Siguniangshan
Town in Sichuan, China
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Siguniangshan Town (Chinese: 四姑娘山镇; pinyin: Sìgūniángshān zhèn; Tibetan: སྐུ་བླ་རི་བོ་གྲོང་རྡལ།, Wylie: sku bla ri bo grong rdal), formerly Rilong Town (Chinese: 日隆镇), is a town in Xiaojin County in the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan, China. It is a main base for visiting Mount Siguniang. Rilong lies at roughly 3,160 meters above sea level, and the population are mainly Tibetan.
Siguniangshan Town | |
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| Tibetan transcription(s) | |
| • Tibetan | སྐུ་བླ་རི་བོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། |
| • Wylie transliteration | sku bla ri bo grong rdal |
| • Tibetan pinyin | Gularipo Chongdai |
| Chinese transcription(s) | |
| • Simplified | 四姑娘山镇 |
| • Traditional | 四姑娘山鎮 |
| • Pinyin | Sìgū niángshān Zhèn |
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  Siguniangshan Town Location in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 30°59′33″N 102°49′49″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Prefecture | Ngawa |
| County | Xiaojin |
| Area | |
• Total | 480 km2 (190 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,160 m (10,370 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,893 |
| • Density | 6.0/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 624207 |
| Area code | 0837 |
Climate
| Climate data for Siguniangshan (1991–2018 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
6.7 (44.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.7 (42.3) |
2.4 (36.3) |
9.4 (49.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
6.9 (44.4) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.5 (52.7) |
11.1 (52.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
3.5 (38.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.4 (9.7) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
6.2 (43.2) |
5.3 (41.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.4 (0.13) |
6.2 (0.24) |
22.4 (0.88) |
52.4 (2.06) |
100.9 (3.97) |
140.1 (5.52) |
115.6 (4.55) |
97.8 (3.85) |
113.3 (4.46) |
57.4 (2.26) |
11.4 (0.45) |
2.0 (0.08) |
722.9 (28.45) |
| Source: Baidu[1] | |||||||||||||
