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Gangca County
刚察县 • རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང | |
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Coordinates: 37°19′N 100°09′E / 37.317°N 100.150°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai |
Autonomous prefecture | Haibei |
Township-level divisions |
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County seat | Shaliuhe |
Area | |
• Total | 9,575.91 km2 (3,697.28 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,309 m (10,856 ft) |
Population (2020)
[1] | |
• Total | 40,720 |
• Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Postal code | 812300 |
Area code | 0970 |
Website |
www |
Gangca County | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 刚察县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 剛察縣 | ||||||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||||||
Tibetan | རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང | ||||||||||
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Gangca County ( Tibetan: རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང; Chinese: 刚察县) is a county of northeastern Qinghai province, China, on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake. It is under the administration of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Gangca County is made up of 2 towns and 3 townships:
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
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Towns | ||||||
Shaliuhe Town (Omqu Town) |
沙柳河镇 | Shāliǔhé Zhèn | འོམ་ཆུ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | 'om chu grong rdal | 632224100 | |
Hairgi Town (Baigê Town, Ha'ergai Town) |
哈尔盖镇 | Hā'ěrgài Zhèn | དཔལ་དགེ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | dpal dge grong rdal | 632224101 | |
Townships | ||||||
Ih Ulan Township (Yugar'omlung Township, Yikewulan Township) |
伊克乌兰乡 | Yīkèwūlán Xiāng | གཡུ་དཀར་འོམ་ལུང་ཞང་། | g.yu dkar ʼom lung zhang | 632224200 | |
Qonj Township (Kyoinkyi Township, Quanji Township) |
泉吉乡 | Quánjí Xiāng | ཁྱོན་འཁྱིལ་ཞང་། | khyon 'khyil zhang | 632224201 | |
Jirmeng Township (Gyimoin Township, Ji'ermeng Township) |
吉尔孟乡 | Jí'ěrmèng Xiāng | སྐྱིད་སྨོན་ཞང་། | skyid smon zhang | 632224202 |
With an elevation of around 3,300 metres (10,800 ft), Gangca County has an alpine subarctic climate ( Köppen Dwc), with long, very cold, dry, and sunny winters, and short, rainy, mild summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from late September to mid May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, the average high is above freezing from March to November inclusive. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 55% of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 56% in June to 83% in November, the county seat receives 3,012 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) in January to 10.9 °C (51.6 °F) in July, while the annual mean is −0.32 °C (31.4 °F). Over 80% of the annual precipitation of 379 mm (14.9 in) is delivered from June to September.
Climate data for Gangca, elevation 3,302 m (10,833 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
0.4 (32.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.1 (−2.4) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
0.1 (32.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −30.4 (−22.7) |
−29.5 (−21.1) |
−23.3 (−9.9) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
−29.3 (−20.7) |
−30.4 (−22.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.06) |
2.3 (0.09) |
6.0 (0.24) |
13.1 (0.52) |
39.8 (1.57) |
74.7 (2.94) |
95.0 (3.74) |
105.0 (4.13) |
55.8 (2.20) |
13.4 (0.53) |
2.2 (0.09) |
0.6 (0.02) |
409.3 (16.13) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 11.6 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 14.3 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 104.3 |
Average snowy days | 3.7 | 3.7 | 6.9 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 48.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 46 | 43 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 44 | 54 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 238.4 | 230.3 | 259.2 | 256.6 | 256.5 | 227.1 | 240.3 | 238.3 | 218.3 | 255.7 | 247.4 | 240.7 | 2,908.8 |
Percent possible sunshine | 77 | 75 | 69 | 65 | 58 | 52 | 54 | 57 | 59 | 75 | 82 | 81 | 67 |
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration [2] [3] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather China [4] |
This article includes a
list of references,
related reading, or
external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
inline citations. (December 2021) |
Gangca County
刚察县 • རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 37°19′N 100°09′E / 37.317°N 100.150°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai |
