Dêgê County
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Dêgê County
德格县 | |
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.png) Location of Dêgê County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan province | |
  Dêgê Location of the seat in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′22″N 98°34′51″E / 31.8061°N 98.5809°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
| Seat | Derge |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,025 km2 (4,257 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Dêgê County (Tibetan: སྡེ་དགེ་རྫོང, Wylie: sde dge rdzong, THL: derge dzong, ZYPY: Dêgê Zong; simplified Chinese: 德格县; traditional Chinese: 德格縣; pinyin: Dégé xiàn) was formerly one of the Kham region's five independent kingdoms - the Kingdom of Derge - and is now administered as a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in far northwestern Sichuan province, China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west. Its county seat is the town of Derge.
Towns and townships
- Gengqing Town (更庆镇)
- Dama Township (达马乡)
- Puma Township (普马乡)
- Yueba Township (岳巴乡)
- Babang Township (八邦乡)
- Gongya Township (龚垭乡)
- Baiya Township (白垭乡)
- Wangbuding Township (汪布顶乡)
- Keluodong Township (柯洛洞乡)
- Kasongdu Township (卡松渡乡)
- Enan Township (俄南乡)
- Zhuqing Township (竹庆乡)
- Ezhi Township (俄支乡)
- Manigange Township (马尼干戈乡)
- Yulong Township (玉隆乡)
- Cuo'a Township (错阿乡)
- Zhongzhake Township (中扎柯乡)
- Shangrangu Township (上然姑乡)
- Wogong Township (窝公乡)
- Wentuo Township (温拖乡)
- Niangu Township (年古乡)
- Langduo Township (浪多乡)
- Axu Township (阿须乡)
- Dagun Township (打滚乡)
- Yading Township (亚丁乡)
- Suoba Township (所巴乡)
Transport
Climate
| Climate data for Dêgê (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.6 (72.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
28.5 (83.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
30.3 (86.5) |
29.8 (85.6) |
26.4 (79.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
19.7 (67.5) |
32.2 (90.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.4 (72.3) |
20.0 (68.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
7.6 (45.7) |
15.6 (60.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
0.7 (33.3) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
10.9 (51.6) |
13.6 (56.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
11.6 (52.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −8.9 (16.0) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
0.9 (33.6) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
9.6 (49.3) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.8 (0.07) |
4.0 (0.16) |
13.3 (0.52) |
28.0 (1.10) |
56.6 (2.23) |
127.0 (5.00) |
132.2 (5.20) |
115.6 (4.55) |
100.6 (3.96) |
35.7 (1.41) |
5.9 (0.23) |
1.7 (0.07) |
622.4 (24.5) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 63 | 46 | 37 | 54 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Dêgê.
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