Tongjiang County
| Tongjiang County 通江县 | |
|---|---|
| County | |
.png) Location of Tongjiang County (pink) and Bazhong City (yellow) within Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 31°54′40″N 107°14′38″E / 31.911°N 107.244°ECoordinates: 31°54′40″N 107°14′38″E / 31.911°N 107.244°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture-level city | Bazhong |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website |
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Tongjiang County (Chinese: 通江县; pinyin: Tōngjiāng Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Shaanxi Province to the north. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Bazhong, with an area of 4,125 km2 (1,593 sq mi), and a population of approximately 730,000.
Geography
Tongjiang is located south of the eastern section of the Micang Mountain ranges. The area has features geographical features known as Karst topography. Tongjiang has resources of natural gas, marble, dolomite, gypsum and uranium.
Transportation
Provincial Highways 201 and 302 are main roads through Tongjiang County.
History and Tourism
The Sichuan-Shaanxi border area of Tongjiang was the headquarters location for the formation of the Fourth Red Army, which became part of the People's Liberation Army. A cliff with a carved slogan "赤化全川", which translates roughly to "Communization All of Sichuan" or "Redden All of Sichuan", is a well-known landmark in the area.
Tongjiang is also known for its local specialty of cooked Fungus, and is known colloquially as the “中国银耳之乡” or "Hometown of Chinese White Fungus", and is listed for national protection as the originating region of this product; much like Champagne is in France.
Climate
| Climate data for Tongjiang (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 20.2 (68.4) |
23.9 (75) |
31.0 (87.8) |
34.6 (94.3) |
37.7 (99.9) |
37.8 (100) |
38.9 (102) |
40.2 (104.4) |
38.4 (101.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
19.5 (67.1) |
40.2 (104.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 9.8 (49.6) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
22.5 (72.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.4 (84.9) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
27.1 (80.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
21.5 (70.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.8 (53.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.5 (79.7) |
22.2 (72) |
17.1 (62.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
6.9 (44.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
4.9 (40.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
12.8 (55) |
17.2 (63) |
20.6 (69.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
9.2 (48.6) |
4.3 (39.7) |
13.3 (55.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
14.5 (58.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
16.1 (61) |
12.1 (53.8) |
0.9 (33.6) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.6 (0.26) |
14.9 (0.587) |
31.0 (1.22) |
70.0 (2.756) |
134.8 (5.307) |
178.1 (7.012) |
285.3 (11.232) |
171.1 (6.736) |
166.3 (6.547) |
86.3 (3.398) |
39.1 (1.539) |
10.3 (0.406) |
1,193.8 (47) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 80 | 79 | 77 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center | |||||||||||||