Pujiang County 蒲江县 | |
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.png) Location of Pujiang in Sichuan | |
  Pujiang Location in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates:30°11′56″N103°30′32″E / 30.199°N 103.509°E /30.199; 103.509[1] | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Sub-provincial city | Chengdu |
| County seat | Heshan Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 580 km2 (220 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[2] | |
• Total | 255,563 |
| • Density | 411/km2 (1,060/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 6116XX |
| Website | pujiang |
Pujiang County (simplified Chinese:蒲江县;traditional Chinese:蒲江縣;pinyin:Pújiāng Xiàn) is acounty ofSichuan Province,China. It is under the administration of theprefecture-level city ofChengdu, the provincial capital.
Pujiang County has jurisdiction over two streets and six towns.[3] Pujiang County People's Government is located in Government Street No. 31, Heshan Subdistrict.
Pujiang County is in the southwest part of theSichuan Basin and in the area from east longitude 103°19′to 103°41′ and from north latitude 30°05′ to 30°20′. It bordersPengshan andMeishan in the east,Mingshan in the west, Danlin (Danleng County) in the south, andQionglai City in the north, stretching 37 kilometers from east to west and 27.5 kilometers from north to south.
In the 4th century BC theQin Kingdom annexed theShu Kingdom and established Puyang county in the Pushui area. In theHan dynasty, Puyang county was eliminated and affiliated with Linyi county. In 554 AD, it was built as Guangding county and in 601 AD the name was changed to Pujiang. The county was originally located in Lixudi in the north and during theHongwu Emperor reign, the emperor moved the county to what is now Heshan town under the jurisdiction of Qiongzhou, and later underMeishan, thenWenjiang. In 1983 it was put under the administration of the city ofChengdu.
The urban district, Pujiang Centralized Area for Industrial Development, is near to Chendu-Ya'an Highway, 68 kilometers from Chengdu. The area is the only processing center for agriculture by-products at the state level in Chengdu. The size is approximately 6 square kilometers and the shorter-term development area is 5.4 square kilometers. Its emphasis is on developing food drinking biology, medicine, light industry, manufacturing, and other high technology ventures.
| Climate data for Pujiang, elevation 578 m (1,896 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.4 (68.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.9 (91.2) | 35.1 (95.2) | 37.8 (100.0) | 37.2 (99.0) | 39.5 (103.1) | 36.1 (97.0) | 30.3 (86.5) | 26.6 (79.9) | 18.8 (65.8) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.4 (54.3) | 17.3 (63.1) | 23.0 (73.4) | 26.7 (80.1) | 28.9 (84.0) | 30.6 (87.1) | 30.4 (86.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 20.9 (69.6) | 16.4 (61.5) | 11.0 (51.8) | 21.1 (70.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.0 (42.8) | 8.3 (46.9) | 12.3 (54.1) | 17.3 (63.1) | 21.0 (69.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.1 (77.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 17.2 (63.0) | 12.7 (54.9) | 7.5 (45.5) | 16.5 (61.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.6 (38.5) | 5.6 (42.1) | 8.9 (48.0) | 13.3 (55.9) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.2 (68.4) | 22.1 (71.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 19.1 (66.4) | 15.0 (59.0) | 10.3 (50.5) | 5.2 (41.4) | 13.5 (56.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) | −2.9 (26.8) | −0.6 (30.9) | 4.5 (40.1) | 7.8 (46.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.0 (60.8) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.3 (54.1) | 4.5 (40.1) | −0.7 (30.7) | −4.5 (23.9) | −4.5 (23.9) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 14.5 (0.57) | 21.9 (0.86) | 38.8 (1.53) | 71.5 (2.81) | 106.5 (4.19) | 133.6 (5.26) | 258.5 (10.18) | 289.3 (11.39) | 146.6 (5.77) | 72.0 (2.83) | 28.4 (1.12) | 15.8 (0.62) | 1,197.4 (47.13) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.3 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 168.3 |
| Average snowy days | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 85 | 83 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 81 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 83 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 43.2 | 51.6 | 82.5 | 113.6 | 124.0 | 114.9 | 130.2 | 139.3 | 71.7 | 52.0 | 52.5 | 43.8 | 1,019.3 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 13 | 16 | 22 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 22 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] all-time extreme temperature[6] all-time January high[7] | |||||||||||||
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