Pingwu County (Chinese: 平武县; pinyin: Píngwǔ Xiàn) is a county located in the north of Sichuan province, China, bordering Gansu province to the north. It is the northernmost county-level division of the prefecture-level city of Mianyang.
Pingwu County
平武县 • ཕེན་བོས་རྫོང | |
|---|---|
 Bao'en Temple in Pingwu County | |
 Location of Pingwu County (red) and Mianyang City (yellow) in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 32°24′36″N 104°33′22″E / 32.410°N 104.556°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Mianyang |
| County seat | Long'an |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,974 km2 (2,307 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 5,588 m (18,333 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 126,357 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 622550 |
| Area code | 0816 |
| Website | www |
It has an area of 5,959.71 km2 (2,301.06 sq mi)[2] and a population of 180,000 in 2018, making it one of the smallest counties by population in Sichuan.[3]
History
editThe history of Pingwu goes back over 1,700 years. In 108 CE, the Eastern Han established Guanghan County, which was ruled from present day Wen County. Beginning in the 3rd century CE, a number of kingdoms belonging to the Di tribe were set up in and around Pingwu County.[4] In 280 Pingwu County was first established. The name Pingwu originates from the name of the previous Yinping (阴平) and Guangwu (广武) counties.[3][better source needed]
In 347, Pingwu became part of the Eastern Jin.[3][better source needed]
By the 6th century, the Di kingdoms saw their power wane, and much of the area surrounding present-day Pingwu County was integrated into the Yarlung dynasty.[4] Despite this, the area of contemporary Pingwu County was not occupied by the Yarlung dynasty during the 7th century, resulting in a linguistic identity more akin to that of the Di tribe.[4]
Geography and climate
editPingwu is a mountainous county located along the upper reaches of the Fujiang river, in the far northwest of the Sichuan Basin. 94% of the county's area is above 1,000 m elevation.[5][better source needed] The average yearly temperature is 14.7 °C (58.5 °F).[3][6]
| Climate data for Pingwu, elevation 893 m (2,930 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
24.7 (76.5) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
20.5 (69.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.3 (75.7) |
23.6 (74.5) |
19.7 (67.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.1 (68.2) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
7.6 (45.7) |
2.4 (36.3) |
11.5 (52.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.6 (0.14) |
7.0 (0.28) |
21.4 (0.84) |
53.1 (2.09) |
87.2 (3.43) |
92.8 (3.65) |
178.2 (7.02) |
178.5 (7.03) |
105.9 (4.17) |
55.1 (2.17) |
13.7 (0.54) |
2.5 (0.10) |
799 (31.46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.2 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 13.5 | 16.3 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 15.9 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 142.3 |
| Average snowy days | 4.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 66 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 70 | 72 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 95.4 | 78.4 | 99.6 | 133.7 | 146.6 | 123.8 | 137.3 | 138.8 | 80.4 | 73.3 | 87.4 | 99.4 | 1,294.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 30 | 25 | 27 | 34 | 34 | 29 | 32 | 34 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 29 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
Economy
editPingwu is a large production base of Shiitake and wood ear mushroom, with an output of 1.1 million kg in 2009.[9]
Administrative divisions
edit
Pingwu County has six towns, two townships, and twelve ethnic townships.[10]
- Towns
- Townships
- Gaocun Township (高村乡)
- Bazi Township (坝子乡)
- Ethnic townships
- Suojiang Qiang Ethnic Township (锁江羌族乡)
- Tucheng Tibetan Ethnic Township (土城藏族乡)
- Jiubu Qiang Ethnic Township (旧堡羌族乡)
- Kuoda Tibetan Ethnic Township (阔达藏族乡)
- Huangyangguan Tibetan Ethnic Township (黄羊关藏族乡)
- Huya Tibetan Ethnic Township (虎牙藏族乡, ཧོས་ཡའ་བོད་རིགས་གྲོང་ཚོ་)
- Si'er Tibetan Ethnic Township (泗耳藏族乡)
- Baima Tibetan Ethnic Township (白马藏族乡)
- Muzuo Tibetan Ethnic Township (木座藏族乡)
- Mupi Tibetan Ethnic Township (木皮藏族乡, མུ་ཕིས་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།)
- Doukou Qiang Ethnic Township (豆叩羌族乡)
- Pingtong Qiang Ethnic Township (平通羌族乡)
Demographics
editLanguages
editPingwu County is one of three counties in Sichuan where the Baima language is spoken.[11]
Attractions
editPingwu county is the center of the biggest remaining giant panda habitat in China, i.e. the Minshan Mountains. Close to the Baima Ethnic Township, for example, the national panda reserve "Wanglang" is located. The WWF has conducted an Integrated Community Development Project in the Baima township to reduce direct and indirect poaching threats to the panda population. Bao'en Temple, a Buddhist monastery dating back to the 15th century, is located in Pingwu County.
Fauna
editThere are two species of Megophryidae frogs endemic to Pingwu County, namely Scutiger pingwuensis and Oreolalax chuanbeiensis.
Notable residents
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "绵阳市第七次全国人口普查公报（第一号）——全市人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Mianyang. 2021-05-28.
- ^ (in Chinese) Geography of Pingwu County Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine, Official website of Pingwu County Government, visited on May 14, 2008.
- ^ a b c d 网易 (2021-03-30). "四川省一县级市，人口仅18万，建县历史超1700年！". www.163.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ a b c Chirkova, Ekaterina (2005). "Words for 'one' in Baima" (PDF). Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale. 34: 69–99. doi:10.1163/19606028-90000135. S2CID 170844236. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-08-22. Retrieved 2021-08-22 – via HAL (open archive).
- ^ 网易 (2021-03-30). "四川省一县级市，人口仅18万，建县历史超1700年！". www.163.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ "走进平武 - 平武县文广旅局". zww.zypingwu.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ 中国农村科技 (in Chinese). 中国农村科技杂志社. 2009.
- ^ 2020年统计用区划代码 [2020 Statistical Division Codes] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ "Baima". endangeredlanguages.com. Endangered Languages Project. Retrieved 2021-02-17.