Jiulong County
- For the river in southern Fujian, see Jiulong River. Jiulong is also the Mandarin-based transcription of the Chinese name of Kowloon.
| Jiulong County བརྒྱད་ཟིལ། 九龙县 | |
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| County | |
.png) Jiulong County (red) in Garzê Prefecture (yellow) and Sichuan | |
  Jiulong Location of the seat in Sichuan | |
| Coordinates: 28°54′N 101°41′E / 28.900°N 101.683°ECoordinates: 28°54′N 101°41′E / 28.900°N 101.683°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Garzê |
Gyézil County (Tibetan: བརྒྱད་ཟིལ། / བརྒྱད་ཟུར། Wylie: brgyad zil / brgyad zur), also Jiulong County (simplified Chinese: 九龙县; traditional Chinese: 九龍縣); is a county located in southeastern Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. With a population of 52 thousand, mainly Tibetans, Hans, and Yis, it contains 1 town and 17 townships.
Geography
Due to its elevation, Jiulong County has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), with strong monsoonal influences; winters are frosty and summers warm with frequent rain. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from 1.1 °C (34.0 °F) in December and January to 15.1 °C (59.2 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 8.93 °C (48.1 °F). Over 75% of the annual precipitation of 786 mm (30.9 in) occurs from June thru September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 32% in July to 58% in January, the county seat receives 1,983 hours of bright sunshine annually. Diurnal temperature variation is large, averaging 14.4 °C (25.9 °F) annually.
| Climate data for Jiulong County (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 11.6 (52.9) |
13.3 (55.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
18.9 (66) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
17.3 (63.1) |
14.3 (57.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
17.3 (63.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
10.1 (50.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
2.9 (37.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.6 (0.102) |
3.9 (0.154) |
15.0 (0.591) |
43.5 (1.713) |
89.8 (3.535) |
189.5 (7.461) |
195.9 (7.713) |
139.1 (5.476) |
154.5 (6.083) |
56.0 (2.205) |
10.8 (0.425) |
2.1 (0.083) |
902.7 (35.541) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.2 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 13.8 | 18.4 | 24.5 | 26.1 | 24.1 | 23.2 | 13.9 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 165.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 43 | 42 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 61.6 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 186.8 | 173.3 | 189.0 | 181.7 | 183.8 | 144.2 | 138.0 | 140.0 | 129.4 | 161.7 | 174.1 | 181.4 | 1,983.4 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 58 | 55 | 51 | 47 | 44 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 46 | 54 | 57 | 45 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
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