Zigui County
Zigui County
秭归县 Tzekwei | |
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![]() Part of the town of Maoping, the county seat | |
Coordinates (Zigui government): 30°49′34″N 110°58′41″E / 30.826°N 110.978°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Province | Hubei |
Prefecture-level city | Yichang |
Area | |
• Total | 2,427 km2 (937 sq mi) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 367,107 |
• Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
Zigui County | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 秭歸 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 秭归县 | ||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 秭歸 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 秭归 | ||||||||
Postal | Tzukwei | ||||||||
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Zigui County (simplified Chinese: 秭归县; traditional Chinese: 秭歸
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/QuYuan-Xiling-Gorge-5008.jpg/220px-QuYuan-Xiling-Gorge-5008.jpg)
The county seat of Zigui is now the town of Maoping (
Administrative divisions
[edit]- Maoping (
茅 坪 镇), Guizhou (归州镇), Quyuan (屈 原 镇), Shazhenxi (沙 镇溪镇), Lianghekou (两河口 镇), Guojiaba (郭 家 坝镇), Yanglinqiao (杨林桥镇), Jiuwanxi (九 畹溪镇)
Four townships:
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Zigui (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) | 8.7 (47.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
17.3 (63.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
30.0 (86.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
27.5 (81.5) |
22.1 (71.8) |
16.6 (61.9) |
10.9 (51.6) |
21.5 (70.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.9 (76.8) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.8 (73.0) |
17.6 (63.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
7.1 (44.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.5 (36.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.4 (63.3) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
9.5 (49.1) |
4.5 (40.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 24.5 (0.96) |
39.9 (1.57) |
57.8 (2.28) |
113.3 (4.46) |
143.7 (5.66) |
162.0 (6.38) |
238.9 (9.41) |
219.6 (8.65) |
123.5 (4.86) |
103.6 (4.08) |
50.2 (1.98) |
20.2 (0.80) |
1,297.2 (51.09) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.4 | 9.6 | 11.5 | 12.7 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 17.1 | 14.9 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 10.1 | 8.0 | 144.9 |
Average snowy days | 4.0 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 8.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 73 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 73 | 76 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 79.8 | 81.1 | 121.9 | 145.0 | 148.7 | 144.9 | 169.6 | 181.3 | 125.4 | 111.3 | 105.7 | 90.7 | 1,505.4 |
Percent possible sunshine | 25 | 26 | 33 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 40 | 45 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 29 | 34 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] |
Tourism
[edit]A good view of the Three Gorges Dam, and of an ancillary dam further south, can be had from Maoping's riverside parks.
Economy
[edit]Most of Zigui is hilly or mountainous with basic farming and tea production. There are many small coal mines in the mountains, with the coal trucked to the river then loaded onto barges for shipping downstream.
Transportation
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Maoping-dockside-funicular-4948.jpg/220px-Maoping-dockside-funicular-4948.jpg)
Passenger boats and ferries travelling up and down the river can dock at the large passenger dock ("Zigui Harbor", 秭归
External links
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- "131 ancient Chinese 'hanging' coffins found on side of 100m cliff near Three Gorges Dam". South China Morning Post. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 秭归县历
史 沿革 [Zigui County Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2018.1996
年 ,秭归县面积2427平方 千 米 ,{...}2010年 第 六 次 人口 普 查,秭归县常住 总人口 367107人 ,其中:茅 坪 镇101620人 ,归州镇26155人 ,屈 原 镇16839人 ,沙 镇溪镇30996人 ,两河口 镇23649人 ,郭 家 坝镇46708人 ,杨林桥镇26082人 ,九 畹溪镇22657人 ,水田 坝乡31180人 ,泄滩乡12586人 ,梅 家 河 乡17267人 ,磨 坪 乡11368人 。 - ^ 2017
年 统计用 区 划代码和城 乡划分 代 码:秭归县 [2017 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Zigui County]. National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2018.统计
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中国 气象数 据 网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 23 September 2023.