Autonomous prefecture | Haibei |
Township-level divisions |
|
County seat | Shaliuhe |
Area | |
• Total | 9,575.91 km2 (3,697.28 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,309 m (10,856 ft) |
Population (2020)
[1] | |
• Total | 40,720 |
• Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( China Standard) |
Postal code | 812300 |
Area code | 0970 |
Website |
www |
Gangca County | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 刚察县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 剛察縣 | ||||||||||
| |||||||||||
Tibetan name | |||||||||||
Tibetan | རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང | ||||||||||
|
Gangca County ( Tibetan: རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང; Chinese: 刚察县) is a county of northeastern Qinghai province, China, on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake. It is under the administration of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Gangca County is made up of 2 towns and 3 townships:
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Towns | ||||||
Shaliuhe Town (Omqu Town) |
沙柳河镇 | Shāliǔhé Zhèn | འོམ་ཆུ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | 'om chu grong rdal | 632224100 | |
Hairgi Town (Baigê Town, Ha'ergai Town) |
哈尔盖镇 | Hā'ěrgài Zhèn | དཔལ་དགེ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | dpal dge grong rdal | 632224101 | |
Townships | ||||||
Ih Ulan Township (Yugar'omlung Township, Yikewulan Township) |
伊克乌兰乡 | Yīkèwūlán Xiāng | གཡུ་དཀར་འོམ་ལུང་ཞང་། | g.yu dkar ʼom lung zhang | 632224200 | |
Qonj Township (Kyoinkyi Township, Quanji Township) |
泉吉乡 | Quánjí Xiāng | ཁྱོན་འཁྱིལ་ཞང་། | khyon 'khyil zhang | 632224201 | |
Jirmeng Township (Gyimoin Township, Ji'ermeng Township) |
吉尔孟乡 | Jí'ěrmèng Xiāng | སྐྱིད་སྨོན་ཞང་། | skyid smon zhang | 632224202 |
With an elevation of around 3,300 metres (10,800 ft), Gangca County has an alpine subarctic climate ( Köppen Dwc), with long, very cold, dry, and sunny winters, and short, rainy, mild summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from late September to mid May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, the average high is above freezing from March to November inclusive. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 55% of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 56% in June to 83% in November, the county seat receives 3,012 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) in January to 10.9 °C (51.6 °F) in July, while the annual mean is −0.32 °C (31.4 °F). Over 80% of the annual precipitation of 379 mm (14.9 in) is delivered from June to September.
Climate data for Gangca, elevation 3,302 m (10,833 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 4.6 (40.3) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.2 (55.8) |
23.4 (74.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
17.9 (64.2) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
27.5 (81.5) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.5 (23.9) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.7 (38.7) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.1 (62.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
7.6 (45.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.8 (42.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
0.4 (32.7) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.1 (−2.4) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
0.1 (32.2) |
4.0 (39.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
Record low °C (°F) | −30.4 (−22.7) |
−29.5 (−21.1) |
−23.3 (−9.9) |
−15.4 (4.3) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
−29.3 (−20.7) |
−30.4 (−22.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.06) |
2.3 (0.09) |
6.0 (0.24) |
13.1 (0.52) |
39.8 (1.57) |
74.7 (2.94) |
95.0 (3.74) |
105.0 (4.13) |
55.8 (2.20) |
13.4 (0.53) |
2.2 (0.09) |
0.6 (0.02) |
409.3 (16.13) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 11.6 | 17.5 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 14.3 | 6.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 104.3 |
Average snowy days | 3.7 | 3.7 | 6.9 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 7.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 48.8 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 46 | 43 | 43 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 44 | 54 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 238.4 | 230.3 | 259.2 | 256.6 | 256.5 | 227.1 | 240.3 | 238.3 | 218.3 | 255.7 | 247.4 | 240.7 | 2,908.8 |
Percent possible sunshine | 77 | 75 | 69 | 65 | 58 | 52 | 54 | 57 | 59 | 75 | 82 | 81 | 67 |
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration [2] [3] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: Weather China [4] |