Pingwu County
Pingwu County
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 Bao'en Temple in Pingwu County | |
.png) Location of Pingwu County (red) and Mianyang City (yellow) in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 32°24′36″N 104°33′22″E / 32.410°N 104.556°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Mianyang |
| County seat | Long'an |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,974 km2 (2,307 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 5,588 m (18,333 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 126,357 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 622550 |
| Area code | 0816 |
| Website | www |
Pingwu County (Chinese:
It has an area of 5,959.71 km2 (2,301.06 sq mi)[2] and a population of 180,000 in 2018, making it one of the smallest counties by population in Sichuan.[3]
History
[edit]The history of Pingwu goes back over 1,700 years. In 108 CE, the Eastern Han established Guanghan County, which was ruled from present day Wen County. Beginning in the 3rd century CE, a number of kingdoms belonging to the Di tribe were set up in and around Pingwu County.[4] In 280 Pingwu County was first established. The name Pingwu originates from the name of the previous Yinping (阴平) and Guangwu (广武) counties.[3][better source needed]
In 347, Pingwu became part of the Eastern Jin.[3][better source needed]
By the 6th century, the Di kingdoms saw their power wane, and much of the area surrounding present-day Pingwu County was integrated into the Yarlung dynasty.[4] Despite this, the area of contemporary Pingwu County was not occupied by the Yarlung dynasty during the 7th century, resulting in a linguistic identity more akin to that of the Di tribe.[4]
Geography and climate
[edit]Pingwu is a mountainous county located along the upper reaches of the Fujiang river, in the far northwest of the Sichuan Basin. 94% of the county's area is above 1,000 m elevation.[5][better source needed] The average yearly temperature is 14.7 °C (58.5 °F).[3][6]
| Climate data for Pingwu, elevation 893 m (2,930 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
24.7 (76.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
20.5 (69.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.4 (36.3) |
11.5 (52.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.6 (0.14) |
7.0 (0.28) |
21.4 (0.84) |
53.1 (2.09) |
87.2 (3.43) |
92.8 (3.65) |
178.2 (7.02) |
178.5 (7.03) |
105.9 (4.17) |
55.1 (2.17) |
13.7 (0.54) |
2.5 (0.10) |
799 (31.46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.2 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 142.3 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 66 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 70 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 95.4 | 78.4 | 99.6 | 133.7 | 146.6 | 123.8 | 137.3 | 138.8 | 80.4 | 73.3 | 87.4 | 99.4 | 1,294.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 30 | 25 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 29 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
Economy
[edit]Pingwu is a large production base of Shiitake and wood ear mushroom, with an output of 1.1 million kg in 2009.[9]
Administrative divisions
[edit]
Pingwu County has six towns, two townships, and twelve ethnic townships.[10]
- Towns
- Townships
- Gaocun Township (
高村 乡) - Bazi Township (坝子乡)
- Ethnic townships
- Suojiang Qiang Ethnic Township (锁江羌族乡)
- Tucheng Tibetan Ethnic Township (
土 城 藏 族 乡) - Jiubu Qiang Ethnic Township (
旧 堡羌族 乡) - Kuoda Tibetan Ethnic Township (阔达
藏 族 乡) - Huangyangguan Tibetan Ethnic Township (
黄 羊 关藏族 乡) - Huya Tibetan Ethnic Township (
虎 牙 藏 族 乡, ཧོས་ཡའ་བོད་རིགས་གྲོང་ཚོ་) - Si'er Tibetan Ethnic Township (泗耳
藏 族 乡) - Baima Tibetan Ethnic Township (
白 马藏族 乡) - Muzuo Tibetan Ethnic Township (
木 座 藏 族 乡) - Mupi Tibetan Ethnic Township (
木皮 藏 族 乡, མུ་ཕིས་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།) - Doukou Qiang Ethnic Township (
豆 叩羌族 乡) - Pingtong Qiang Ethnic Township (
平通 羌族乡)
Demographics
[edit]Languages
[edit]Pingwu County is one of three counties in Sichuan where the Baima language is spoken.[11]
Attractions
[edit]Pingwu county is the center of the biggest remaining giant panda habitat in China, i.e. the Minshan Mountains. Close to the Baima Ethnic Township, for example, the national panda reserve "Wanglang" is located. The WWF has conducted an Integrated Community Development Project in the Baima township to reduce direct and indirect poaching threats to the panda population. Bao'en Temple, a Buddhist monastery dating back to the 15th century, is located in Pingwu County.
Fauna
[edit]There are two species of Megophryidae frogs endemic to Pingwu County, namely Scutiger pingwuensis and Oreolalax chuanbeiensis.
Notable residents
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "绵阳
市 第 七次全国人口普查公报（第 一 号 ）——全市 人口 情 况" (in Chinese). Government of Mianyang. 2021-05-28. - ^ (in Chinese) Geography of Pingwu County Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of Pingwu County Government, visited on May 14, 2008.
- ^ a b c d 网易 (2021-03-30). "四川省一县级市，
人口 仅18万 ，建 县历史 超 1700年 ！". www.163.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08. - ^ a b c Chirkova, Ekaterina (2005). "Words for 'one' in Baima" (PDF). Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale. 34: 69–99. doi:10.1163/19606028-90000135. S2CID 170844236. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22 – via HAL (open archive).
- ^ 网易 (2021-03-30). "四川省一县级市，
人口 仅18万 ，建 县历史 超 1700年 ！". www.163.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08. - ^ "
走 进平武 -平 武 县文广旅局 ". zww.zypingwu.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08. - ^
中国 气象数 据 网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 17 September 2023. - ^
中国 气象数 据 网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 17 September 2023. - ^
中国 农村科技 (in Chinese).中国 农村科技 杂志社 . 2009. - ^ 2020
年 统计用 区 划代码 [2020 Statistical Division Codes] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-02-17. - ^ "Baima". endangeredlanguages.com. Endangered Languages Project. Retrieved 2021-02-17.