Danba County
丹巴县 · རོང་བྲག་རྫོང་།
Rongzhag
The county seat
The county seat
Location of Danba County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan.
Location of Danba County (red) within Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan.
Danba is located in Sichuan
Danba
Danba
Location of the seat in Sichuan
Danba is located in China
Danba
Danba
Danba (China)
Coordinates: 30°57′N 101°51′E / 30.950°N 101.850°E / 30.950; 101.850
CountryChina
ProvinceSichuan
Autonomous prefectureGarzê
Township-level divisions1 town
14 townships
County seatChaggo
Area
 • Total
4,656 km2 (1,798 sq mi)
Elevation
1,799 m (5,902 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
49,872
 • Density10.71/km2 (27.74/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Danba County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese丹巴县
Traditional Chinese丹巴縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDānbā Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanརོང་བྲག་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylierong brag rdzong
Tibetan PinyinRongzhag Zong

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

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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.[2][3]

The People's Armed Police Danba County Company provides paramilitary law enforcement and disaster relief in the county.[4]

Firefighting and rescue duties in the county are provided by the Danba County Fire and Rescue Battalion.[5]

Administrative divisions

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Rongzhag County is divided into 9 towns and 2 townships:

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Chaggo Town
(Zhaggo, Zhanggu)
章谷镇 Zhānggǔ Zhèn བྲག་འགོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། brag 'go grong rdal 513323100
Trateng Town
(Chagdêng, Pagdêng, Badi)
巴底镇 Bādǐ Zhèn བྲག་སྟེང་གྲོང་རྡལ། brag steng grong rdal 513323101
Geshitsa Town
(Gêxêcha, Geshizha, Geshiza)
革什扎镇 Géshízhā Zhèn དགེ་བཤེས་གྲྭ་གྲོང་རྡལ། dge bshes grwa grong rdal 513323102
Donggu Town 东谷镇 Dōnggǔ Zhèn སྟོང་དགུ་གྲོང་རྡལ། stong dgu grong rdal 513323103
Mudori Town
(Mo'erduo)
墨尔多山镇 Mò'ěrduōshān Zhèn དམུ་རྡོ་རི་གྲོང་རྡལ། dmu rdo ri grong rdal 513323104
Gya'gyü Town
(Jiaju)
甲居镇 Jiǎjū Zhèn བརྒྱ་བརྒྱུད་གྲོང་རྡལ། brgya brgyud grong rdal 513323105
Guzong Town
(Gêxê, Gezong)
格宗镇 Gézōng Zhèn དགུ་རྫོང་གྲོང་རྡལ། dgu rdzong grong rdal 513323106
Golung Town
(Banshanmen)
半扇门镇 Bànshànmén Zhèn སྒོ་ལུང་གྲོང་རྡལ། sgo lung grong rdal 513323107
Dando Town
(Dandong)
丹东镇 Dāndōng Zhèn མདའ་མདོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། mda' mdo grong rdal 513323108
Townships
Bawang Township 巴旺乡 Bāwàng Xiāng དཔའ་དབང་ཤང་། dpa' dbang shang 513323201
Sogbo Township
(Suopo)
梭坡乡 Suōpō Xiāng སོག་པོ་ཤང་། sog po shang 513323209
Qugsug Township
(Taipingqiao)
太平桥乡 Tàipíngqiáo Xiāng ཕྱུག་ཟུག་ཤང་། phyug zug shang 513323213

National Priority Protected Sites

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Danba County is home to two National Priority Protected Sites:

Climate

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Climate data for Danba, elevation 1,950 m (6,400 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
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) 1.1 1.8 6.4 11.9 18.1 22.2 18.6 15.5 17.5 13.5 3.9 0.8 131.3
Average snowy days 1.7 1.3 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.5 4.2
Average relative humidity (%) 43 40 41 46 53 65 66 61 65 62 54 48 54
Mean monthly sunshine hours 154.5 164.2 196.2 203.8 204.3 165.9 172.2 179.0 165.5 174.0 158.3 139.1 2,077
Percentage possible sunshine 48 52 52 52 48 39 40 44 45 50 50 44 47
Source: China Meteorological Administration[8][9]All-time Oct high[10]

References

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  1. ^ "甘孜州第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)" (in Chinese). Government of Garzê Prefecture. 2021-06-04. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  2. ^ "丹巴公安开展"温旅警务",护航文旅经济高质量发展-四川经济网-经济门户". www.scjjrb.com. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  3. ^ "甘孜州全州办事地址及咨询电话" [Garzê Prefecture government facilities]. Sichuan Provincial Government. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  4. ^ "丹巴县政务服务网 服务要闻 县级领导开展"八一"走访慰问活动". Sichuan Provincial Government. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  5. ^ "丹巴县消防救援大队多措并举做好消防安全工作_涉藏动态_中国西藏网". tibet.cn. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  6. ^ "国务院关于核定并公布第六批全国重点文物保护单位的通知". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  7. ^ "第七批全国重点文物保护单位名单" [7th Batch of National Priority Protected Sites]. Chinese government. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020.
  8. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Sina Visitor System" 【气温——13日以后有变化】今天南北气温依然有巨大差异。南方多地出现高温,江西湖南重庆四川站点包揽高温榜前十。重庆綦江、巴南、四川开江、丹巴打破10月最高气温纪录,重庆天城和涪陵追平昨天刚创的10月最高纪录。但在华北,阴雨+冷空气,天气冷得罕见。今天石家庄最高气温只有10℃,打破当地10月上旬最高气温的最低纪录。而且今天均温不到10℃,迎来立秋后首个冬日。此外兰州12.8℃、银川11.5℃、西宁9.5℃、济南14.9℃、郑州14℃均创立秋后新低。未来2天,西北地区东部和华北黄淮,因为冷空气+阴雨,气温继续偏低。13日降雨减少后,气温偏低的情况会明显好转,北京天津石家庄西安兰州银川,13日最高气温都将重返20℃以上。济南郑州13日还有阴雨,14日雨停后也会回到20℃以上。南方未来2天的晴热高温依然不少。杭州南昌均报出未来3天连续高温。福州报出连续4天。长沙重庆明天也可能有高温。12-13日因为有冷空气从偏西区域南下,重庆和长沙高温可能就此结束。而偏东的江西浙江福建部分地区,还残余一些高温。从形势预报看,13-14日有弱冷空气渗透南下,1015百帕线可以推进到武夷山-南岭。而在贝加尔湖附近,后期有横槽发展,导致大量冷空气在西伯利亚一带堆积。在10月中旬后期,冷空气可能大举南下,南方的暑热将被一扫而空。但是横槽何时能转竖,也就是开闸放水,这个在中期预报时段上,难以给出准确的判定。因此冷空气南下的具体时间,可能早一些也可以晚一些。但这股强冷空气没跑,关注临近报的修订。总之13-15日气温是量变,18-21日可能是质变。 (in Simplified Chinese). weatherman_信欣 on Weibo. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
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