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|name = Gangca County
|name = Gangca County
|native_name = རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང <br> 刚察县
|native_name = རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང <br> 刚察县
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code_type = [[Postal code of China|Postal code]]
|postal_code = 812300
|area_code = 0970
|settlement_type = [[County (People's Republic of China)|County]]
|settlement_type = [[County (People's Republic of China)|County]]
|image_skyline =
|image_skyline =
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|map_caption = Location of the county
|map_caption = Location of the county
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[People's Republic of China|China]]
|subdivision_name = [[People's Republic of China]]
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the People's Republic of China|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Qinghai]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Qinghai]]
|subdivision_type2 = Prefecture
|subdivision_type2 = [[Autonomous prefecture]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture|Haibei]]
|subdivision_type3 = Township-level divisions
|area_total_km2 =
|subdivision_name3 = 2 towns<br>3 townships
|population =
|seat_type = County seat
|population_as_of =
|seat = [[Shaliuhe]] (沙柳河镇)
|area_total_km2 = 9575.91
|population_total = 41883
|population_as_of = 2007
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_density_km2 = auto
|pushpin_map = China Qinghai
|latNS =
|pushpin_label = Gangca
|latd =
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Qinghai
|latm =
|coordinates_region = CN-63
|coordinates_display = inline,title
|latNS = N
|latd = 37
|latm = 19
|lats =
|lats =
|longEW =
|longEW = E
|longd =
|longd = 100
|longm =
|longm = 09
|longs =
|longs =
|elevation_m = 3309
|elevation_ft =
|elevation_m =
|timezone = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]
|timezone = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]
|utc_offset = +8
|utc_offset = +8
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}}
}}


'''Gangca County''' ([[Tibetan script]]: རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང; {{zh|s=刚察县}}) is a county of [[Qinghai|Qinghai Province]], [[China]]. It is under the administration of [[Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]] .
'''Gangca County''' ([[Tibetan script]]: རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང; {{zh|s=刚察县}}) is a county of northeastern [[Qinghai|Qinghai Province]], China, on the northern shore of [[Qinghai Lake]]. It is under the administration of [[Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]].


==Geography and climate==
{{County-level divisions of Qinghai}}
Due to its elevation of around {{convert|3300|m}}, Gangca County has a [[monsoon]]-influenced, alpine [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dwc''), with long and at times bitterly cold winters and short, cool summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|-13.5|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|10.9|°C|1}} in July, and the annual mean is {{convert|-0.32|°C|1}}. Over 80% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September, with barely any in the winter months.


{{Weather box
{{coord|37.5878|N|100.004|E|source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title}}
|location = Gangca County (1971−2000)
|metric first = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan high C = -5.3
|Feb high C = -2.1
|Mar high C = 2.9
|Apr high C = 8.1
|May high C = 12.0
|Jun high C = 14.4
|Jul high C = 16.7
|Aug high C = 16.6
|Sep high C = 12.6
|Oct high C = 7.8
|Nov high C = 1.9
|Dec high C = -2.6

|Jan low C = -19.8
|Feb low C = -16.9
|Mar low C = -11.3
|Apr low C = -5.3
|May low C = -0.4
|Jun low C = 3.2
|Jul low C = 5.7
|Aug low C = 5.1
|Sep low C = 1.3
|Oct low C = -4.8
|Nov low C = -12.3
|Dec low C = -17.2

|Jan precipitation mm = .9
|Feb precipitation mm = 2.0
|Mar precipitation mm = 5.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 11.2
|May precipitation mm = 35.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 74.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 86.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 91.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 54.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 15.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 2.5
|Dec precipitation mm = .7

