Zogong County (Tibetan: མཛོ་སྒང་རྫོང་; Chinese: 左贡县) is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China,

Zogang County
左贡县མཛོ་སྒང་རྫོང་།
Location of Zogang County within Tibet Autonomous Region
Location of Zogang County within Tibet Autonomous Region
Zogang County is located in Tibet
Zogang County
Zogang County
Location in Tibet Autonomous Region
Zogang County is located in China
Zogang County
Zogang County
Zogang County (China)
Coordinates: 29°40′26″N 97°50′24″E / 29.67389°N 97.84000°E / 29.67389; 97.84000
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
County seatUyak
Area
 • Total
11,839.8 km2 (4,571.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
46,608
 • Density3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitezuogong.changdu.gov.cn
Zogang County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese左贡县
Traditional Chinese左貢縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZuǒgòng Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanམཛོ་སྒང་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliemdzo sgang rdzong
Tibetan PinyinZogang Zong

Administrative divisions

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Zogong County is divided in 3 towns and 7 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Town
Uyak Town 旺达镇 Wàngdá zhèn དབུ་ཡག་གྲོང་རྡལ། dbu yag grong rdal
Temtok Town 田妥镇 Tiántuǒ zhèn ཐེམ་ཐོག་གྲོང་རྡལ། them thog grong rdal
Oktang Town 扎玉镇 Zhāyù zhèn འོག་ཐང་གྲོང་རྡལ། 'og thang grong rdal
Townships
Dobbar Township 东坝乡 Dōngbà xiāng སྟོབས་འབར་ཤང་། stobs 'bar shang
Rigo Township 仁果乡 Rénguǒ xiāng རི་མགོ་ཤང་། ri mgo shang
Rabchen Township 绕金乡 Ràojīn xiāng རབ་ཆེན་ཤང་། rab chen shang
Pütog Township 碧土乡 Bìtǔ xiāng བུལ་ཐོག་ཤང་། bul thog shang
Maiyü Township 美玉乡 Měiyù xiāng སྨད་ཡུལ་ཤང་། smad yul shang
Zhonglingka Township
(Zhong Lingka)
中林卡乡 Zhōnglínkǎ xiāng ཀྲུང་གླིང་ཁ་ཤང་། krung gling kha shang
Zhalingkha Township 下林卡乡 Xiàlínkǎ xiāng ཞྭ་གླིང་ཁ་ཤང་། zhwa gling kha shang

Climate

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Climate data for Zogang, elevation 3,780 m (12,400 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 17.2
(63.0)
15.9
(60.6)
21.6
(70.9)
22.2
(72.0)
25.0
(77.0)
26.3
(79.3)
27.9
(82.2)
25.4
(77.7)
24.7
(76.5)
22.0
(71.6)
17.4
(63.3)
15.3
(59.5)
27.9
(82.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 4.7
(40.5)
6.6
(43.9)
9.3
(48.7)
12.7
(54.9)
17.0
(62.6)
20.6
(69.1)
20.2
(68.4)
19.8
(67.6)
18.5
(65.3)
14.6
(58.3)
9.7
(49.5)
5.9
(42.6)
13.3
(56.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) −4.6
(23.7)
−2.2
(28.0)
1.2
(34.2)
4.8
(40.6)
9.2
(48.6)
13.3
(55.9)
13.3
(55.9)
12.6
(54.7)
11.0
(51.8)
6.2
(43.2)
0.2
(32.4)
−4.0
(24.8)
5.1
(41.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −12.1
(10.2)
−9.5
(14.9)
−5.2
(22.6)
−1.1
(30.0)
3.1
(37.6)
7.8
(46.0)
8.7
(47.7)
8.1
(46.6)
5.9
(42.6)
0.3
(32.5)
−6.6
(20.1)
−11.3
(11.7)
−1.0
(30.2)
Record low °C (°F) −23.0
(−9.4)
−19.1
(−2.4)
−17.8
(0.0)
−11.4
(11.5)
−8.0
(17.6)
−1.8
(28.8)
0.6
(33.1)
1.2
(34.2)
−1.7
(28.9)
−10.3
(13.5)
−16.7
(1.9)
−22.7
(−8.9)
−23.0
(−9.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.8
(0.03)
2.4
(0.09)
9.5
(0.37)
17.9
(0.70)
29.9
(1.18)
62.2
(2.45)
139.3
(5.48)
115.5
(4.55)
61.3
(2.41)
14.8
(0.58)
4.4
(0.17)
1.4
(0.06)
459.4
(18.07)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.7 2.5 5.5 8.0 8.4 13.1 20.8 20.5 12.6 4.9 2.6 1.6 102.2
Average snowy days 3.9 5.7 10.3 11.2 3.4 0.2 0.1 0 0.5 3.9 4.5 2.7 46.4
Average relative humidity (%) 44 44 46 50 51 56 68 70 67 56 50 47 54
Mean monthly sunshine hours 184.0 181.6 211.9 204.4 215.1 189.8 156.2 158.3 166.6 189.3 180.7 180.4 2,218.3
Percent possible sunshine 57 57 57 53 51 45 37 39 46 54 57 57 51
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

Transportation

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References

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  1. ^ "昌都市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Chamdo. 2021-06-22.
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.