Xinlong County facts for kids
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Xinlong County
新龙县 · ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་།
Nyagrong, Nyarong
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Location of Xinlong County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan
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 Xinlong County
Location in Sichuan
Xinlong County
Location in China
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| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
| County seat | Rinoi (Rulong) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,570 km2 (3,310 sq mi) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 45,698 |
| • Density | 5.332/km2 (13.811/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 新龙县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 新龍縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཉག་རོང་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Xinlong or Nyagrong County is a special area in the western part of Sichuan Province, China. It is managed by the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. A "county" is like a smaller region within a province, similar to a district or a large town area.
Xinlong County is also part of a historical area called Nyarong. This means it has a long history and special traditions.
One important place in Xinlong County is the Jazi Monastery. It's a Nyingma monastery, which is a type of Buddhist temple. It was built in 1866. A famous person named Jazi Amnye Drodul Pema Garwang Lingpa (who lived from 1901 to 1975) studied there when he was young.
Understanding Xinlong County
Xinlong County is a fascinating place with a rich history and unique culture. It's located in a beautiful part of China, known for its mountains and traditional ways of life.
How Xinlong is Governed
Xinlong County is divided into smaller parts to help manage it. These parts are called towns and townships. Think of them as different neighborhoods or smaller communities within the county.
Currently, Xinlong County has 6 towns and 10 townships. Each of these has its own local administration that helps run things for the people living there.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
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| 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 | Yóuyì Xiāng | གཡང་ནུས་ཤང་། | g.yang nus shang | 513329215 | |
| Xindo Township (Yinduo) |
银多乡 | Yínduō Xiāng | བཞི་མདོ་ཤང་། | bzhi mdo shang | 513329217 | |
Weather in Xinlong County
The weather in Xinlong County changes a lot throughout the year. It has warm summers and cold winters. This is typical for places that are high up, like Xinlong, which is about 3000 meters (around 9,800 feet) above sea level.
The wettest months are usually June, July, and August, when it rains the most. The driest months are in winter, like December and January.
| Climate data for Xinlong, elevation 3,000 m (9,800 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) | 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 | |||||||||||||
See also
In Spanish: Xinlong para niños
