This article is about the county in Zigong, Sichuan. For the county in Yulin, Guangxi (
容县), see
Rong County, Guangxi.
County in Sichuan, China
Rong County or Rongxian is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Zigong city.
Geography
The county has a total area of 1,609 km2 (621 sq mi).[1] The average elevation above sea level of county is 230 m.
Administrative divisions
Rong County administers 2 subdistricts and 19 towns:[2]
- subdistricts
- Wutong 梧桐街道
- Qingyang 青阳街道
- towns
- Xuyang 旭阳镇
- Shuangshi 双石镇
- Dingxin 鼎新镇
- Lede 乐德镇
- Guwen 古文镇
- Hekou 河口镇
- Xinqiao 新桥镇
- Zhengzi 正紫镇
- Dujia 度佳镇
- Dongjia 东佳镇
- Changshan 长山镇
- Baohua 保华镇
- Liujia 留佳镇
- Laimou 来牟镇
- Shuanggu 双古镇
- Guanshan 观山镇
- Gaoshan 高山镇
- Dongxing 东兴镇
- Tiechang 铁厂镇
Population
As of 2008, the county had a population of 700,000.[2]
Climate
| Climate data for Rongxian, elevation 384 m (1,260 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
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| Month
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Year
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| Record high °C (°F)
|
19.4
(66.9)
|
23.6
(74.5)
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31.9
(89.4)
|
34.6
(94.3)
|
37.3
(99.1)
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37.7
(99.9)
|
37.5
(99.5)
|
39.7
(103.5)
|
37.9
(100.2)
|
31.0
(87.8)
|
25.7
(78.3)
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19.3
(66.7)
|
39.7
(103.5)
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| Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
10.2
(50.4)
|
13.4
(56.1)
|
18.3
(64.9)
|
23.9
(75.0)
|
27.4
(81.3)
|
29.0
(84.2)
|
31.4
(88.5)
|
31.3
(88.3)
|
26.7
(80.1)
|
21.4
(70.5)
|
17.1
(62.8)
|
11.6
(52.9)
|
21.8
(71.2)
|
| Daily mean °C (°F)
|
7.3
(45.1)
|
9.8
(49.6)
|
14.0
(57.2)
|
19.0
(66.2)
|
22.5
(72.5)
|
24.6
(76.3)
|
26.9
(80.4)
|
26.6
(79.9)
|
22.8
(73.0)
|
18.2
(64.8)
|
13.9
(57.0)
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8.8
(47.8)
|
17.9
(64.1)
|
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
5.2
(41.4)
|
7.4
(45.3)
|
10.9
(51.6)
|
15.3
(59.5)
|
18.8
(65.8)
|
21.4
(70.5)
|
23.6
(74.5)
|
23.2
(73.8)
|
20.2
(68.4)
|
16.1
(61.0)
|
11.7
(53.1)
|
6.8
(44.2)
|
15.1
(59.1)
|
| Record low °C (°F)
|
−2.2
(28.0)
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−0.7
(30.7)
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0.8
(33.4)
|
6.7
(44.1)
|
10.0
(50.0)
|
15.1
(59.2)
|
18.1
(64.6)
|
16.4
(61.5)
|
13.9
(57.0)
|
5.6
(42.1)
|
2.9
(37.2)
|
−1.7
(28.9)
|
−2.2
(28.0)
|
| Average precipitation mm (inches)
|
10.1
(0.40)
|
13.0
(0.51)
|
28.0
(1.10)
|
60.4
(2.38)
|
84.5
(3.33)
|
150.5
(5.93)
|
191.1
(7.52)
|
216.1
(8.51)
|
108.7
(4.28)
|
49.2
(1.94)
|
19.7
(0.78)
|
8.6
(0.34)
|
939.9
(37.02)
|
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
|
8.9
|
8.0
|
10.2
|
12.2
|
14.3
|
15.8
|
14.3
|
13.8
|
15.5
|
15.2
|
8.7
|
7.9
|
144.8
|
| Average snowy days
|
0.5
|
0.2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0.2
|
0.9
|
| Average relative humidity (%)
|
82
|
78
|
74
|
72
|
72
|
80
|
81
|
80
|
83
|
85
|
82
|
83
|
79
|
| Mean monthly sunshine hours
|
54.3
|
64.8
|
109.7
|
142.4
|
146.2
|
122.6
|
168.0
|
176.1
|
100.0
|
65.3
|
68.1
|
50.0
|
1,267.5
|
| Percent possible sunshine
|
17
|
20
|
29
|
37
|
35
|
29
|
40
|
44
|
27
|
19
|
22
|
16
|
28
|
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]
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History
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A Temple in Yong-hien, the city below the Great Buddha in 1910
See also
References
External links
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