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Danba County

Coordinates: 30°57′N 101°51′E / 30.950°N 101.850°E / 30.950; 101.850
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Danba County
丹巴县 · རོང་བྲག།
The county seat
The county seat
Location of Danba County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan.
Location of Danba County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan.
Danba is located in Sichuan
Danba
Danba
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°57′N 101°51′E / 30.950°N 101.850°E / 30.950; 101.850
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
Township-level divisions1 town
14 townships
County seatZhanggu (章谷镇)
Elevation
1,893 m (6,211 ft)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total70,000
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Rongzhag (Tibetan: རོང་བྲག, ZYPY: Rongzhag Zong), also Danba (Chinese: 丹巴; pinyin: Dānbā) is a county of the eastern Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China. The county seat is the town of Zhanggu (章谷镇).

Climate

Climate data for Danba (1981−2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 23.2
(73.8)
28.8
(83.8)
33.5
(92.3)
36.5
(97.7)
36.8
(98.2)
37.2
(99.0)
37.7
(99.9)
39.0
(102.2)
35.4
(95.7)
32.0
(89.6)
25.3
(77.5)
19.2
(66.6)
39.0
(102.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 11.3
(52.3)
15.0
(59.0)
19.6
(67.3)
23.9
(75.0)
26.4
(79.5)
27.0
(80.6)
28.8
(83.8)
28.9
(84.0)
25.2
(77.4)
20.9
(69.6)
16.6
(61.9)
11.7
(53.1)
21.3
(70.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5)
7.9
(46.2)
12.0
(53.6)
15.9
(60.6)
18.7
(65.7)
20.0
(68.0)
21.8
(71.2)
21.8
(71.2)
18.7
(65.7)
14.6
(58.3)
9.6
(49.3)
5.1
(41.2)
14.2
(57.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −0.9
(30.4)
2.1
(35.8)
6.0
(42.8)
9.7
(49.5)
12.9
(55.2)
15.2
(59.4)
17.0
(62.6)
16.9
(62.4)
14.2
(57.6)
10.2
(50.4)
4.3
(39.7)
−0.5
(31.1)
8.9
(48.1)
Record low °C (°F) −7.0
(19.4)
−5.2
(22.6)
−3.4
(25.9)
2.3
(36.1)
4.7
(40.5)
8.4
(47.1)
10.8
(51.4)
10.1
(50.2)
7.3
(45.1)
1.9
(35.4)
−3.4
(25.9)
−7.2
(19.0)
−7.2
(19.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.8
(0.03)
1.3
(0.05)
14.3
(0.56)
41.0
(1.61)
79.4
(3.13)
129.3
(5.09)
108.5
(4.27)
86.8
(3.42)
105.8
(4.17)
46.9
(1.85)
6.7
(0.26)
0.7
(0.03)
621.5
(24.47)
Average relative humidity (%) 41 39 40 45 51 63 64 61 64 60 52 46 52
Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center