Qiaojia County
Qiaojia County
Xảo gia huyện | |
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![]() Location of Qiaojia County (pink) and Zhaotong Prefecture (yellow) within Yunnan province of China | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Yunnan |
Prefecture-level city | Zhaotong |
Area | |
•County | 3,245 km2(1,253 sq mi) |
Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
Highest elevation (Dianyaoshan) | 4,041.6 m (13,259.8 ft) |
Lowest elevation (Xiluodu reservoir) | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
Population (2019) | |
•County | 625,000 |
• Density | 190/km2(500/sq mi) |
•Urban | 175,700 |
Time zone | UTC+8(CST) |
Postal code | 654600 |
Area code | 0870 |
Website | www |
Yunnan e-Portal |
Qiaojia County(Chinese:Xảo gia huyện;pinyin:Qiǎojiā Xiàn) is a county in the northeast ofYunnanprovince, China, borderingSichuanprovince to the north and west. The population was 625,000 in 2019, 33,200 of whom belonged toethnic minorities.[1]It is both the southernmost and westernmostcounty-level divisionofZhaotongCity and located entirely on the right bank of theJinsha River.The river valleys of Qiaojia are some of the lowest points in Yunnan province, at around 900 meters. The name of the county literally means 'City of industrious artisans'.[2]
The county is noted for being the site of theBaihetan Dam,located 40 km from the county seat. Construction of the dam required resettlement of 44,919 Qiaojia residents.[1]
Qiaojia is located at the junction of severalgeological faults.[3][4]It was hit by a magnitude 5.0earthquake in 2020,[5]and also affected by the2014 Ludian earthquake.[6]
Administrative divisions[edit]
The county government is seated inBaihetan town.Qiaojia is subdivided into the town and township level divisions:[1]
- 12 towns
- 4 townships
Climate[edit]
Climate data for Qiaojia, elevation 894 m (2,933 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
33.7 (92.7) |
38.6 (101.5) |
40.8 (105.4) |
44.7 (112.5) |
42.5 (108.5) |
40.7 (105.3) |
39.4 (102.9) |
39.1 (102.4) |
36.1 (97.0) |
34.6 (94.3) |
31.3 (88.3) |
44.7 (112.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 19.2 (66.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
28.3 (82.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
28.9 (84.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
27.3 (81.2) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.8 (69.4) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
20.2 (68.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
13.1 (55.6) |
21.2 (70.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
11.3 (52.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
17.0 (62.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
0.1 (32.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.9 (53.4) |
8.3 (46.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 14.2 (0.56) |
11.4 (0.45) |
17.9 (0.70) |
23.8 (0.94) |
68.2 (2.69) |
192.7 (7.59) |
164.1 (6.46) |
123.6 (4.87) |
123.6 (4.87) |
88.3 (3.48) |
19.3 (0.76) |
5.7 (0.22) |
852.8 (33.59) |
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 4.9 | 2.7 | 111.5 |
Average snowy days | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.1 |
Averagerelative humidity(%) | 51 | 43 | 39 | 41 | 50 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 57 | 58 |
Mean monthlysunshine hours | 198.8 | 199.4 | 229.5 | 230.7 | 199.6 | 131.4 | 137.8 | 154.0 | 115.2 | 125.7 | 176.0 | 181.5 | 2,079.6 |
Percentpossible sunshine | 60 | 63 | 61 | 60 | 48 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 36 | 55 | 56 | 48 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration[7][8] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^Heyndrickx, Jerome (1994).Historiography of the Chinese Catholic Church: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.Ferdinand Verbiest Foundation, K.U. Leuven.ISBN978-90-801833-2-2.
- ^Xing, Huilin; Xu, Xiwei (2010-11-22).M8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake.Springer.ISBN978-3-642-01901-2.
- ^Li, Y.; Yang, H.; Zhou, S.; Yan, C. (2016-12-01)."Microearthquake detection at 2012 M4.9 Qiaojia earthquake source area, the north of the Xiaojiang Fault in Yunnan, China".AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.23:S23B–2778.Bibcode:2016AGUFM.S23B2778L.
- ^"At least four dead after earthquake strikes southwest China".The Japan Times.2020-05-19. Archived fromthe originalon 2020-05-28.Retrieved2020-12-17.
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