Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County
Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 大通回族土族自治县; traditional Chinese: 大通回族土族自治縣; pinyin: Dàtōng Huízú Tǔzú Zìzhìxiàn;Tibetan: གསེར་ཁོག་རྫོང་།; Xiao'erjing: دَاتْو خُوِذُو تُوذُو ذِجِشِیًا) is an autonomous county of Hui and Tu peoples in Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai.
"Mount Laoye" as seen from Datong
Datong County
大通县 • གསེར་ཁོག་རྫོང་། | |
|---|---|
| 大通回族土族自治县 · دَاتْو خُوِذُو تُوذُو ذِجِشِیًا Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County | |
 Looking west over Datong town from Mt Laoye | |
.png.webp) Location of the county (red) in Xining City (yellow) and Qinghai | |
Location of Datong | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture-level city | Xining |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,159.7 km2 (1,220.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,442 m (8,012 ft) |
| Population | 435,937 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Since 2009, a folk music "Flower Festival" has been held annually in late July on "Mount Laoye" (2928 m) in Datong town.[1]
Climate
| Climate data for Datong (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 0.8 (33.4) |
4.7 (40.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
15.0 (59.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.2 (36.0) |
13.0 (55.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −16.2 (2.8) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
0.1 (32.2) |
4.2 (39.6) |
7.2 (45.0) |
9.7 (49.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−1.5 (29.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.4 (0.09) |
3.0 (0.12) |
16.7 (0.66) |
32.2 (1.27) |
67.6 (2.66) |
81.7 (3.22) |
99.3 (3.91) |
101.5 (4.00) |
81.7 (3.22) |
28.8 (1.13) |
4.9 (0.19) |
1.9 (0.07) |
521.7 (20.54) |
| Source: National Meteorological Center of CMA[2] | |||||||||||||
Transportation
- China National Highway 227
- Xining–Datong Expressway (Ningda Expressway)
- Xining–Datong Railway (Ningda Railway, 宁大铁路), a 39-km long dead-end railway branch constructed in 1966-1968 and primarily serving a local coal mine. In the past, passenger service operated on the line, but ceased in 2008.
- Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway (Datong West Station; 36.966168°N 101.672054°E), opened in December 2014. Very limited service.
References
- Qinghai to hold 3rd flower festival China Internet Information Center June 5, 2012
- 1981年-2010年（大通）月平均气温和降水 (in Simplified Chinese). National Meteorological Center of CMA. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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