:Zitong County

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Zitong County

| native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|梓潼县}}}}}}

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| settlement_type = County

| image_skyline = Zitong-sichuan-china.jpg

| image_caption = Zitong Panoramic
{{Location dec|31.63211769254885|105.1589985519027|type:city_region:CN-51 }}

| image_map = Location of Zitong within Sichuan (China).png

| map_caption = Location of Zitong County (red) within Mianyang City (yellow) and Sichuan

| coordinates = {{coord|31.643|N|105.171|E|format=dms|type:adm3rd_region:CN-51_source:Gaode|display=it}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = China

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Sichuan

| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city

| subdivision_name2 = Mianyang

| seat_type = County seat

| seat =

| area_total_km2 = 1438

| population =

| population_as_of = 2018

| population_density_km2 = auto

| elevation_m =

| timezone = China Standard

| utc_offset = +8

| website =

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/sichuan/admin/mi%C3%A1ny%C3%A1ng_sh%C3%AC/510725__z%C4%ADt%C3%B3ng_xi%C3%A0n/|title = Zĭtóng Xiàn (County, China) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location}}

| population_total = 309000

}}

Zitong County ({{zh|s=梓潼县|p=Zǐtóng Xiàn}}) is a county in the northeast of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Mianyang.

It has an area of {{convert|1438|km2|abbr=on}}, and a population of {{formatnum:380000}} in 2002. Its seat is {{convert|172|km|abbr=on}} from Chengdu, and {{convert|49|km|abbr=on}} from Mianyang. It was made a county {{citation needed span|as early as B.C. 285, in Qin Dynasty|date=September 2018}}.

Famous people include: Sima Xiangru, Pu Fuzhou, Hai Deng, Li Youxing.

Administrative divisions

Zitong County comprises 15 towns and 1 township:{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/51/07/510725.html|script-title=zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：梓潼县| publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of China| language = zh-hans| access-date =}}

;towns:

Wenchang 文昌镇
Changqing 长卿镇
Xuzhou 许州镇
Liya 黎雅镇
Wolong 卧龙镇
Guanyi 观义镇
Manao 玛瑙镇
Shiniu 石牛镇
Ziqiang 自强镇
Renhe 仁和镇
Shuangban 双板镇
Jinlong 金龙镇
Wenxing 文兴镇
Yanwu 演武镇
Hongren 宏仁镇

;township:

Baoshi 宝石乡

Historical sites

Zitong has three historical sites listed in the official list of Chinese national historic sites.:"Denkmäler der Volksrepublik China (Sichuan)", German Wikipedia

Qiqushan temple (Qiqushan damiao, {{zh|c=七曲山大庙|labels=no}})
Liye tower (Liye que, {{zh|c=李业阙|labels=no}})
Wolongshan temple (Wolong shan Qianfo yan shiku, {{zh|c=卧龙山千佛岩石窟|labels=no}})

Aftermath of the 2008 Earthquake

Zitong, like neighbouring counties, was located near the epicentre of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[http://global-atlas.jrc.it/maps/PUBLIC/china%20EQ_1605.pdf "China Earthquake Events, May 2008"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722040337/http://global-atlas.jrc.it/maps/PUBLIC/china%20EQ_1605.pdf |date=July 22, 2011 }}, GLOBAL ATLAS on Crisis Areas by the European Commission Infrastructures in Zitong was partly destroyed, and drinking water was not available.

