Meigu County 美姑县 ·ꂿꈬꑤ | |
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Location of Meigu County (pink) and Liangshan Prefecture (yellow) within Sichuan | |
| Coordinates:28°19′44″N103°07′55″E / 28.329°N 103.132°E /28.329; 103.132 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Liangshan |
| County seat | Bapu Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,573 km2 (993 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 238,624 |
| • Density | 92.74/km2 (240.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
| Meigu County | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 美姑县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 美姑縣 | ||||||
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| Yi name | |||||||
| Yi | ꂿꈬꑤ Romanisation:mo ggu xiep | ||||||
Meigu County (Chinese:美姑县;Yi:ꂿꈬꑤ) is a part of theLiangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in the south ofSichuan province. Located in the northeast of Liangshan Prefecture, it has a major concentration of the Nuosu orYi people. The county is largely mountainous. It is a poor area andmuch of the land has beendeforested in the past 50 years.[citation needed]
Manybimo practitioner live in this county, and it is home to the Cultural Centre for Bimo Studies.
Meigu County comprises 7towns and 11townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Yi | Romanized Yi | Administrative division code | |
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| Towns | ||||||
| Bapu Town | 巴普镇 | Bāpǔ Zhèn | ꀠꁌꍔ | ba pu zhep | 513436100 | |
| Hongxi Town | 洪溪镇 | Hóngxī Zhèn | ꉘꐯꍔ | hxo jjy zhep | 513436101 | |
| Xinqiao Town | 新桥镇 | Xīnqiáo Zhèn | ꑝꐇꍔ | xit quop zhep | 513436102 | |
| Niuniuba Town | 牛牛坝镇 | Niúniúbà Zhèn | ꑖꑗꀞꍔ | nyox nyo bat zhep | 513436103 | |
| Lama Town | 拉马镇 | Lāmǎ Zhèn | ꆿꂷꍔ | lat ma zhep | 513436104 | |
| Houbonaituo Town | 候播乃拖镇 | Hòubōnǎituō Zhèn | ꉘꁨꆻꄧꍔ | hxo bbop liet tuo zhep | 513436105 | |
| Hougumo Town | 候古莫镇 | Hòugǔmó Zhèn | ꉻꈫꃀꍔ | ho ggux mop zhep | 513436106 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Jueluo Township | 觉洛乡 | Juéluó Xiāng | ꐥꇉꑣ | jjo lo xie | 513436100 | |
| Jingyetexi Township | 井叶特西乡 | Jǐngyètèxī Xiāng | ꐱꑴꄮꑭꑣ | njit yip te xy xie | 513436101 | |
| Heguluo Township | 合姑洛乡 | Hégūluò Xiāng | ꉷꈠꇉꑣ | huo gguo lo xie | 513436102 | |
| Dianbu Township | 典补乡 | Diǎnbǔ Xiāng | ꄄꀱꑣ | diex bur xie | 513436108 | |
| Jiukou Township | 九口乡 | Jiǔkǒu Xiāng | ꏬꈌꑣ | jot ke xie | 513436217 | |
| Luo'eyigan Township | 洛俄依甘乡 | Luó'éyīgān Xiāng | ꆦꀑꒈꇤꑣ | hlo o yyx ga xie | 513436218 | |
| Liuhong Township | 柳洪乡 | Liǔhóng Xiāng | ꑙꉘꑣ | nyut hxo xie | 513436221 | |
| Equgu Township | 峨曲古乡 | Éqǔgǔ Xiāng | ꀑꐎꈪꑣ | o qu ggut xie | 513436225 | |
| Longmen Township | 龙门乡 | Lóngmén Xiāng | ꇉꂾꑣ | lo mox xie | 513436229 | |
| Saku Township | 洒库乡 | Sǎkù Xiāng | ꌐꈐꑣ | sat ku xie | 513436231 | |
| Wahou Township | 瓦候乡 | Wǎhòu Xiāng | 513436235 | |||
| Climate data for Meigu, elevation 1,944 m (6,378 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) | 25.2 (77.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 33.4 (92.1) | 33.5 (92.3) | 34.1 (93.4) | 33.0 (91.4) | 34.1 (93.4) | 35.2 (95.4) | 35.7 (96.3) | 30.6 (87.1) | 26.6 (79.9) | 23.5 (74.3) | 35.7 (96.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.9 (51.6) | 15.5 (59.9) | 19.9 (67.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 24.8 (76.6) | 27.1 (80.8) | 26.8 (80.2) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.9 (66.0) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.3 (52.3) | 20.2 (68.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.5 (38.3) | 6.8 (44.2) | 10.6 (51.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.8 (62.2) | 18.5 (65.3) | 20.3 (68.5) | 19.9 (67.8) | 17.3 (63.1) | 13.2 (55.8) | 9.3 (48.7) | 4.7 (40.5) | 12.9 (55.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) | 1.8 (35.2) | 5.1 (41.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 12.1 (53.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.3 (61.3) | 15.9 (60.6) | 13.8 (56.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 5.7 (42.3) | 1.3 (34.3) | 8.8 (47.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.0 (19.4) | −8.2 (17.2) | −2.3 (27.9) | −0.4 (31.3) | 4.7 (40.5) | 9.3 (48.7) | 9.8 (49.6) | 8.5 (47.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 3.1 (37.6) | −3.4 (25.9) | −5.4 (22.3) | −8.2 (17.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 9.0 (0.35) | 5.7 (0.22) | 25.7 (1.01) | 55.5 (2.19) | 96.3 (3.79) | 171.8 (6.76) | 161.4 (6.35) | 121.6 (4.79) | 103.8 (4.09) | 59.0 (2.32) | 15.9 (0.63) | 3.9 (0.15) | 829.6 (32.65) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.4 | 3.7 | 8.4 | 13.0 | 15.6 | 20.4 | 17.7 | 16.3 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 142.6 |
| Average snowy days | 6.6 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 18.6 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 69 | 60 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 75 | 72 | 72 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 144.1 | 171.6 | 205.3 | 196.8 | 178.2 | 121.6 | 158.2 | 160.7 | 117.3 | 106.3 | 138.9 | 126.7 | 1,825.7 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 44 | 54 | 55 | 51 | 42 | 29 | 37 | 40 | 32 | 30 | 44 | 40 | 42 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||