County in Sichuan, China
Luding County (simplified Chinese : 泸定县 ; traditional Chinese : 瀘定縣 ; pinyin : Lúdìng Xiàn ), also known via its Tibetan name as Chagsam or Jagsam (Tibetan : ལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་། , Wylie : lcags zam rdzong , ZYPY : Jagsam Zong ), is a county located in the southeast of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province, China .[1] Luding County covers an area of 2,165.35 km2 (836.05 sq mi), and has a population of 86,234 as of 2022.[1]
History
Geography
Luding County is bordered by Tianquan County , Yingjing County , and Hanyuan County to the east, Shimian County to the south, and Kangding to the west and north.[1]
The county is located within the Hengduan Mountains , within the southeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau .[1] The town of Luqiao , the county seat, sits at an elevation of 1,321 metres (4,334 ft) above sea level.[1] The highest point in the county is Mount Gongga , along the southwestern border with Kangding .[1] Mount Erlang is also located on the county's edge.[1]
Climate
Climate data for Luding, elevation 1,403 m (4,603 ft), (1991–2015 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
23.4 (74.1)
29.4 (84.9)
36.3 (97.3)
35.5 (95.9)
36.3 (97.3)
36.3 (97.3)
37.8 (100.0)
36.1 (97.0)
34.9 (94.8)
30.6 (87.1)
26.3 (79.3)
22.0 (71.6)
37.8 (100.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
12.2 (54.0)
15.4 (59.7)
19.2 (66.6)
24.0 (75.2)
25.9 (78.6)
26.9 (80.4)
28.7 (83.7)
28.4 (83.1)
25.6 (78.1)
21.5 (70.7)
18.0 (64.4)
13.4 (56.1)
21.6 (70.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)
6.7 (44.1)
9.4 (48.9)
12.8 (55.0)
17.0 (62.6)
19.5 (67.1)
21.1 (70.0)
22.8 (73.0)
22.5 (72.5)
20.1 (68.2)
16.4 (61.5)
12.5 (54.5)
7.9 (46.2)
15.7 (60.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
2.9 (37.2)
5.2 (41.4)
8.4 (47.1)
12.3 (54.1)
15.3 (59.5)
17.3 (63.1)
19.0 (66.2)
18.9 (66.0)
16.8 (62.2)
13.3 (55.9)
8.9 (48.0)
4.2 (39.6)
11.9 (53.4)
Record low °C (°F)
−4.2 (24.4)
−3.5 (25.7)
−2.4 (27.7)
3.4 (38.1)
6.0 (42.8)
10.6 (51.1)
13.2 (55.8)
11.7 (53.1)
9.9 (49.8)
5.3 (41.5)
0.2 (32.4)
−3.2 (26.2)
−4.2 (24.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
0.8 (0.03)
2.9 (0.11)
17.8 (0.70)
44.8 (1.76)
75.8 (2.98)
123.0 (4.84)
143.4 (5.65)
142.3 (5.60)
86.6 (3.41)
33.9 (1.33)
6.3 (0.25)
1.0 (0.04)
678.6 (26.7)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
1.0
2.3
9.0
14.2
16.8
20.8
20.4
19.8
17.3
11.3
4.5
1.4
138.8
Average snowy days
1.4
1.0
0.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
0.5
3.3
Average relative humidity (%)
53
51
55
59
65
74
76
76
76
72
64
58
65
Mean monthly sunshine hours
113.9
108.3
114.2
126.1
116.8
91.1
110.1
115.7
88.0
91.4
106.9
108.5
1,291
Percent possible sunshine
35
34
31
33
28
22
26
29
24
26
34
34
30
Source: China Meteorological Administration [2] [3]
Administrative divisions
As of 2022, Luding County contains the following eight towns and one township :[4]
Name
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin
Tibetan
Wylie
Administrative division code
Towns
Luqiao Town (Jagsam)
泸桥镇
Lúqiáo Zhèn
ལྕགས་ཟམ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
lcags zam grong rdal
513322100
Linqi Town (Lengqi)
冷碛镇
Lěngqì Zhèn
ལིན་ཆིས་གྲོང་རྡལ།
lin chis grong rdal
513322101
Xinglong Town (Xinlung)
兴隆镇
Xīnglóng Zhèn
ཞིན་ལུང་གྲོང་རྡལ།
zhin lung grong rdal
513322102
Boxab Town (Moxi)
磨西镇
Móxī Zhèn
འབོ་ཞབས་གྲོང་རྡལ།
'bo zhabs grong rdal
513322103
Kugdalung Town (Kugdalungba, Yanzigou)
燕子沟镇
Yànzigōu Zhèn
ཁུག་རྟ་ལུང་གྲོང་རྡལ།
khug rta lung grong rdal
513322104
Dêtog Town (Detuo)
得妥镇
Détuǒ Zhèn
བདེ་ཐོག་གྲོང་རྡལ།
bde thog grong rdal
513322105
Pumba Town (Pingpa, Pengba)
烹坝镇
Pēngbà Zhèn
བུམ་པ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
bum pa grong rdal
513322106
Dêwê Town (Dewei)
德威镇
Déwēi Zhèn
ཏེ་ཝེ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
te we grong rdal
513322107
Township
La'ngoi Township (Lan'an)
岚安乡
Lán'ān Xiāng
ལ་ངོས་ཤང་།
la ngos shang
513322200
Demographics
A streetscape in Luding County (2009)
Luding County has a total population of 86,234 as of 2022,[1] up from approximately 80,000 at the end of 2004, and the 77,855 recorded in the 2000 Chinese Census .[citation needed ]
Ethnic groups
Luding County has a supermajority Han Chinese population, but is home to a number of ethnic minorities , who constitute about 22% of the county's population.[1] The county's ethnic minorities include Tibetans , Yi , Qiang , Miao , Hui , Mongols , Tujia , Lisu , Manchus , Yao , Kam , Nakhi , Bouyei , Bai , Zhuang , and the Dai .[1]
The following table shows the ethnic composition of Luding County:
Transport
References
External links
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