Daocheng County
稻城县 · འདབ་པ་རྫོང་།
Dapba, Dabba, Daoba
County
White Pagoda in Daocheng County
White Pagoda in Daocheng County
Daocheng County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Daocheng County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Daocheng is located in Sichuan
Daocheng
Daocheng
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Daocheng is located in China
Daocheng
Daocheng
Daocheng (China)
Coordinates (Daocheng government): 29°02′16″N 100°17′51″E / 29.0379°N 100.2974°E / 29.0379; 100.2974
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatJingzhoi (Jinzhu)
Area
[1]
 • Total7,323 km2 (2,827 sq mi)
Elevation
3,753 m (12,313 ft)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total32,916
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.daocheng.gov.cn
Daocheng County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese稻城县
Traditional Chinese稻城縣
Historical Chinese name
Simplified Chinese稻坝
Traditional Chinese稻壩
Tibetan name
Tibetanའདབ་པ་རྫོང་།

Daocheng County or Dapba in Tibetan (Tibetan: འདབ་པ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 稻城县) is a county of western Sichuan Province, China, located in the eastern Hengduan Mountains. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture with an overwhelmingly Tibetan population. Its latitude ranges from 27° 58' to 29° 30' N and longitude 99° 56' to 100° 36', and reaches 174 kilometres (108 mi) in north–south extent and 63 km (39 mi) in east–west width, with elevations ranging from 2,000 to 6,032 m (6,562 to 19,790 ft).

Daocheng Yading Airport, the world's highest airport, is located in Daocheng County.

History

The explorer Joseph Rock departed from Lijiang in 1928 and visited Daocheng.[3]

After the fall of the Qing dynasty, Xiangcheng and Daocheng fell into chaos. Daocheng was controlled by local chiefs centered in Daoba and the Gangkarling (贡噶岭; Gònggálǐng) region from 1930s to 1950s.[4]

Administrative Divisions

Daocheng County is divided into 5 towns and 8 townships.[1][5][6]

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Jingzhoi Town
(Jinzhu) 		金珠镇 Jīnzhū Zhèn བཅིངས་འགྲོལ་གྲོང་རྡལ། bcings 'grol grong rdal 513337100
Shambala Town
(Xambala, Xianggelila) 		香格里拉镇 Xiānggélǐlā Zhèn ཤམ་བྷ་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ། sham bha la grong rdal 513337101
Sumdü Town
(Sangdui) 		桑堆镇 Sāngduī Zhèn གསུམ་འདུས་གྲོང་རྡལ། gsum 'dus grong rdal 513337102
Qugar Town
(Jiga) 		吉呷镇 Jígā Zhèn ཆུ་དཀར་གྲོང་རྡལ། chu dkar grong rdal 513337103
Gartang Town
(Gatong) 		噶通镇 Gátōng Zhèn སྐར་ཐང་གྲོང་རྡལ། skar thang grong rdal 513337104
Townships
Sammo Township
(Shengmu) 		省母乡 Shěngmǔ Xiāng བསམ་མོ་ཤང་། bsam mo shang 513337201
Jangrong Township
(Julong) 		巨龙乡 Jùlóng Xiāng འཇང་རོང་ཤང་། 'jang rong shang 513337204
Dêmo Township
(Dengpo) 		邓坡乡 Dèngpō Xiāng བདེ་མོ་ཤང་། bde mo shang 513337205
Mangra Township
(Mula) 		木拉乡 Mùlā Xiāng མང་ར་ཤང་། mang ra shang 513337206
Qêrog Township
(Chitu) 		赤土乡 Chìtǔ Xiāng ཆེ་རོགས་ཤང་། che rogs shang 513337207
Bucang Township
(Mengzi) 		蒙自乡 Méngzì Xiāng འབུ་ཚང་ཤང་། 'bu tshang shang 513337209
Kaqa Township
(Gaqag, Geka) 		各卡乡 Gèkǎ Xiāng ག་ཆ་ཤང་། ga cha shang 513337210
Goyagtang Township
(Goyatang, Eyatong) 		俄牙同乡 Éyátóng Xiāng འགོ་ཡག་ཐང་ཤང་། 'go yag thang shang 513337212

Climate

Daocheng has a Monsoon-influenced warm-summer humid continental climate (Dwb) according to the Köppen Climate classification, with humid and rainy and warm summers, and cold and dry winters due to the high pressure that forms over the Tibetan Plateau during those months. Snowfall is most common during spring and autumn, as there is little precipitation during winter.

