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Jigzhi County

Coordinates: 33°32′N 100°55′E / 33.533°N 100.917°E / 33.533; 100.917
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Jigzhi County
久治县 · གཅིག་སྒྲིལ་རྫོང་།
Jiuzhi, Chik Dril
Jigzhi County (light red) within Golog Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Jigzhi County (light red) within Golog Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Jigzhi is located in Qinghai
Jigzhi
Jigzhi
Location in Qinghai
Coordinates: 33°32′N 100°55′E / 33.533°N 100.917°E / 33.533; 100.917
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureGolog
County seatChugqênsumdo
Area
 • Total8,757.25 km2 (3,381.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total29,929
 • Density3.4/km2 (8.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.jiuzhixian.gov.cn
Jigzhi County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese久治县
Traditional Chinese久治縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǔzhì Xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggau2zi6 jyun2
Tibetan name
Tibetanགཅིག་སྒྲིལ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliegcig sgril rdzong
Tibetan PinyinJigzhi Zong

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

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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

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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[2][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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