Lu County

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Lu County

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|泸县}}}}

| postal_code =

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| settlement_type = County

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

| map_caption = Location of Lu County (red) within Luzhou City (yellow) and Sichuan

| coordinates = {{coord|29.1515|N|105.3819|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-51_source:Gaode|format=dms|display=it}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = China

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Sichuan

| subdivision_type2 = Prefecture-level city

| subdivision_name2 = Luzhou

| seat_type = County seat

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| area_land_km2 =

| area_total_km2 = 1532

| area_water_km2 =

| population =

| population_as_of = 2018

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_total = 872000

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| timezone = China Standard

| utc_offset = +8

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| population_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/sichuan/admin/l%C3%BAzh%C5%8Du_sh%C3%AC/510521__l%C3%BA_xi%C3%A0n/|title = Lú Xiàn (County, China) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location}}

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Lu County or Luxian ({{zh|s={{linktext|泸|县}} |t=瀘縣 |p=Lú Xiàn}}) is a county in the southeast of Sichuan Province, China, bordering Chongqing Municipality to the northeast. It is the northernmost county-level division of Luzhou city.

History

Lu County has a history over 2100 years. The county, known anciently as Jiangyang ({{zh|labels=no |s=江阳 |t=江陽}}), was established in 135 BC during the Han Dynasty.[http://www.luxian.gov.cn/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=322]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Administrative divisions

Lu County comprises 1 subdistrict and 19 towns:{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2023/51/05/510521.html|script-title=zh:2023年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：泸县| publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of China| language = zh-hans| access-date =}}

;subdistrict:

Yuchan 玉蟾街道

;towns:

Fuji 福集镇
Jiaming 嘉明镇
Yusi 喻寺镇
Desheng 得胜镇
Niutan 牛滩镇
Zhaoya 兆雅镇
Xuantan 玄滩镇
Taifu 太伏镇
Yunlong 云龙镇
Shiqiao 石桥镇
Pilu 毗卢镇
Qifeng 奇峰镇
Chaohe 潮河镇
Yunjin 云锦镇
Lishi 立石镇
Baihe 百和镇
Tianxing 天兴镇
Fangdong 方洞镇
Haichao 海潮镇

Geography

Lu County is 105°10′50″{{spaced ndash}}105°45′30″E,28°54′40″{{spaced ndash}}29°20′00″N. This results in an east–west span of {{convert|56.23|km|abbr=on}} and north–south length of {{convert|46.8|km|abbr=on}}. The county has a total area of {{convert|1532|km2|abbr=on}}.

Population

As of 2006 the county had a population of 1,055,200.

Transport

China National Highway 321

Climate

{{Weather box|width=auto

|metric first=y

|single line=y

|collapsed = Y

|location = Luxian, elevation {{convert|322|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)

|Jan high C = 10.4

|Feb high C = 13.8

|Mar high C = 19.1

|Apr high C = 24.2

|May high C = 27.3

|Jun high C = 29.0

|Jul high C = 32.6

|Aug high C = 32.7

|Sep high C = 27.5

|Oct high C = 21.7

|Nov high C = 17.1

|Dec high C = 11.6

|Jan mean C = 7.6

|Feb mean C = 10.2

|Mar mean C = 14.6

|Apr mean C = 19.3

|May mean C = 22.6

|Jun mean C = 24.8

|Jul mean C = 27.7

|Aug mean C = 27.5

|Sep mean C = 23.5

|Oct mean C = 18.5

|Nov mean C = 14.0

|Dec mean C = 8.9

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = 5.7

|Feb low C = 7.7

|Mar low C = 11.5

|Apr low C = 15.8

|May low C = 19.1

|Jun low C = 21.9

|Jul low C = 24.2

|Aug low C = 24.0

|Sep low C = 20.9

|Oct low C = 16.5

|Nov low C = 12.0

|Dec low C = 7.2

|Jan record high C = 18.1 |Jan record low C = −1.6

|Feb record high C = 24.2 |Feb record low C = 0.1

|Mar record high C = 32.8 |Mar record low C = 1.8

|Apr record high C = 33.9 |Apr record low C = 7.1

|May record high C = 36.2 |May record low C = 11.2

|Jun record high C = 36.6 |Jun record low C = 15.5

|Jul record high C = 38.8 |Jul record low C = 18.8

|Aug record high C = 41.3 |Aug record low C = 18.5

|Sep record high C = 40.5 |Sep record low C = 14.6

|Oct record high C = 33.5 |Oct record low C = 7.9

|Nov record high C = 25.7 |Nov record low C = 2.8

|Dec record high C = 19.6 |Dec record low C = −1.3

|year high C= |year low C=

|year high F = |year low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 21.7

|Feb precipitation mm = 16.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 42.1

|Apr precipitation mm = 78.9

|May precipitation mm = 116.2

|Jun precipitation mm = 178.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 181.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 163.0

|Sep precipitation mm = 133.9

|Oct precipitation mm = 79.8

|Nov precipitation mm = 37.4

|Dec precipitation mm = 19.7

|Jan humidity = 86

|Feb humidity = 81

|Mar humidity = 77

|Apr humidity = 76

|May humidity = 75

|Jun humidity = 82

|Jul humidity = 79

|Aug humidity = 77

|Sep humidity = 83

|Oct humidity = 87

|Nov humidity = 86

|Dec humidity = 86

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 11.2

|Feb precipitation days = 8.4

|Mar precipitation days = 11.5

|Apr precipitation days = 14.0

|May precipitation days = 14.9

|Jun precipitation days = 17.5

|Jul precipitation days = 12.4

|Aug precipitation days = 12.0

|Sep precipitation days = 14.8

|Oct precipitation days = 17.6

|Nov precipitation days = 11.7

|Dec precipitation days = 10.9

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 33.3

|Feb sun = 54.5

|Mar sun = 102.8

|Apr sun = 128.0

|May sun = 126.3

|Jun sun = 103.4

|Jul sun = 181.5

|Aug sun = 178.5

|Sep sun = 97.2

|Oct sun = 54.1

|Nov sun = 48.6

|Dec sun = 32.0

|year sun =

| Jan percentsun = 10

| Feb percentsun = 17

| Mar percentsun = 27

| Apr percentsun = 33

| May percentsun = 30

| Jun percentsun = 25

| Jul percentsun = 43

| Aug percentsun = 44

| Sep percentsun = 27

| Oct percentsun = 15

| Nov percentsun = 15

| Dec percentsun = 10

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 0.2

|Feb snow days = 0

|Mar snow days = 0

|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

|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=29 July 2023}}

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References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070110191611/http://www.luxian.gov.cn/ Luxian Government website]

Category:County-level divisions of Sichuan

Category:Luzhou