Climate data for Daocheng (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.7
(65.7) 		18.7
(65.7) 		23.5
(74.3) 		23.7
(74.7) 		25.2
(77.4) 		27.0
(80.6) 		27.9
(82.2) 		24.9
(76.8) 		23.8
(74.8) 		21.5
(70.7) 		19.0
(66.2) 		17.2
(63.0) 		27.9
(82.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.3
(43.3) 		7.8
(46.0) 		10.3
(50.5) 		13.6
(56.5) 		17.4
(63.3) 		19.7
(67.5) 		18.6
(65.5) 		18.2
(64.8) 		17.5
(63.5) 		14.6
(58.3) 		10.6
(51.1) 		7.8
(46.0) 		13.5
(56.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.1
(24.6) 		−1.9
(28.6) 		1.5
(34.7) 		5.4
(41.7) 		9.8
(49.6) 		12.7
(54.9) 		12.4
(54.3) 		11.9
(53.4) 		10.7
(51.3) 		6.3
(43.3) 		0.7
(33.3) 		−3.2
(26.2) 		5.2
(41.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −12.5
(9.5) 		−10.0
(14.0) 		−5.7
(21.7) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		2.8
(37.0) 		7.2
(45.0) 		8.3
(46.9) 		7.9
(46.2) 		6.2
(43.2) 		0.2
(32.4) 		−6.7
(19.9) 		−11.4
(11.5) 		−1.3
(29.7)
Record low °C (°F) −26.5
(−15.7) 		−23.6
(−10.5) 		−18.4
(−1.1) 		−10.4
(13.3) 		−6.7
(19.9) 		−1.7
(28.9) 		0.1
(32.2) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		−10.2
(13.6) 		−21.0
(−5.8) 		−27.6
(−17.7) 		−27.6
(−17.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.3
(0.05) 		2.0
(0.08) 		7.2
(0.28) 		14.0
(0.55) 		39.5
(1.56) 		116.2
(4.57) 		193.8
(7.63) 		162.7
(6.41) 		97.7
(3.85) 		20.2
(0.80) 		4.6
(0.18) 		0.9
(0.04) 		660.1
(26)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.7 1.4 5.0 7.3 10.2 18.2 24.8 23.8 17.8 6.4 2.3 1.0 119.9
Average snowy days 4.0 5.2 10.1 9.9 2.6 0.3 0.1 0 0.3 2.7 4.0 2.5 41.7
Average relative humidity (%) 37 38 43 47 51 63 74 75 71 60 48 39 54
Mean monthly sunshine hours 261.2 244.8 247.8 230.1 219.8 171.6 130.7 136.4 167.7 227.7 244.8 262.0 2,544.6
Percent possible sunshine 80 77 66 59 52 41 31 34 46 65 77 82 59
Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b 稻城县历史沿革 [Daocheng County Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2018. 1996年，稻城县面积7325.5平方千米，{...}2010年第六次人口普查，稻城县常住总人口31113人，其中：金珠镇7553人，香格里拉镇3031人，桑堆乡2580人，省母乡1712人，傍河乡1552人，色拉乡1785人，巨龙乡1957人，邓波乡980人，木拉乡1775人，赤土乡2665人，蒙自乡1961人，各卡乡806人，吉呷乡1442人，俄牙同乡1314人。
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "稻城亚丁： 一个美得惊世骇俗的地方（高清） -新华旅游-新华网". Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  4. ^ "乡城、稻城土头统治的由来及其嬗变" by 秦和平
  5. ^ 行政区划 [Administrative Divisions] (in Simplified Chinese). Daocheng County People's Government. 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2018. 稻城县辖三个片区工委（稻坝工委、贡岭工委、东义工委）十四个乡镇（金珠镇、傍河乡、色拉乡、省母乡、桑堆镇、巨龙乡、邓坡乡、赤土乡、木拉乡、香格里拉镇、蒙自乡、各卡乡、吉呷镇、俄牙同乡 ）。
  6. ^ 2017年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：稻城县 [2017 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Daocheng County] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018. 统计用区划代码 名称 513337100000 金珠镇 513337101000 香格里拉镇 513337102000 桑堆镇 513337201000 省母乡 513337202000 傍河乡 513337203000 色拉乡 513337204000 巨龙乡 513337205000 邓波乡 513337206000 木拉乡 513337207000 赤土乡 513337209000 蒙自乡 513337210000 各卡乡 513337211000 吉呷乡 513337212000 俄牙同乡
  7. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  8. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Daocheng.
County-level divisions of Sichuan Province
Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
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