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Têwo County

Coordinates: 34°03′22″N 103°13′19″E / 34.0560°N 103.2219°E / 34.0560; 103.2219
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Têwo County
ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་། · 迭部县
Diebu
Têwo County (red) within Gannan
Têwo County (red) within Gannan
Têwo is located in Gansu
Têwo
Têwo
Location of the seat in Gansu
Têwo is located in China
Têwo
Têwo
Têwo (China)
Coordinates: 34°03′22″N 103°13′19″E / 34.0560°N 103.2219°E / 34.0560; 103.2219
CountryChina
ProvinceGansu
Autonomous prefectureGannan
County seatDêngga (Dianga)
Area
 • Total5,108.3 km2 (1,972.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total52,192
 • Density10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
747400
Websitewww.tewo.gov.cn
Têwo County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese迭部县
Traditional Chinese迭部縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDiébù Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliethe bo rdzong
Tibetan PinyinTêwo Zong

Têwo County (Tibetan: ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 迭部县) is a county in the south of Gansu province of China, bordering Sichuan province to the south. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Gannan Prefecture. Its postal code is 747400, and in 1999 its population was 55,568 people.

The Lazikou Pass, a mountain pass of strategical significance during the Long March, is located in Têwo County.

Administrative divisions

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Têwo County is divided to 5 towns and 6 townships.[2]

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Dêngga Town
(Dianga)
电尕镇 Diàngā Zhèn སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ། steng ka grong rdal 623024100
Yiwa Town 益哇镇 Yìwā Zhèn གཡི་བ་གྲོང་རྡལ་། gyi ba grong rdal 623024101
Wangsang Town
(Wangzang)
旺藏镇 Wàngzàng Zhèn དབང་བཟང་གྲོང་རྡལ། dbang bzang grong rdal 623024102
Lasargag Town
(Lazikou)
腊子口镇 Làzǐkǒu Zhèn ལ་གཟར་འགག་གྲོང་རྡལ། la gzar ʼgag grong rdal 623024103
Ritang Town
(Luoda)
洛大镇 Luòdà Zhèn རི་དྭངས་གྲོང་རྡལ། ri dwangs grong rdal 623024104
Townships
Kaba Township 卡坝乡 Kǎbà Xiāng ཁ་པ་ཤང་། kha pa shang 623024201
Dara Township
(Dagra, Dala)
达拉乡 Dálā Xiāng རྟ་ར་ཤང་། rta ra shang 623024202
Nyinngo Township
(Ni'ao)
尼傲乡 Ní'ào Xiāng ཉིན་ངོ་ཤང་། nyin ngo shang 623024203
Axa Township
(Axia)
阿夏乡 Āxià Xiāng འ་ཞ་ཤང་། ʼa zha shang 623024205
Dora Township
(Duo'er)
多儿乡 Duō'ér Xiāng རྡོ་ར་ཤང་། rdo ra shang 623024206
Qangbab Township
(Sangba)
桑坝乡 Sāngbà Xiāng བྱ་འབབ་ཤང་། bya ʼbab shang 623024207

Climate

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Climate data for Têwo, elevation 2,374 m (7,789 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 21.0
(69.8)
23.6
(74.5)
28.7
(83.7)
33.9
(93.0)
32.7
(90.9)
33.3
(91.9)
35.5
(95.9)
34.5
(94.1)
32.7
(90.9)
25.7
(78.3)
21.7
(71.1)
17.4
(63.3)
35.5
(95.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 6.7
(44.1)
10.1
(50.2)
14.2
(57.6)
18.5
(65.3)
20.9
(69.6)
23.3
(73.9)
25.7
(78.3)
25.6
(78.1)
21.0
(69.8)
16.0
(60.8)
12.5
(54.5)
7.7
(45.9)
16.8
(62.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −3.2
(26.2)
0.4
(32.7)
4.6
(40.3)
9.1
(48.4)
12.2
(54.0)
15.2
(59.4)
17.5
(63.5)
17.1
(62.8)
13.4
(56.1)
8.0
(46.4)
2.5
(36.5)
−2.4
(27.7)
7.9
(46.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −9.9
(14.2)
−6.4
(20.5)
−2.1
(28.2)
1.9
(35.4)
5.6
(42.1)
9.2
(48.6)
11.6
(52.9)
11.4
(52.5)
8.7
(47.7)
3.2
(37.8)
−3.8
(25.2)
−9.0
(15.8)
1.7
(35.1)
Record low °C (°F) −18.9
(−2.0)
−17.8
(0.0)
−17.1
(1.2)
−7.0
(19.4)
−2.9
(26.8)
−0.4
(31.3)
2.6
(36.7)
2.6
(36.7)
−2.0
(28.4)
−8.2
(17.2)
−14.1
(6.6)
−19.9
(−3.8)
−19.9
(−3.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.1
(0.12)
5.0
(0.20)
13.9
(0.55)
37.1
(1.46)
84.4
(3.32)
80.9
(3.19)
104.3
(4.11)
98.3
(3.87)
92.8
(3.65)
48.5
(1.91)
7.8
(0.31)
1.4
(0.06)
577.5
(22.75)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.1 3.9 8.6 11.7 16.8 17.9 16.9 15.1 16.5 14.4 4.3 2.1 132.3
Average snowy days 6.8 5.9 8.3 2.5 0.2 0 0 0 0.1 1.4 3.2 3.5 31.9
Average relative humidity (%) 52 51 55 57 64 70 71 71 75 73 62 55 63
Mean monthly sunshine hours 199.1 181.8 203.0 203.8 201.4 180.4 200.6 199.9 149.4 161.6 194.3 199.4 2,274.7
Percent possible sunshine 63 58 54 52 46 42 46 49 41 47 63 65 52
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "甘南州第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Gannan Prefecture. 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.