Zêkog County
Zêkog
泽库县 · རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་། | |
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.png) Zêkog / Zeku County (light red) within Huangnan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Huangnan |
| County seat | Chak Qu Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,494 km2 (2,507 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,660 m (12,010 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 69,416 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 811400 |
| Area code | 0973 |
Zêkog County (Tibetan: རྩེ་ཁོག་, Wylie: rtse khog; simplified Chinese: 泽库县; traditional Chinese: 澤庫縣; pinyin: Zékù Xiàn) is the second largest administrative subdivision by area within Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in eastern Qinghai Province, China, bordering Gansu to the east. The county has an area of 6658 square kilometres and a population of ~50,000 (2001), mainly Tibetan. The county seat is the town of Chak Qu, the elevation of Zekog is 3700 meter above sea level.
Climate
Zêkog County has an alpine climate (Köppen ET) due to very high elevation.
| Climate data for Zêkog County(1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
25.2 (77.4) |
23.2 (73.8) |
22.9 (73.2) |
19.0 (66.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
10.9 (51.6) |
25.2 (77.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
15.4 (59.7) |
11.9 (53.4) |
6.8 (44.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
6.8 (44.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.3 (8.1) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
3.8 (38.8) |
7.1 (44.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
4.9 (40.8) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−1.3 (29.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −21.3 (−6.3) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.7 (35.1) |
3.7 (38.7) |
2.8 (37.0) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −35.0 (−31.0) |
−31.9 (−25.4) |
−28.3 (−18.9) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−17.3 (0.9) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
−27.1 (−16.8) |
−31.1 (−24.0) |
−35.0 (−31.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.1 (0.12) |
4.4 (0.17) |
11.1 (0.44) |
23.8 (0.94) |
55.0 (2.17) |
87.4 (3.44) |
107.4 (4.23) |
87.2 (3.43) |
80.1 (3.15) |
29.4 (1.16) |
3.2 (0.13) |
1.3 (0.05) |
493.4 (19.43) |
| 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)). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
External links
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