Also the Qiqushan Temple, who is since 1996 on the official list of Chinese national historical sites was partly destroyed by the earthquake.[http://china-adventure.de/mianyang/temple-earthquacke.html "Earthquake partly destroyed the Qiqushan-Temple"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103155906/http://china-adventure.de/mianyang/temple-earthquacke.html |date=November 3, 2008 }}

Climate

{{Weather box

|width = auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Zitong, elevation {{convert|517|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present)

|Jan record high C = 20.2

|Feb record high C = 23.1

|Mar record high C = 32.0

|Apr record high C = 34.5

|May record high C = 36.7

|Jun record high C = 38.1

|Jul record high C = 39.2

|Aug record high C = 37.9

|Sep record high C = 36.7

|Oct record high C = 31.5

|Nov record high C = 26.4

|Dec record high C = 20.3

|Jan record low C = -6.8

|Feb record low C = -3.1

|Mar record low C = -0.3

|Apr record low C = 3.1

|May record low C = 8.8

|Jun record low C = 12.6

|Jul record low C = 18.0

|Aug record low C = 16.0

|Sep record low C = 10.7

|Oct record low C = 4.5

|Nov record low C = -0.4

|Dec record low C = -6.0

|Jan high C = 9.8

|Feb high C = 12.6

|Mar high C = 17.5

|Apr high C = 23.4

|May high C = 27.4

|Jun high C = 29.6

|Jul high C = 31.3

|Aug high C = 31.1

|Sep high C = 26.2

|Oct high C = 21.2

|Nov high C = 16.4

|Dec high C = 11.0

|Jan mean C = 5.6

|Feb mean C = 8.2

|Mar mean C = 12.5

|Apr mean C = 17.7

|May mean C = 21.7

|Jun mean C = 24.5

|Jul mean C = 26.3

|Aug mean C = 25.9

|Sep mean C = 21.8

|Oct mean C = 17.1

|Nov mean C = 12.2

|Dec mean C = 6.9

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = 2.4

|Feb low C = 5.0

|Mar low C = 8.7

|Apr low C = 13.2

|May low C = 17.3

|Jun low C = 20.7

|Jul low C = 22.7

|Aug low C = 22.3

|Sep low C = 18.8

|Oct low C = 14.4

|Nov low C = 9.2

|Dec low C = 4.0

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 6.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 8.9

|Mar precipitation mm = 19.2

|Apr precipitation mm = 41.1

|May precipitation mm = 81.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 118.1

|Jul precipitation mm = 224.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 151.3

|Sep precipitation mm = 131.6

|Oct precipitation mm = 44.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 12.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 4.8

|Jan humidity = 73

|Feb humidity = 71

|Mar humidity = 68

|Apr humidity = 68

|May humidity = 66

|Jun humidity = 74

|Jul humidity = 79

|Aug humidity = 79

|Sep humidity = 80

|Oct humidity = 79

|Nov humidity = 77

|Dec humidity = 74

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 5.6

|Feb precipitation days = 5.5

|Mar precipitation days = 8.1

|Apr precipitation days = 10.2

|May precipitation days = 12.2

|Jun precipitation days = 13.4

|Jul precipitation days = 14.5

|Aug precipitation days = 12.7

|Sep precipitation days = 13.6

|Oct precipitation days = 12.2

|Nov precipitation days = 6.1

|Dec precipitation days = 4.2

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 62.8

|Feb sun = 61.0

|Mar sun = 93.7

|Apr sun = 123.0

|May sun = 131.3

|Jun sun = 119.2

|Jul sun = 134.6

|Aug sun = 146.0

|Sep sun = 81.1

|Oct sun = 68.6

|Nov sun = 67.6

|Dec sun = 62.2

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 20

| Feb percentsun = 19

| Mar percentsun = 25

| Apr percentsun = 31

| May percentsun = 31

| Jun percentsun = 28

| Jul percentsun = 31

| Aug percentsun = 36

| Sep percentsun = 22

| Oct percentsun = 20

| Nov percentsun = 22

| Dec percentsun = 20

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 1.6

|Feb snow days = 0.6

|Mar snow days = 0.1

|Apr snow days = 0

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0

|Dec snow days = 0.5

|year snow days =

|source 1 = China Meteorological Administration{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=17 September 2023}}

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References

External links

[http://zitong.my.gov.cn Official website of Zitong County government]

Category:County-level divisions of Sichuan

Category:Mianyang