Dujiangyan City

Dujiangyan
都江堰市
County-level city

Dujiangyan

Location in Sichuan

Coordinates: 31°00′04″N 103°37′05″E / 31.001°N 103.618°E / 31.001; 103.618Coordinates: 31°00′04″N 103°37′05″E / 31.001°N 103.618°E / 31.001; 103.618[1]
Country People's Republic of China
Province Sichuan
Sub-provincial city Chengdu
Municipal seat Guankou (灌口街道)
Area
 • Total 1,208 km2 (466 sq mi)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 657,996
 • Density 545/km2 (1,410/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 6118XX
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Core districts
1 Jinjiang
2 Qingyang
3 Jinniu
4 Wuhou
5 Chenghua
Suburbs
6 Longquanyi
7 Qingbaijiang
8 Xindu
9 Wenjiang
11 Shuangliu Co.
12 Pi Co.
Satellite cities
16 Dujiangyan
17 Pengzhou
18 Qionglai
19 Chongzhou
Rural
10 Jintang Co.
13 Dayi Co.
14 Pujiang Co.
15 Xinjin Co.
Website www.djy.gov.cn
Dujiangyan
Chinese 都江堰
Postal Tukiangyen
Kwanhsien (until 1988)
Guanxian
Traditional Chinese 灌縣
Simplified Chinese 灌县
Postal Kwanhsien

Dujiangyan (Chinese: 都江堰; pinyin: Dūjiāngyàn) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China, bordered by the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to the north and west. It has an area of 1,208 km2 (466 sq mi) and a population of 600,000 in 2003.[3]

Dujiangyan was formerly a county named Guanxian (灌县; Guan County), in Chinese literally "irrigation" (guan) county (xian). The county became a county-level city in 1988, and was renamed after the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, which is located in the northwestern area of the city, famous for still providing neighboring major city Chengdu with water even though it was built around 250 BC.

History

Around 250 BC during the Warring States period, Li Bing, a governor of Shu (present Sichuan Province) in the Qin state with his son directed the construction of Dujiangyan. Li Bing gave up the old way of dam building, which was simply trying to catch the floodwaters. Instead he employed a new method by channeling and dividing the water to harness the Min River. He accomplished this by separating the project into two main parts: the headwork and the irrigation system. The project effectively put flood waters under control. For over two thousand years the whole system has functioned perfectly, serving not only for flood prevention but also as an immense source for irrigation and a means to facilitate shipping and wood drifting. It has contributed greatly to the richness of Chengdu Plain with its reputation as "The Land of Abundance".

On 12 May 2008, the city was the closest to the epicenter of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and the city suffered severe damage. Xinjian Primary School, Juyuan Middle School, and Xiang'e Middle School collapsed in the earthquake; Beijie Primary School did not collapse.[4][5][6]


Administrative divisions

Dujiangyan has 17 towns and 2 townships:

Transport


Climate

Climate data for Dujiangyan (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 8.2
(46.8)		 9.8
(49.6)		 14.0
(57.2)		 19.9
(67.8)		 24.2
(75.6)		 26.4
(79.5)		 28.3
(82.9)		 28.4
(83.1)		 23.9
(75)		 19.1
(66.4)		 14.5
(58.1)		 9.8
(49.6)		 18.9
(66.0)
Average low °C (°F) 2.3
(36.1)		 4.0
(39.2)		 7.3
(45.1)		 11.9
(53.4)		 16.5
(61.7)		 19.6
(67.3)		 21.2
(70.2)		 21.2
(70.2)		 17.8
(64)		 13.6
(56.5)		 8.8
(47.8)		 3.8
(38.8)		 12.3
(54.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 16.4
(0.646)		 23.1
(0.909)		 41.0
(1.614)		 66.2
(2.606)		 99.9
(3.933)		 136.4
(5.37)		 257.6
(10.142)		 254.5
(10.02)		 178.1
(7.012)		 67.1
(2.642)		 33.2
(1.307)		 11.9
(0.469)		 1,185.4
(46.67)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 10.4 13.1 15.3 16.2 17.5 17.2 18.7 17.2 20.3 18.5 12.4 8.6 185.4
Source: Weather China

Sister cities

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Google (2014-07-02). "Dujiangyan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  2. ↑ 我市2010年第六次全国人口普查数据公报 (in Chinese). Government of Chengdu. 2011-05-13. Retrieved 2011-08-04.
  3. ↑ (Chinese) Profile of Dujiangyan City.
  4. ↑ "Chinese Are Left to Ask Why Schools Crumbled." The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "Provincial authority outlines school collapse reasons." China.org.
  6. ↑ "Overwhelmed by death, Sichuan disinfects." Reuters India.

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