Xinlong County

Xinlong County
新龙县 · ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།
Nyagrong, Nyarong
County
Location of Xinlong County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Location of Xinlong County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
Xinlong is located in Sichuan
Xinlong
Xinlong
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Xinlong is located in China
Xinlong
Xinlong
Xinlong (China)
Coordinates: 30°56′20″N 100°18′40″E / 30.939°N 100.311°E / 30.939; 100.311
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
County seatRinoi (Rulong)
Area
 • Total
8,570 km2 (3,310 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
45,698
 • Density5.3/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.gzxl.gov.cn
Xinlong County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese新龙县
Traditional Chinese新龍縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīnlóng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylienyag rong rdzong [2]
Tibetan PinyinNyagrong Zong

Xinlong or Nyagrong County (Chinese: 新龙县; Tibetan: ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།) is a county in the west of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Xinlong County is part of historical region of Nyarong.

Jazi (Nyarong Jazi Gon; Jazi Gon Sangngak Dechen Choling; gya bzi dgon, gya dgon, ja bzi dgon gsang sngags bde chen chos gling; Chinese: 甲孜寺; pinyin: Jiǎzī Sì) is a Nyingma monastery in Xilong County that was founded in 1866.[3][4] Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa (1901–1975) studied here as a young boy, before going to Tromge Monastery.[5]

Administrative divisions

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Xinlong County is divided into 6 towns and 10 townships.

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Rinoi Town
(Rinang, Rulong) 		如龙镇 Rúlóng Zhèn རི་བསྣོལ་ཀྲེན། ri bsnol kren 513329100
Lharima Town
(Larima, Lagruma) 		拉日马镇 Lārìmǎ Zhèn ལྷ་རི་མ་ཀྲེན། lha ri ma kren 513329101
Dagin Town
(Dagain, Dagai) 		大盖镇 Dàgài Zhèn བརྡ་ཀིན་ཀྲེན། brda kin kren 513329102
Tanggyi Town
(Tongxiao) 		通宵镇 Tōngxiāo Zhèn ཐང་སྐྱིད་ཀྲེན། thang skyid kren 513329103
Sêr'oi Town
(Sewei) 		色威镇 Sèwēi Zhèn གསེར་འོད་ཀྲེན། gser 'od kren 513329104
Yanglaxi Town
(Youlaxi) 		尤拉西镇 Yóulāxī Zhèn གཡང་ལ་གཤིས་ཀྲེན། g.yang la gshis kren 513329105
Townships
Sadoi Township
(Shadui) 		沙堆乡 Shāduī Xiāng ས་སྟོད་ཤང་། sa stod shang 513329200
Ralang Township
(Raolu) 		绕鲁乡 Ràolǔ Xiāng ར་ལངས་ཤང་། ra langs shang 513329203
Pangmai Township
(Bangmai, Bomei) 		博美乡 Bóměi Xiāng བང་སྨད་ཤང་། bang smad shang 513329207
Zitogxi Township
(Zituoxi) 		子拖西乡 Zǐtuōxī Xiāng རྩི་ཐོག་གཤིས་ཤང་། rtsi thog gshis shang 513329209
Baxi Township
(Heping) 		和平乡 Hépíng Xiāng འབའ་གཤིས་ཤང་། 'ba' gshis shang 513329210
Norkog Township
(Luogu) 		洛古乡 Luógǔ Xiāng ནོར་ཁོག་ཤང་། nor khog shang 513329211
Xanglongxi Township
(Xionglongxi) 		雄龙西乡 Xiónglóngxī Xiāng ཤང་ལོང་གཤིས་ཤང་། shang long gshis shang 513329212
Mari Township 麻日乡 Márì Xiāng མ་རིད་ཤང་། ma rid shang 513329213
Yangnü Township
(Youyi) 		友谊乡 Yǒuyì Xiāng གཡང་ནུས་ཤང་། g.yang nus shang 513329215
Xindo Township
(Yinduo) 		银多乡 Yínduō Xiāng བཞི་མདོ་ཤང་། bzhi mdo shang 513329217

Climate

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Climate data for Xinlong, elevation 3,000 m (9,800 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 24.1
(75.4) 		23.5
(74.3) 		29.1
(84.4) 		30.2
(86.4) 		32.5
(90.5) 		33.6
(92.5) 		33.2
(91.8) 		33.0
(91.4) 		32.2
(90.0) 		28.5
(83.3) 		24.2
(75.6) 		21.4
(70.5) 		33.6
(92.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 10.5
(50.9) 		12.9
(55.2) 		15.5
(59.9) 		18.8
(65.8) 		22.2
(72.0) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.9
(75.0) 		24.2
(75.6) 		22.2
(72.0) 		18.6
(65.5) 		14.7
(58.5) 		10.9
(51.6) 		18.2
(64.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −1.2
(29.8) 		1.7
(35.1) 		5.0
(41.0) 		8.6
(47.5) 		12.3
(54.1) 		14.5
(58.1) 		15.3
(59.5) 		15.0
(59.0) 		12.8
(55.0) 		8.4
(47.1) 		3.1
(37.6) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		7.9
(46.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −10.0
(14.0) 		−7.0
(19.4) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		1.1
(34.0) 		5.1
(41.2) 		9.0
(48.2) 		10.3
(50.5) 		9.8
(49.6) 		7.6
(45.7) 		2.0
(35.6) 		−4.7
(23.5) 		−9.5
(14.9) 		0.9
(33.6)
Record low °C (°F) −19.0
(−2.2) 		−16.0
(3.2) 		−13.8
(7.2) 		−7.5
(18.5) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		0.3
(32.5) 		3.0
(37.4) 		1.9
(35.4) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		−6.7
(19.9) 		−13.3
(8.1) 		−19.2
(−2.6) 		−19.2
(−2.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.2
(0.05) 		3.6
(0.14) 		11.4
(0.45) 		29.4
(1.16) 		63.1
(2.48) 		142.6
(5.61) 		142.8
(5.62) 		113.5
(4.47) 		105.1
(4.14) 		34.5
(1.36) 		4.5
(0.18) 		1.3
(0.05) 		653
(25.71)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.5 2.7 7.4 11.7 16.2 22.7 21.9 19.2 18.3 11.4 3.8 1.0 137.8
Average snowy days 3.3 5.3 7.8 2.8 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 1.0 4.4 2.2 27
Average relative humidity (%) 36 37 44 50 57 69 73 72 73 65 49 40 55
Mean monthly sunshine hours 165.6 148.2 161.3 170.2 181.8 158.1 155.1 160.3 153.4 164.2 167.2 164.6 1,950
Percent possible sunshine 51 47 43 44 43 37 36 39 42 47 53 52 45
Source: China Meteorological Administration[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ nyag rong rdzong. Buddhist Digital Information Center. Accessed August 6, 2017
  3. ^ "Jazi". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  4. ^ "ja bzi dgon". Buddhist Digital Resource Center. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  5. ^ Dorje, Sangngak (2013). "Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa". The Treasury of Lives. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
  6. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  7. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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