Jainca County
Chentsa
尖扎县 · གཅན་ཚ་རྫོང་། | |
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.png) Jainca (Jianzha) County (light red) within Huangnan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai | |
| Coordinates: 35°56′18″N 102°02′00″E / 35.93833°N 102.03333°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Huangnan |
| County seat | Markhu Thang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,714 km2 (662 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,990 m (6,530 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 55,325 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 811200 |
| Area code | 0973 |
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Chentsa County or Jainzha County (Tibetan: གཅན་ཚ།, Wylie: gcan tsha; Chinese: 尖扎县; pinyin: Jiānzhā Xiàn) is a county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China, to Tibetans in the area known as Malho Prefecture, part of Amdo. There are six townships, three towns and a total of 79 administrative villages in Chentsa county. The county has an area of 1714 square kilometres and a population of ~50,000 (2001), 67% Tibetan. The county seat is the town of Markhu Thang (Tibetan: མར་ཁུ་ཐང་།, Wylie: mar khu thang; Chinese: 马克堂; pinyin: Mǎkètáng).
Climate
Jainca County has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) and it set the record high temperature of Qinghai[citation needed], at 40.3 °C (104.5 °F), on July 24, 2000.
| Climate data for Jainca County | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) |
18.2 (64.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
34.5 (94.1) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
40.3 (104.5) |
36.0 (96.8) |
31.9 (89.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
40.3 (104.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
12.1 (53.8) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
10.0 (50.0) |
4.2 (39.6) |
15.8 (60.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.7 (67.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
8.3 (47.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
4.0 (39.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
11.4 (52.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
2.4 (36.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.8 (−1.8) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
−13.7 (7.3) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
3.5 (38.3) |
5.6 (42.1) |
6.9 (44.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−18.7 (−1.7) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.7 (0.03) |
0.7 (0.03) |
5.0 (0.20) |
16.1 (0.63) |
47.7 (1.88) |
56.9 (2.24) |
74.7 (2.94) |
70.2 (2.76) |
55.1 (2.17) |
18.4 (0.72) |
1.3 (0.05) |
0.4 (0.02) |
347.2 (13.67) |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ 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.
External links
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