Dêqên County
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 Deqin County
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| Coordinates: 28°12′N 98°59′E / 28.2°N 98.983°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Diqing |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,569 km2 (2,922 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 62,400 |
| • Density | 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 674500 |
| Area code(s) | 0887 |
| Website | http://www.deqin.gov.cn/ |
Dêqên County (Chinese: 德钦县; pinyin: Déqīn Xiàn) is located in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China.
[edit] Climate
Being located at an altitude of 3,500 metres (11,500 ft), Dêqên has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb) that borders closely on a humid continental climate (Dwb), which is remarkable for its latitude. Although mean maximum temperatures, as in Lhasa and Shigatse, are above freezing even in January, minima are below freezing from November to March and occasionally fall below −10 °C (14 °F). The town is nonetheless a little warmer during the winter than Shangri-La County to the east despite being slightly higher in elevation, due to its more southerly aspect. Rainfall is heavily concentrated between June and September and snowfall is rare but still causes major transport problems in the winter.
| Climate data for Dêqên | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
22.9 (73.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.9 (80.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
4.3 (39.7) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.7 (63.9) |
17.5 (63.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
5.5 (41.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −2.1 (28.2) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
0.4 (32.7) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
1.7 (35.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −13.3 (8.1) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−8.4 (16.9) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
2.7 (36.9) |
3.6 (38.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−12 (10) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 8.8 (0.346) |
19.0 (0.748) |
52.3 (2.059) |
56.8 (2.236) |
47.0 (1.85) |
60.8 (2.394) |
118.5 (4.665) |
112.2 (4.417) |
73.1 (2.878) |
46.9 (1.846) |
19.8 (0.78) |
6.9 (0.272) |
622.1 (24.492) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 6.4 | 10.2 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 12.4 | 15.5 | 21.6 | 20.6 | 15.8 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 148.2 |
| Source: Weather China[1] | |||||||||||||
[edit] Transportation
Deqin can be reached by many daily buses traveling North from Kunming - Dali - Lijiang - Zhongdian - Deqin.
The route is a very scenic and most of it is a newly built highway apart from the Zhongdian to Deqin section which is a winding mountain road through the scenic North Yunnan/Tibetan mountains.
[edit] External links
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- ^ "德钦城市介绍". Weather China. http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101291302.shtml. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
