Jinchuan County (Tibetan script: ཆུ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།, Wylie: Chu chen rdzong; simplified Chinese: 金川县; traditional Chinese: 金川縣; pinyin: Jīnchuān Xiàn) is a county in the northwest of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. The seat of county is Jinchuan Town (Rabden).
Jinchuan County
金川县 • ཆུ་ཆེན་རྫོང་། | |
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County | |
![]() ![]() Jinchuan Location in Sichuan | |
Coordinates: 31.476°N 102.064°E / 31.476; 102.064 | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Sichuan |
Autonomous prefecture | Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture |
Area | |
• Total | 5,524 km2 (2,133 sq mi) |
Population (2019) | |
• Total | 73,000 |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | https://www.abjinchuan.gov.cn/ |
Jinchuan County | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 金川县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 金川縣 | ||||||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||||||
Tibetan | ཆུ་ཆེན་རྫོང་། | ||||||||||
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The county spans an area of 5,524 square kilometers, and has a population of about 73,000 as of 2019.[1]
The county is divided into 3 towns and 19 townships.[1][2] These township-level divisions are further divided into 112 village-level divisions.[1]
The county's 3 towns are as follows:[2]
The county's 19 townships are as follows:[2]
Prior to the 18th century, Greater Jinchuan was ruled by the Gyalrong Tibetan Chiefdom of Chuchen. In 1700, the kingdom of Trokyap submitted to the Qing rule. From 1747 to 1776, the Qing dynasty launched the Jinchuan campaigns to suppress the Jinchuan chiefdoms.
The county briefly belonged to the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Geledesha [zh] until 1935.[3] In 1950, the People's Liberation Army conquered the county.[3] The county was briefly renamed Dajinchuan County (simplified Chinese: 大金川县; traditional Chinese: 大金川縣) from 1953 to June 1959.[3]
The county is bordered by Barkam to the north, Xiaojin County to the east, Zamtang County to the west, and Dawu County and Danba County to the south.[1]
The county lies within the Dadu River basin.[3] 42% of the county is forested.[1]
Climate data for Jinchuan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 20.7 (69.3) |
27.8 (82.0) |
30.9 (87.6) |
35.0 (95.0) |
38.7 (101.7) |
36.6 (97.9) |
38.1 (100.6) |
38.0 (100.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
33.3 (91.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
38.7 (101.7) |
Average high °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) |
15.8 (60.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
23.4 (74.1) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
28.3 (82.9) |
25.0 (77.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
12.0 (53.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.8 (51.4) |
14.1 (57.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.7 (67.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
Average low °C (°F) | −3.5 (25.7) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.1 (39.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.0 (59.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.2 (46.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
6.7 (44.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −9.7 (14.5) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
0.3 (32.5) |
2.1 (35.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.7 (0.07) |
6.0 (0.24) |
16.7 (0.66) |
44.2 (1.74) |
94.6 (3.72) |
145.9 (5.74) |
120.3 (4.74) |
102.1 (4.02) |
119.6 (4.71) |
52.4 (2.06) |
8.6 (0.34) |
1.3 (0.05) |
713.4 (28.09) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 45 | 47 | 53 | 61 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 73 | 63 | 55 | 62 |
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[4] |
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