, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck between Luhuo and Dawu and killed 4800 people.

On February 6, 1973, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred near Zhaggo, a town in the county.

Administrative divisions

Zhaggo County is divided into 4 towns and 11 townships:

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Xindo Town
(Xindu)
新都镇 Xīndū Zhèn ཤིས་མདོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། shis mdo grong rdal 513327100
Zhêhor Town
(Zhuwo)
朱倭镇 Zhūwō Zhèn ཏྲེ་ཧོར་གྲོང་རྡལ། tre hor grong rdal 513327101
Xaratang Town
(Xialatuo)
虾拉沱镇 Xiālātuó Zhèn ཤ་རྭ་ཐང་གྲོང་རྡལ། sha rwa thang grong rdal 513327103
Ligogdoima Town
(Shangluokema)
上罗柯马镇 Shàngluókēmǎ Zhèn ལི་ཀོག་སྟོད་མ་གྲོང་རྡལ། li kog stod ma grong rdal 513327104
Townships
Nyiba Township
(Niba)
泥巴乡 Níbā Xiāng སྙ་པ་ཤང་། snya pa shang 513327200
Yardê Township
(Yade)
雅德乡 Yǎdé Xiāng ཡར་སྡེ་ཤང་། yar sde shang 513327201
Norqung Township
(Luoqiu)
洛秋乡 Luòqiū Xiāng ནོར་ཆུང་ཤང་། nor chung shang 513327202
Xinda Township
(Rinda, Renda)
仁达乡 Réndá Xiāng གཞི་མདའ་ཤང་། gzhi mda' shang 513327205
Dando Township
(Dandu)
旦都乡 Dàndū Xiāng མདའ་མདོ་ཤང་། mda' mdo shang 513327207
Conggo Township
(Chonggu)
充古乡 Chōnggǔ Xiāng མཚོ་འགོ་ཤང་། mtsho 'go shang 513327208
Gêzê Township
(Gengzhi)
更知乡 Gēngzhī Xiāng དགེ་རྩེ་ཤང་། dge rtse shang 513327209
Karnya Township
(Karnyag, Kaniang)
卡娘乡 Kǎniáng Xiāng མཁར་གཉའ་ཤང་། mkhar gnya' shang 513327210
Zangdoi Township
(Zongta)
宗塔乡 Zōngtǎ Xiāng གཙང་སྟོད་ཤང་། gtsang stod shang 513327211
Zangmai Township
(Zongmai)
宗麦乡 Zōngmài Xiāng གཙང་སྨད་ཤང་། gtsang smad shang 513327212
Likogma Maima Township
(Limai, Xialuokema)
下罗柯马乡 Xiàluókēmǎ Xiāng ལི་ཁོག་མ་སྨད་མ་ཤང་། li khog ma smad ma shang 513327214

Climate

Climate data for Luhuo, elevation 3,250 m (10,660 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) 22.1
(71.8)
21.9
(71.4)
27.3
(81.1)
28.9
(84.0)
30.3
(86.5)
31.0
(87.8)
31.2
(88.2)
30.1
(86.2)
27.9
(82.2)
26.3
(79.3)
23.2
(73.8)
20.0
(68.0)
31.2
(88.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 8.6
(47.5)
11.0
(51.8)
13.7
(56.7)
17.0
(62.6)
20.1
(68.2)
21.5
(70.7)
22.6
(72.7)
22.7
(72.9)
20.4
(68.7)
16.3
(61.3)
12.5
(54.5)
9.2
(48.6)
16.3
(61.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.7
(27.1)
0.6
(33.1)
4.2
(39.6)
7.8
(46.0)
11.5
(52.7)
13.9
(57.0)
15.0
(59.0)
14.6
(58.3)
12.2
(54.0)
7.4
(45.3)
1.6
(34.9)
−2.6
(27.3)
7.0
(44.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −10.8
(12.6)
−7.3
(18.9)
−3.1
(26.4)
0.8
(33.4)
4.9
(40.8)
8.5
(47.3)
9.8
(49.6)
9.3
(48.7)
7.1
(44.8)
1.7
(35.1)
−5.4
(22.3)
−10.2
(13.6)
0.4
(32.8)
Record low °C (°F) −24.0
(−11.2)
−19.3
(−2.7)
−14.3
(6.3)
−7.2
(19.0)
−4.5
(23.9)
0.0
(32.0)
1.6
(34.9)
0.5
(32.9)
−1.9
(28.6)
−9.3
(15.3)
−15.0
(5.0)
−21.7
(−7.1)
−24.0
(−11.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.0
(0.16)
7.1
(0.28)
19.8
(0.78)
38.3
(1.51)
78.0
(3.07)
153.8
(6.06)
140.2
(5.52)
102.0
(4.02)
108.6
(4.28)
52.5
(2.07)
7.2
(0.28)
2.8
(0.11)
714.3
(28.14)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 3.1 5.5 9.2 13.4 19.3 23.8 21.2 18.5 19.3 13.4 4.3 2.5 153.5
Average snowy days 4.9 7.7 10.7 5.8 0.7 0 0 0 0.1 2.5 5.2 3.9 41.5
Average relative humidity (%) 42 43 48 53 58 69 71 71 72 67 54 47 58
Mean monthly sunshine hours 208.0 185.3 214.1 214.9 216.7 185.9 188.0 188.9 177.9 183.9 203.9 218.2 2,385.7
Percent possible sunshine 65 59 57 55 51 44 44 46 49 53 65 70 55
Source: China Meteorological Administration

References

  1. ^ "甘孜州第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)" (in Chinese). Government of Garzê Prefecture. 2021-06-04.
  2. ^ "Significant Earthquake Information", United States Geological Survey
  3. ^ "Significant Earthquake Information", United States Geological Survey
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  5. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.