Barkam (town)

Barkam (, འབར་ཁམས་གྲོང་རྡལ།, 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 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 in December and January to 16.4 °C in July, while the annual mean is 8.75 °C. Nearly two-thirds of the annual precipitation of 784 mm 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-change annually.

Administrative divisions
The town of Barkam administers the following 3 residential communities and 11 administrative villages :


 * Majiang Community
 * Meigu Community
 * Dasa Community
 * Adi Village
 * Chabei Village
 * Muye Village
 * E'erya Village
 * Mola Village
 * Yingboluo Village
 * Benzhen Village
 * Dengjia Village
 * Nazu Village
 * Xisuo Village
 * Chami Village

Demographics
As of the 2010 Chinese Census, before it absorbed the now-defunct town of, 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.