|Jan humidity = 46
|Feb humidity = 43
|Mar humidity = 45
|Apr humidity = 47
|May humidity = 56
|Jun humidity = 64
|Jul humidity = 68
|Aug humidity = 68
|Sep humidity = 69
|Oct humidity = 57
|Nov humidity = 45
|Dec humidity = 44
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 2.0
|Feb precipitation days = 3.0
|Mar precipitation days = 5.0
|Apr precipitation days = 6.2
|May precipitation days = 11.4
|Jun precipitation days = 17.6
|Jul precipitation days = 18.7
|Aug precipitation days = 17.1
|Sep precipitation days = 14.6
|Oct precipitation days = 6.4
|Nov precipitation days = 1.7
|Dec precipitation days = 1.3
|year precipitation days=105.0
|Jan sun = 243.8
|Feb sun = 231.1
|Mar sun = 257.0
|Apr sun = 266.3
|May sun = 269.0
|Jun sun = 243.7
|Jul sun = 255.1
|Aug sun = 260.4
|Sep sun = 231.4
|Oct sun = 259.8
|Nov sun = 251.8
|Dec sun = 242.7
|source 1 = [http://cdc.cma.gov.cn/shuju/search1.jsp?dsid=SURF_CLI_CHN_MUL_MMON_19712000_CES&tpcat=SURF&type=table&pageid=3 China Meteorological Administration]
}}

==Transport==
*[[China National Highway 315]]

==External links==
{{County-level divisions of Qinghai}}


[[Category:County-level divisions of Qinghai]]
[[Category:County-level divisions of Qinghai]]

Revision as of 03:43, 17 January 2013

Gangca County
རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང
刚察县
County
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHaibei
Township-level divisions2 towns
3 townships
County seatShaliuhe (沙柳河镇)
Area
 • Total9,575.91 km2 (3,697.28 sq mi)
Elevation
3,309 m (10,856 ft)
Population
 (2007)
 • Total41,883
 • Density4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
812300
Area code0970
Gangca County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese刚察县
Traditional Chinese剛察縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāngchá Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྐང་ཚ་རྫོང
Transcriptions
Wylierkang tsha rdzong
Tibetan PinyinGangca Zong

Gangca County (Tibetan script: རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང; Chinese: 刚察县) is a county of northeastern Qinghai Province, China, on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake. It is under the administration of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Geography and climate

Due to its elevation of around 3,300 metres (10,800 ft), Gangca County has a monsoon-influenced, alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), with long and at times bitterly cold winters and short, cool summers. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) in January to 10.9 °C (51.6 °F) in July, and the annual mean is −0.32 °C (31.4 °F). Over 80% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September, with barely any in the winter months.

Climate data for Gangca County (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −5.3
(22.5) 		−2.1
(28.2) 		2.9
(37.2) 		8.1
(46.6) 		12.0
(53.6) 		14.4
(57.9) 		16.7
(62.1) 		16.6
(61.9) 		12.6
(54.7) 		7.8
(46.0) 		1.9
(35.4) 		−2.6
(27.3) 		6.9
(44.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −19.8
(−3.6) 		−16.9
(1.6) 		−11.3
(11.7) 		−5.3
(22.5) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		3.2
(37.8) 		5.7
(42.3) 		5.1
(41.2) 		1.3
(34.3) 		−4.8
(23.4) 		−12.3
(9.9) 		−17.2
(1.0) 		−6.1
(21.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) .9
(0.04) 		2.0
(0.08) 		5.9
(0.23) 		11.2
(0.44) 		35.0
(1.38) 		74.4
(2.93) 		86.1
(3.39) 		91.0
(3.58) 		54.3
(2.14) 		15.5
(0.61) 		2.5
(0.10) 		.7
(0.03) 		379.5
(14.95)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.0 3.0 5.0 6.2 11.4 17.6 18.7 17.1 14.6 6.4 1.7 1.3 105.0
Average relative humidity (%) 46 43 45 47 56 64 68 68 69 57 45 44 54
Mean monthly sunshine hours 243.8 231.1 257.0 266.3 269.0 243.7 255.1 260.4 231.4 259.8 251.8 242.7 3,012.1
Source: China Meteorological Administration

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