Xinghai County (Chinese: 兴海县; Tibetan: བྲག་དཀར་རྫོང་།) is a county under the jurisdiction of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in the east-central part of Qinghai Province, China.
Xinghai County
兴海县 · བྲག་དཀར་རྫོང་། | |
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.png) Xinghai County (red) within Hainan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai | |
  Xinghai Location of the seat in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates (Xinghai government): 35°35′22″N 99°59′22″E / 35.5894°N 99.9894°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture-level city | Hainan |
| County seat | Zigortang |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,158 km2 (5,080 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 75,833 |
| • Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 813300 |
| Area code | 0974 |
| Website | www |
| Xinghai County | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 兴海县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 興海縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | བྲག་དཀར་རྫོང་། or ཞིན་ཧེ་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Xinghai has an area of 13,158 km2 (5,080 sq mi), and a 2001 population of 60,000.
Administrative divisions
editXinghai is made up of 3 towns, and 4 townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | ||||||
| Zigortang Town (Ziketan) |
子科滩镇 | Zǐkētān Zhèn | རྩི་གོར་ཐང་གྲོང་བརྡལ། | rtsi gor thang grong brdal | 632524100 | |
| Hoika Town (Heka) |
河卡镇 | Hékǎ Zhèn | ཧོལ་ཁ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | hol kha grong rdal | 632524101 | |
| Qu'ngoin Town (Qushi'an) |
曲什安镇 | Qǔshí'ān Zhèn | ཆུ་སྔོན་གྲོང་བརྡལ། | chu sngon grong brdal | 632524102 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Qukoi Township (Tsigorthang,[2] Wenquan) |
温泉乡 | Wēnquán Xiāng | ཆུ་ཁོལ་ཞང་། | chu khol zhang | 632524200 | |
| Lungsang Township (Longzang, Longcang) |
龙藏乡 | Lóngzàng Xiāng | ལུང་བཟང་ཞང་། | lung bzang zhang | 632524201 | |
| Zhongtü Township (Zhongtie) |
中铁乡 | Zhōngtiě Xiāng | འབྲོང་མཐུལ་ཞང་། | 'brong mthul zhang | 632524202 | |
| Tangnag Township (Tangnaihai) |
唐乃亥乡 | Tángnǎihài Xiāng | ཐང་ནག་ཞང་། | thang nag zhang | 632524203 | |
Climate
edit| Climate data for Xinghai, elevation 3,323 m (10,902 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
20.1 (68.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
29.9 (85.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
19.6 (67.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
2.9 (37.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
14.6 (58.3) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
19.2 (66.6) |
15.5 (59.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
5.3 (41.5) |
0.7 (33.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.9 (12.4) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
3.7 (38.7) |
7.6 (45.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
12.4 (54.3) |
8.4 (47.1) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
1.9 (35.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.4 (−2.9) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
0.6 (33.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
6.9 (44.4) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.5 (−24.7) |
−30.9 (−23.6) |
−24.1 (−11.4) |
−18.1 (−0.6) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−26.6 (−15.9) |
−28.7 (−19.7) |
−31.5 (−24.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.5 (0.06) |
2.2 (0.09) |
5.8 (0.23) |
15.0 (0.59) |
48.2 (1.90) |
77.0 (3.03) |
92.3 (3.63) |
77.6 (3.06) |
54.3 (2.14) |
14.7 (0.58) |
1.6 (0.06) |
1.0 (0.04) |
391.2 (15.41) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.0 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 12.8 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 16.3 | 13.7 | 6.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 101.1 |
| Average snowy days | 3.1 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 33.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 38 | 35 | 36 | 41 | 54 | 65 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 58 | 42 | 37 | 51 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 229.6 | 211.0 | 235.9 | 239.6 | 227.7 | 197.8 | 209.4 | 216.6 | 188.8 | 227.4 | 239.9 | 237.4 | 2,661.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 73 | 68 | 63 | 61 | 52 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 51 | 66 | 79 | 79 | 62 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "海南州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——县级常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Hainan Prefecture. 2021-06-25.
- ^ ""They Say We Should Be Grateful": Mass Rehousing and Relocation Programs in Tibetan Areas of China" (PDF). Human Rights Watch. June 2013. Retrieved June 28, 2013.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- "兴海县—青海省—中国—行政区划网站". xzqh.org. Retrieved November 26, 2021.