Luding County
泸定县 · ལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་།
Chagsam, Jagsam
County
Luding Bridge crossing the Dadu River
Luding Bridge crossing the Dadu River
Location of Luding County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Luding County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Luding is located in Sichuan
Luding
Luding
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Luding is located in China
Luding
Luding
Luding (China)
Coordinates: 29°54′50″N 102°14′02″E / 29.914°N 102.234°E / 29.914; 102.234
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Prefecture-level cityGarzê
County seatLuqiao
Area
 • Total2,165.35 km2 (836.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total86,234
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
 • Major nationalities
Han - 78.2%
Tibetan - 16.0%
Yi - 4.8%
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
626100
Area code0836
Websitewww.luding.gov.cn
Luding County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese泸定县
Traditional Chinese瀘定縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanལྕགས་ཟམ་རྫོང་།

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

Main article: 2022 Luding earthquake

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 (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:

2000[citation needed] 2022[1]
Ethnic Group Population Percentage Ethnic Group Population Percentage
Han 66,066 84.86% Han ~67,435 78.2%
Tibetan 7,834 10.06% Tibetan ~13,797 16.0%
Yi 3,424 4.4% Yi ~4,139 4.8%
Mongols 253 0.32% Mongols N/A N/A
Others 278 0.36% Others 863 1.0%

Transport

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 泸定简介 [Luding Introduction]. luding.gov.cn (in Chinese). Luding County People's Government. Archived from the original on 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ^ 2021年统计用区划代码（泸定县）. 2021 Statistical Division Codes (Luding County) (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-09-05.

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