Jiantang
Town in Yunnan, China
Jiantang 27°50′N 99°42′E / 27.833°N 99.700°E / 27.833; 99.700 | |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Yunnan |
| Prefecture | Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
| County | Shangri-La County |
| Elevation | 3,282 m (10,768 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (CST) |
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| Chinese | 建塘 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | རྒྱལ་ཐང། | ||||||
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Jiantang or Gyaitang (Gyälthang) is a town in northern Yunnan, seat of Shangri-La County and Dêqên Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Languages
Khams Tibetan and Southwestern Mandarin are the main languages spoken in the town. Selibu is a Mandarin–Tibetan mixed language spoken by approximately 900 ethnic Hui people in the town.[1]
Climate
Jiantang has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb) with little to no rainfall from November to April and moderate to heavy rainfall from May to October.
| Climate data for Jiantang | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) | 7.9 (46.2) | 10.7 (51.3) | 13.5 (56.3) | 17.1 (62.8) | 18.3 (64.9) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.1 (64.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 14.6 (58.3) | 11.2 (52.2) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.6 (56.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.3 (32.5) | 1.4 (34.5) | 4.2 (39.6) | 7.2 (45.0) | 11.1 (52.0) | 13.5 (56.3) | 14.1 (57.4) | 13.6 (56.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 8.9 (48.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | 1.4 (34.5) | 7.7 (45.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) | −5.1 (22.8) | −2.3 (27.9) | 1.0 (33.8) | 5.1 (41.2) | 8.7 (47.7) | 9.9 (49.8) | 9.2 (48.6) | 7.8 (46.0) | 3.3 (37.9) | −2.3 (27.9) | −5.7 (21.7) | 1.9 (35.4) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 5 (0.2) | 11 (0.4) | 22 (0.9) | 36 (1.4) | 59 (2.3) | 127 (5.0) | 194 (7.6) | 171 (6.7) | 102 (4.0) | 61 (2.4) | 13 (0.5) | 6 (0.2) | 807 (31.6) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[2] | |||||||||||||
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