Rongzhag (Tibetan: རོང་བྲག, ZWPY: Rongzhag Zong), also Danba (Chinese: 丹巴; pinyin: Dānbā) is a county of the eastern Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in western Sichuan Province, China. The county seat is the town of Chaggo.

Governance

Law enforcement in the county is provided by the Danba County Public Security Bureau. It contains one traffic police unit and a police post in Gya'gyü Town.

The People's Armed Police Danba County Company provides paramilitary law enforcement and disaster relief in the county.

Firefighting and rescue duties in the county are provided by the Danba County Fire and Rescue Battalion.

Administrative divisions

Rongzhag County is divided into 9 towns and 2 townships:

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylieAdministrative division code
Towns
Chaggo Town (Zhaggo, Zhanggu)章谷镇Zhānggǔ Zhènབྲག་འགོ་གྲོང་རྡལ།brag 'go grong rdal513323100
Trateng Town (Chagdêng, Pagdêng, Badi)巴底镇Bādǐ Zhènབྲག་སྟེང་གྲོང་རྡལ།brag steng grong rdal513323101
Geshitsa Town (Gêxêcha, Geshizha, Geshiza)革什扎镇Géshízhā Zhènདགེ་བཤེས་གྲྭ་གྲོང་རྡལ།dge bshes grwa grong rdal513323102
Donggu Town东谷镇Dōnggǔ Zhènསྟོང་དགུ་གྲོང་རྡལ།stong dgu grong rdal513323103
Mudori Town (Mo'erduo)墨尔多山镇Mò'ěrduōshān Zhènདམུ་རྡོ་རི་གྲོང་རྡལ།dmu rdo ri grong rdal513323104
Gya'gyü Town (Jiaju)甲居镇Jiǎjū Zhènབརྒྱ་བརྒྱུད་གྲོང་རྡལ།brgya brgyud grong rdal513323105
Guzong Town (Gêxê, Gezong)格宗镇Gézōng Zhènདགུ་རྫོང་གྲོང་རྡལ།dgu rdzong grong rdal513323106
Golung Town (Banshanmen)半扇门镇Bànshànmén Zhènསྒོ་ལུང་གྲོང་རྡལ།sgo lung grong rdal513323107
Dando Town (Dandong)丹东镇Dāndōng Zhènམདའ་མདོ་གྲོང་རྡལ།mda' mdo grong rdal513323108
Townships
Bawang Township巴旺乡Bāwàng Xiāngདཔའ་དབང་ཤང་།dpa' dbang shang513323201
Sogbo Township (Suopo)梭坡乡Suōpō Xiāngསོག་པོ་ཤང་།sog po shang513323209
Qugsug Township (Taipingqiao)太平桥乡Tàipíngqiáo Xiāngཕྱུག་ཟུག་ཤང་།phyug zug shang513323213

National Priority Protected Sites

Danba County is home to two National Priority Protected Sites:

  • Danba County ancient stone towers[zh], added in 2006 as part of the 6th Batch of National Priorty Protected Sites[zh]
  • Han'eyi neolithic relics and Han tombs[zh], added in 2013 as part of the 7th Batch of National Priority Protected Sites[zh]

Climate

Climate data for Danba, elevation 1,950 m (6,400 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)23.2 (73.8)28.8 (83.8)33.5 (92.3)36.5 (97.7)36.8 (98.2)37.2 (99.0)37.7 (99.9)39.0 (102.2)35.4 (95.7)32.2 (90.0)25.3 (77.5)19.2 (66.6)39.0 (102.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)11.5 (52.7)15.6 (60.1)20.2 (68.4)24.3 (75.7)26.5 (79.7)27.3 (81.1)29.1 (84.4)29.5 (85.1)25.8 (78.4)21.2 (70.2)17.0 (62.6)11.9 (53.4)21.7 (71.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)4.8 (40.6)8.2 (46.8)12.3 (54.1)16.1 (61.0)18.7 (65.7)20.2 (68.4)21.9 (71.4)22.2 (72.0)19.1 (66.4)14.8 (58.6)9.8 (49.6)5.3 (41.5)14.5 (58.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)−0.9 (30.4)2.2 (36.0)6.3 (43.3)9.9 (49.8)12.9 (55.2)15.3 (59.5)17.1 (62.8)17.2 (63.0)14.6 (58.3)10.3 (50.5)4.4 (39.9)−0.3 (31.5)9.1 (48.4)
Record low °C (°F)−7.0 (19.4)−5.2 (22.6)−3.4 (25.9)2.3 (36.1)4.7 (40.5)8.4 (47.1)10.8 (51.4)10.1 (50.2)7.3 (45.1)1.9 (35.4)−3.4 (25.9)−7.2 (19.0)−7.2 (19.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)0.8 (0.03)2.0 (0.08)14.5 (0.57)45.4 (1.79)86.8 (3.42)136.3 (5.37)106.5 (4.19)86.1 (3.39)103.4 (4.07)48.8 (1.92)6.6 (0.26)1.0 (0.04)638.2 (25.13)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)1.11.86.411.918.122.218.615.517.513.53.90.8131.3
Average snowy days1.71.30.600000000.10.54.2
Average relative humidity (%)43404146536566616562544854
Mean monthly sunshine hours154.5164.2196.2203.8204.3165.9172.2179.0165.5174.0158.3139.12,077
Percentage possible sunshine48525252483940444550504447
Source: China Meteorological Administration All-time Oct high

External links

Media related to Danba County at Wikimedia Commons