Genhe
Genhe 根河市 • ᢉᢉᠠᠠᠭᠣᠤᠯᠬᠣᠲᠠ | |
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County-level city | |
Location of Genhe in Hulunbuir City | |
Genhe Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia | |
Coordinates: 50°47′N 121°31′E / 50.783°N 121.517°ECoordinates: 50°47′N 121°31′E / 50.783°N 121.517°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Region | Inner Mongolia |
Prefecture-level city | Hulunbuir |
Municipal seat | Hexi Subdistrict (河西街道) |
Area | |
• Total | 19,659 km2 (7,590 sq mi) |
Elevation | 714 m (2,343 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 110,400 |
• Density | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 022300 |
Area code(s) | 0470 |
Genhe (Gegengol) (Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (Гэгээнгол хот) Gegen Gôûl Hôt; Chinese: 根河; pinyin: Gēnhé), formerly Ergun Left Banner or Ergun Zuoqi (simplified Chinese: 额尔古纳左旗; traditional Chinese: 額爾古納左旗; pinyin: É'ěrgǔnà Zuǒ Qí), is a city in the far northeast of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is administratively a county-level city of Hulunbuir City.
Geography and climate
Genhe has a monsoon-influenced subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), and is the coldest officially designated city in China, with an average annual temperature at the town of Tulihe, 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the south-southeast, of −4.4 °C (24.1 °F). Winters are long, severely cold, and very dry in terms of total precipitation, while summers are short and warm. At Tulihe, the monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −28.7 °C (−19.7 °F) in January to 19.6 °C (67.3 °F) in July.
Climate data for Tulihe, Inner Mongolia (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | −19.6 (−3.3) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−3.9 (25) |
7.2 (45) |
16.5 (61.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
4.2 (39.5) |
Average low °C (°F) | −36 (−33) |
−33.3 (−27.9) |
−23.9 (−11) |
−8.9 (16) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−32.6 (−26.7) |
−12.4 (9.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.3 (0.169) |
4.0 (0.157) |
6.3 (0.248) |
19.7 (0.776) |
28.2 (1.11) |
82.1 (3.232) |
127.8 (5.031) |
108.8 (4.283) |
48.6 (1.913) |
19.4 (0.764) |
8.3 (0.327) |
6.4 (0.252) |
463.9 (18.262) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.4 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 11.8 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 136.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 52 | 72 | 81 | 84 | 75 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 72 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 163.2 | 199.2 | 258.4 | 240.9 | 270.7 | 247.5 | 221.7 | 212.5 | 194.2 | 199.2 | 155.4 | 133.7 | 2,496.6 |
Percent possible sunshine | 62 | 71 | 71 | 59 | 57 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 51 | 60 | 58 | 54 | 56 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration |
References
- www.xzqh.org (in Chinese)