Qu County 渠县 | |
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| Coordinates:30°50′13″N106°58′23″E / 30.837°N 106.973°E /30.837; 106.973 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Dazhou |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,013 km2 (777 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 917,508 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 635200 |
Qu County orQuxian (simplified Chinese:渠县;traditional Chinese:渠縣;pinyin:Qú Xiàn) is a county in the northeast ofSichuan Province, China. It is the westernmostcounty-level division of theprefecture-level city ofDazhou.
Formerly known as Dangqu (宕渠), the county is best known for historic monuments. Namely, a partially preserved mausoleum complex, featuring gate towers, orque, belonging to theShen (沈) family, which dates back to theHan dynasty.[2][3]
From 2014 to 2018, the Han dynasty site of Chengba (城坝遗址) near Tuxi in Qu county was excavated. A number of eave tiles with Chinese characters "dangqu" (宕渠) have been found, leading archaeologists to believe that this was the site of the Han dynasty city of Dangqu.[4]
Qu County comprises 3 subdistricts, 28 towns and 6 townships:[5]
Qu County has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (KöppenCwa).
| Climate data for Quxian, elevation 306 m (1,004 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) | 19.8 (67.6) | 22.6 (72.7) | 34.3 (93.7) | 37.0 (98.6) | 37.3 (99.1) | 37.6 (99.7) | 39.6 (103.3) | 42.7 (108.9) | 42.5 (108.5) | 35.9 (96.6) | 25.7 (78.3) | 18.6 (65.5) | 42.7 (108.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) | 12.9 (55.2) | 18.1 (64.6) | 23.6 (74.5) | 27.0 (80.6) | 29.5 (85.1) | 32.9 (91.2) | 33.3 (91.9) | 27.9 (82.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 16.6 (61.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 22.0 (71.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.1 (48.4) | 13.2 (55.8) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.9 (71.4) | 24.8 (76.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 27.7 (81.9) | 23.4 (74.1) | 18.0 (64.4) | 13.2 (55.8) | 8.0 (46.4) | 17.7 (63.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.4 (57.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.2 (75.6) | 23.8 (74.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 15.6 (60.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 6.1 (43.0) | 14.6 (58.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.4 (27.7) | −1.3 (29.7) | 0.5 (32.9) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.1 (57.4) | 18.3 (64.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 12.8 (55.0) | 4.1 (39.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | −3.3 (26.1) | −3.3 (26.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 13.9 (0.55) | 17.4 (0.69) | 43.3 (1.70) | 79.3 (3.12) | 153.5 (6.04) | 178.5 (7.03) | 179.8 (7.08) | 144.4 (5.69) | 139.7 (5.50) | 101.1 (3.98) | 46.2 (1.82) | 17.1 (0.67) | 1,114.2 (43.87) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.3 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 12.4 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 138.1 |
| Average snowy days | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 86 | 82 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 83 | 80 | 77 | 83 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 82 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 33.8 | 43.5 | 91.2 | 126.0 | 128.7 | 121.7 | 187.7 | 193.6 | 110.2 | 66.6 | 52.2 | 32.3 | 1,187.5 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 10 | 14 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 44 | 48 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 26 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[6][7] | |||||||||||||
