Chindu County
Chindu County (Tibetan: ཁྲི་འདུ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: khri 'du rdzong, ZYPY: Chindu Zong) or Chenduo County (simplified Chinese: 称多县; traditional Chinese: 稱多縣; pinyin: Chènduō Xiàn) is a county of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the east. It is under the administration of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Chindu County
称多县 · ཁྲི་འདུ་རྫོང་། | |
|---|---|
.png.webp) Chindu/Chenduo County (light red) within Yushu Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai | |
  Chindu Location of the seat in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates: 33.37°N 97.11°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,300 km2 (5,900 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 63,000 |
| • Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 815100 |
Administrative divisions
Chindu County (Chenduo County) is divided to 5 towns and 2 townships.[1]
- Towns
|
|
- Townships
- Gaduo Township (尕朵乡)
- Labu Township (拉布乡)
Climate
Chindu County has a alpine climate (Köppen climate classification ETH). The average annual temperature in Chindu is −4.3 °C (24.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 519.8 mm (20.46 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 7.0 °C (44.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around −16.6 °C (2.1 °F).
| Climate data for Chindu (Qingshuihe Town) (1981−2010 normals, extremes 1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.4 (48.9) |
7.3 (45.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.3 (66.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
20.8 (69.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
16.8 (62.2) |
8.9 (48.0) |
6.5 (43.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −5.9 (21.4) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.3 (52.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
4.2 (39.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −16.6 (2.1) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
0.9 (33.6) |
4.7 (40.5) |
7.0 (44.6) |
6.1 (43.0) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−16.2 (2.8) |
−4.3 (24.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −25.8 (−14.4) |
−22.5 (−8.5) |
−16.9 (1.6) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
1.7 (35.1) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
−25.2 (−13.4) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −41.2 (−42.2) |
−38.8 (−37.8) |
−36.6 (−33.9) |
−24.3 (−11.7) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
−29.5 (−21.1) |
−35.8 (−32.4) |
−41.9 (−43.4) |
−41.9 (−43.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.2 (0.24) |
6.6 (0.26) |
12.0 (0.47) |
20.5 (0.81) |
54.7 (2.15) |
104.5 (4.11) |
105.7 (4.16) |
91.4 (3.60) |
77.0 (3.03) |
32.1 (1.26) |
5.3 (0.21) |
3.8 (0.15) |
519.8 (20.45) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 58 | 55 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 77 | 72 | 64 | 59 | 66 |
| Source: China Meteorological Data Service Center[2] | |||||||||||||
References
- "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- 中国地面气候标准值月值(1981-2010) (in Chinese (China)). China Meteorological Data Service Center. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.