• Source: Barkam (town)

Barkam (simplified Chinese: 马尔康镇; traditional Chinese: 馬爾康鎮; pinyin: Mǎ'ěrkāng Zhèn, Standard Tibetan: འབར་ཁམས་གྲོང་རྡལ།, romanized: ʼbar khams grong rdal, Qiang: Bbadh kangw seqea) is a town in and the seat of the county-level city of Barkam, in the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in the northwest of Sichuan province, China.




Toponymy


Barkam comes from the Tibetan "place of strong fire" and, by extension, "place of prosperity".




History


On December 18, 2019, the Department of Civil Affairs of Sichuan Province approved the merger of the now-defunct town of Zhuokeji into the town of Barkam.




Climate


Due to its elevation, Barkam lies in the transition between a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb) and humid continental climate (Köppen Dwb), with strong monsoonal influences; winters are frosty and summers warm with frequent rain. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −0.5 °C (31.1 °F) in December and January to 16.4 °C (61.5 °F) in July, while the annual mean is 8.75 °C (47.7 °F). Nearly two-thirds of the annual precipitation of 784 mm (30.9 in) occurs from June to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 36% in June to 65% in December, the town receives 2,133 hours of bright sunshine annually. Diurnal temperature variation is large, averaging 16.0 °C (28.8 °F) annually.




Administrative divisions


The town of Barkam administers the following 3 residential communities (Chinese: 社区; pinyin: Shè Qū) and 11 administrative villages (Chinese: 行政村; pinyin: Xíngzhèng Cūn):

Majiang Community (Chinese: 马江社区)
Meigu Community (Chinese: 美谷社区)
Dasa Community (Chinese: 达萨社区)
Adi Village (Chinese: 阿底村)
Chabei Village (Chinese: 查北村)
Muye Village (Chinese: 牧业村)
E'erya Village (Chinese: 俄尔雅村)
Mola Village (Chinese: 莫拉村)
Yingboluo Village (Chinese: 英波洛村)
Benzhen Village (Chinese: 本真村)
Dengjia Village (Chinese: 邓家村)
Nazu Village (Chinese: 纳足村)
Xisuo Village (Chinese: 西索村)
Chami Village (Chinese: 查米村)




Demographics


As of the 2010 Chinese Census, before it absorbed the now-defunct town of Zhuokeji, Barkam had a population of 29,535. The combined population of Barkam and Zhuokeji totaled 30,547. Barkam had a population of 25,337 as of the 2000 Chinese Census.




References

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