Gao County
Gao County
高县 | |
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  Gaoxian Location of the seat in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 28°26′10″N 104°31′05″E / 28.436°N 104.518°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Yibin |
| County seat | Qingfu |
| Area | |
• County | 1,323 km2 (511 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | 526,400 |
| • Urban | 171,000 |
| • Rural | 355,400 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
Gao County or Gaoxian (simplified Chinese: 高县; traditional Chinese: 高縣; pinyin: Gāo Xiàn) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city and has a population of 526,400 in 2019, 171,000 of which live in the urban area. The county seat is located 48 km from Yibin city. The county is traversed by the Nanguang River (zh:南广河), a tributary of the Yangtze. About half of the land area is covered by forests.[1]
On 20 March 1994, 18 people were killed by a landslide in the east of Gao County.[2][3]
Administrative divisions
[edit]Gao County administers 13 towns:[4]
- Wenjiang 文江镇
- Qingfu 庆符镇
- Shahe 沙河镇
- Jiale 嘉乐镇
- Luochang 罗场镇
- Jiaocun 蕉村镇
- Kejiu 可久镇
- Laifu 来复镇
- Yuejiang 月江镇
- Shengtian 胜天镇
- Fuxing 复兴镇
- Luorun 落润镇
- Qingling 庆岭镇
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Gaoxian, elevation 378 m (1,240 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
31.4 (88.5) |
34.8 (94.6) |
38.3 (100.9) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.4 (101.1) |
41.2 (106.2) |
40.1 (104.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
41.2 (106.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
24.6 (76.3) |
27.9 (82.2) |
29.6 (85.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.1 (89.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
22.0 (71.6) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.3 (54.1) |
22.5 (72.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
19.2 (66.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.5 (65.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
18.2 (64.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.4 (70.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
20.3 (68.5) |
16.3 (61.3) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
15.3 (59.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.7 (28.9) |
0.2 (32.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.8 (56.8) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 16.7 (0.66) |
18.0 (0.71) |
31.4 (1.24) |
59.3 (2.33) |
78.8 (3.10) |
137.2 (5.40) |
190.4 (7.50) |
204.1 (8.04) |
106.5 (4.19) |
59.7 (2.35) |
25.1 (0.99) |
16.0 (0.63) |
943.2 (37.14) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.4 | 11.2 | 13.7 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 18.6 | 12.8 | 13.4 | 174.4 |
| Average snowy days | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 80 | 77 | 75 | 74 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 84 | 81 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 35.7 | 48.5 | 88.6 | 123.6 | 126.8 | 107.5 | 162.5 | 167.0 | 92.4 | 53.1 | 55.7 | 37.8 | 1,099.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 11 | 15 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 26 | 38 | 41 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 24 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "走进高县".
- ^ "A COLLAPSE LANDSLIDE OF MARCH 20.1904 AT BAIYA,GAOXIAN COUNTY,SICHUAN PROVINCE--《MOUNTAIN RESEARCH》1994年04期". en.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ 中國新聞 (in Chinese). 中囯新闻社. March 1994.
- ^ 2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：高县 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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