Maqên County

Maqên County
玛沁县 · རྨ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།
County
Peak Amne Machin, the highest peak of the mountain range of the same name
Maqên
Location of the county seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 34°32′N 99°48′E / 34.533°N 99.800°E / 34.533; 99.800Coordinates: 34°32′N 99°48′E / 34.533°N 99.800°E / 34.533; 99.800
Country People's Republic of China
Province Qinghai
Prefecture Golog
Elevation 3,700 m (12,140 ft)
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard)

Maqên County (simplified Chinese: 玛沁县; traditional Chinese: 瑪沁縣; pinyin: Mǎqìn Xiàn; Tibetan: རྨ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།, Wylie: rma chen rdzong, ZYPY: Maqên Zong ) is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Administrative divisions

Maqên is divided into 2 towns and 6 townships:

  • Dawu Town (大武镇)
  • Lajia Town (拉加镇)
  • Dawu Township (大武乡)
  • Dongqinggou Township (东倾沟乡)
  • Xueshan Township (雪山乡)
  • Xiadawu Township (下大武乡)
  • Youyun Township (优云乡)
  • Dangluo Township (当洛乡)

Climate

Maqên County has a alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc)

Climate data for Maqên County
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 10.1
(50.2)
12.8
(55)
17.8
(64)
21.9
(71.4)
22.5
(72.5)
24.5
(76.1)
26.3
(79.3)
25.1
(77.2)
25.2
(77.4)
21.5
(70.7)
12.8
(55)
10.9
(51.6)
26.3
(79.3)
Average high °C (°F) −0.5
(31.1)
1.6
(34.9)
5.4
(41.7)
9.5
(49.1)
12.6
(54.7)
14.8
(58.6)
17.0
(62.6)
17.0
(62.6)
14.1
(57.4)
9.1
(48.4)
4.1
(39.4)
0.7
(33.3)
8.8
(47.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −11.9
(10.6)
−8.8
(16.2)
−4.0
(24.8)
0.9
(33.6)
5.0
(41)
8.2
(46.8)
10.2
(50.4)
9.5
(49.1)
6.4
(43.5)
0.9
(33.6)
−6.3
(20.7)
−11.1
(12)
−0.1
(31.9)
Average low °C (°F) −21.4
(−6.5)
−17.7
(0.1)
−11.6
(11.1)
−6.2
(20.8)
−1.3
(29.7)
2.7
(36.9)
4.6
(40.3)
3.6
(38.5)
1.1
(34)
−4.5
(23.9)
−13.8
(7.2)
−20.2
(−4.4)
−7.1
(19.3)
Record low °C (°F) −33.1
(−27.6)
−31.9
(−25.4)
−29.1
(−20.4)
−20.0
(−4)
−12.8
(9)
−6.0
(21.2)
−4.0
(24.8)
−5.5
(22.1)
−7.5
(18.5)
−17.8
(0)
−26.6
(−15.9)
−33.1
(−27.6)
−33.1
(−27.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.8
(0.11)
4.3
(0.169)
8.2
(0.323)
19.4
(0.764)
55.3
(2.177)
99.4
(3.913)
115.1
(4.531)
92.5
(3.642)
79.5
(3.13)
32.1
(1.264)
3.5
(0.138)
1.6
(0.063)
513.7
(20.224)
Source: China Meteorological Administration,[1]

See also

References

  1. 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集(1981-2010年) (in Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved January 1, 2011.


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