Jintang County

Jintang County^[a] is a county of the City of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, China.

Jintang County 金堂县 Kin-tang
County
Location of Jintang County in Sichuan
Jintang Location of the seat in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°51′04″N 104°24′58″E[1]
Country	China
Province	Sichuan
Sub-provincial city	Chengdu
County seat	Zhaozhen Subdistrict
Area
• Total	1,156 km2 (446 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Total	800,371
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	6104XX
Area code	028
Chengdu district map	Subdivisions of Chengdu, Sichuan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Core districts 1 Jinjiang 2 Qingyang 3 Jinniu 4 Wuhou 5 Chenghua Suburbs 6 Longquanyi 7 Qingbaijiang 8 Xindu 9 Wenjiang 11 Shuangliu 12 Pidu 15 Xinjin Satellite cities 16 Dujiangyan 17 Pengzhou 18 Qionglai 19 Chongzhou 20 Jianyang Rural 10 Jintang Co. 13 Dayi Co. 14 Pujiang Co.
Website	jintang.gov.cn

Jintang County
Traditional Chinese	金堂縣
Simplified Chinese	金堂县
Literal meaning	Golden Hall County
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīntáng Xiàn

Geography

Jintang is bordered by the prefecture-level cities of Deyang to the north and east and Jianyang to the south.

History

In the 19th century, Jintang County was regarded as producing the best tobacco in Sichuan after nearby Pidu District.^[4]

Administrative divisions

Jintang is subdivided in 6 subdistricts and 10 towns:^[5][6]

Subdistricts

• Zhaodao subdistrict (赵镇街道)
• Guancang subdistrict (官仓街道)
• Qixian subdistrict (栖贤街道)
• Gaoban subdistrict (高板街道)
• Baiguo subdistrict (白果街道)
• Huaikou subdistrict (淮口街道)

Towns

• Wufeng (五凤镇)
• Sanxi (三溪镇)
• Fuxing (福兴镇)
• Jinlong (金龙镇)
• Zhaojia (赵家镇)
• Zhugao (竹篙镇)
• Zhuanlong (转龙镇)
• Tuqiao (土桥镇)
• Yunhe (云合镇)
• Youxin (又新镇)

Climate

Climate data for Jintang, elevation 494 m (1,621 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	20.1 (68.2)	23.6 (74.5)	32.8 (91.0)	33.4 (92.1)	37.1 (98.8)	36.7 (98.1)	38.1 (100.6)	37.9 (100.2)	36.8 (98.2)	30.6 (87.1)	26.1 (79.0)	19.0 (66.2)	38.1 (100.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	10.0 (50.0)	13.0 (55.4)	17.9 (64.2)	23.8 (74.8)	27.6 (81.7)	29.5 (85.1)	31.1 (88.0)	31.0 (87.8)	26.5 (79.7)	21.6 (70.9)	16.9 (62.4)	11.4 (52.5)	21.7 (71.0)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.3 (43.3)	8.9 (48.0)	13.2 (55.8)	18.4 (65.1)	22.4 (72.3)	24.8 (76.6)	26.5 (79.7)	26.1 (79.0)	22.3 (72.1)	17.7 (63.9)	12.9 (55.2)	7.7 (45.9)	17.3 (63.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	3.6 (38.5)	6.0 (42.8)	9.8 (49.6)	14.4 (57.9)	18.4 (65.1)	21.3 (70.3)	23.1 (73.6)	22.7 (72.9)	19.6 (67.3)	15.3 (59.5)	10.4 (50.7)	5.2 (41.4)	14.2 (57.5)
Record low °C (°F)	−4.4 (24.1)	−2.1 (28.2)	−1.6 (29.1)	4.6 (40.3)	7.2 (45.0)	14.2 (57.6)	17.1 (62.8)	16.3 (61.3)	12.9 (55.2)	3.2 (37.8)	0.6 (33.1)	−4.3 (24.3)	−4.4 (24.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	6.8 (0.27)	8.7 (0.34)	18.7 (0.74)	40.6 (1.60)	65.2 (2.57)	111.9 (4.41)	185.4 (7.30)	180.5 (7.11)	114.3 (4.50)	39.4 (1.55)	9.9 (0.39)	4.7 (0.19)	786.1 (30.97)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	6.5	6.1	8.5	10.4	12.6	14.6	15.3	13.1	13.7	12.2	5.8	4.3	123.1
Average snowy days	1.0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.3	1.7
Average relative humidity (%)	79	75	72	70	68	75	81	81	82	82	80	79	77
Mean monthly sunshine hours	58.9	66.4	105.1	135	143	125.1	143.3	157.2	94.3	70.8	66.2	54.8	1,220.1
Percentage possible sunshine	18	21	28	35	34	30	33	39	26	20	21	17	27
Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8]

Notes

1. Also formerly romanized as Kin-tang Heen.^[3]