# Dianjiang County

Dianjiang County (simplified Chinese: 垫江县; traditional Chinese: 墊江縣; pinyin: Diànjiāng Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of Chongqing Municipality, China, bordering Sichuan province to the northwest. As of 2015, it has two subdistricts, two townships, and 22 towns under its administration.

## History

Dianjiang County was developed in the time of the Western Wei Emperor Gong Di in 555 CE. Before the Chongqing area became a municipality, Dianjiang belonged to other regions. From October 1, 1949, to March 14, 1997, it belonged to Dazhu, Fuling prefecture.

## Administrative divisions

Dianjiang has two subdistricts, two townships, five regional center towns and 17 general towns.
Subdistricts :
| Subdistricts | Chinese |
| Guiyang Subdistrict | 桂阳街道 |
| Guixi Subdistrict | 桂溪街道 |
Townships :
| Townships | Chinese |
| Dashi Township | 大石乡 |
| Shaping Township | 沙坪乡 |
Regional center towns :
| Towns | Chinese | Towns | Chinese | Towns | Chinese |
| Chengxi Town | 澄溪镇 | Gao'an Town | 高安镇 | Gaofeng Town | 高峰镇 |
| Pingshan Town | 坪山镇 | Zhoujia Town | 周嘉镇 |
General towns :
| Towns | Chinese | Towns | Chinese | Towns | Chinese | Towns | Chinese |
| Xinmin Town | 新民镇 | Shaping Town | 沙坪镇 | Pushun Town | 普顺镇 | Yongping Town | 永平镇 |
| Yong'an Town | 永安镇 | Wudong Town | 五洞镇 | Taiping Town | 太平镇 | Sanxi Town | 三溪镇 |
| Yantai Town | 砚台镇 | Heyou Town | 鹤游镇 | Caohui Town | 曹回镇 | Peixing Town | 裴兴镇 |
| Changlong Town | 长龙镇 | Gangjia Town | 杠家镇 | Huangsha Town | 黄沙镇 |
| Wangjia Town | 汪家镇 | Baojia Town | 包家镇 | Baijia Town | 白家镇 |

## Climate

Climate data for Dianjiang, elevation 416 m (1,365 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) | 17.9 (64.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 32.4 (90.3) | 35.1 (95.2) | 36.2 (97.2) | 37.3 (99.1) | 39.5 (103.1) | 42.1 (107.8) | 40.5 (104.9) | 34.3 (93.7) | 27.0 (80.6) | 17.8 (64.0) | 42.1 (107.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.0 (53.6) | 16.9 (62.4) | 22.5 (72.5) | 25.9 (78.6) | 28.7 (83.7) | 32.5 (90.5) | 32.9 (91.2) | 27.7 (81.9) | 21.4 (70.5) | 16.3 (61.3) | 10.3 (50.5) | 21.4 (70.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) | 8.7 (47.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 17.7 (63.9) | 21.3 (70.3) | 24.3 (75.7) | 27.7 (81.9) | 27.6 (81.7) | 23.3 (73.9) | 17.8 (64.0) | 13.1 (55.6) | 7.8 (46.0) | 17.4 (63.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | 9.8 (49.6) | 14.3 (57.7) | 18.0 (64.4) | 21.2 (70.2) | 24.0 (75.2) | 23.7 (74.7) | 20.3 (68.5) | 15.5 (59.9) | 10.9 (51.6) | 6.0 (42.8) | 14.5 (58.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) | −1.3 (29.7) | −0.4 (31.3) | 4.8 (40.6) | 9.5 (49.1) | 14.0 (57.2) | 17.4 (63.3) | 17.7 (63.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 0.7 (33.3) | −3.1 (26.4) | −3.1 (26.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20.6 (0.81) | 22.4 (0.88) | 55.6 (2.19) | 107.8 (4.24) | 173.5 (6.83) | 165.4 (6.51) | 152.4 (6.00) | 151.2 (5.95) | 128.7 (5.07) | 116.8 (4.60) | 62.4 (2.46) | 23.3 (0.92) | 1,180.1 (46.46) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.4 | 9.3 | 12.1 | 14.4 | 16.3 | 15.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 15.7 | 11.7 | 10.3 | 151.2 |
| Average snowy days | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 83 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 81 | 76 | 72 | 78 | 84 | 84 | 85 | 80 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 30.5 | 39.6 | 81.0 | 115.9 | 117.2 | 116.2 | 188.3 | 195.6 | 118.9 | 69.7 | 54.9 | 28.3 | 1,156.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 9 | 12 | 22 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 44 | 48 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 25 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||

## Economics

Based on statistics from October 2015, in the first three quarters, Dianjiang County achieved a GDP of 16.63 billion yuan (an increase of 11.4 percent, and faster than the growth in the previous six months by 0.4 percentage points). The contributions to the GDP were composed of the primary sector producing 2.17 billion yuan (an increase of 4.5%); the secondary sector producing 8.78 billion yuan (an increase of 12.6%); and the tertiary sector producing 5.68 billion yuan (an increase of 12.2%).

## Transportation

The area is served by Dianjiang railway station on the Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway.