Arxan
Arxan
阿尔山市 • ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨᠬᠣᠲᠠ | |
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Coordinates: 47°11′N 119°57′E / 47.183°N 119.950°E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Region | Inner Mongolia |
League | Hinggan |
Township-level divisions | 3 subdistricts 4 towns |
County-level city established | June 1996 |
Municipal seat | Wenquan Subdistrict (温泉街道) |
Area | |
• County-level city | 7,408.7 km2 (2,860.5 sq mi) |
• Urban | 15.40 km2 (5.95 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,003 m (3,291 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• County-level city | 68,300 |
• Estimate (2017) | 67,000 |
• Urban | 47,800 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 137800 |
Area code | 0482 |
Arxan | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 阿爾山 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 阿尔山 | ||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||
Mongolian Cyrillic | Рашаан хот | ||||||
Mongolian script | ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ||||||
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Arxan (Mongolian for "Hot Springs") is a county-level city in the Hinggan League of northeastern Inner Mongolia in the People's Republic of China.
Geography and climate
Arxan is located in the northwest of Hinggan League, with latitude ranging from 46° 39' to 47° 39' N and longitude ranging from 119° 28' to 121° 23' E; the maximal north-south extent is 118 km (73 mi), while the maximal east-west width is 142 km (88 mi). It spans part of the southwest of the Greater Khingan Range.
Due to the upper-mid latitude and elevation of around 1,000 m (3,280 ft), the climate of Arxan is a subarctic (Köppen Dwc), with strong monsoonal influence, severely cold winters and warm, rainy summers, and low temperatures averaging below freezing for eight calendar months; the monthly 24-hour average temperature stays below freezing for six calendar months. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −24.8 °C or −12.6 °F in January to 17.1 °C or 62.8 °F in July, and the annual mean is −2.31 °C or 27.8 °F. For much of the year, diurnal temperature variation is large and frequently in excess of 15 °C or 27 °F. Nearly three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September; however, precipitation is frequent year-round, with both frequency and relative humidity peaking in summer and there being a secondary humidity peak during the winter.
Climate data for Arxan (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −17.6 (0.3) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −24.8 (−12.6) |
−20.9 (−5.6) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
0.7 (33.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−21.2 (−6.2) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −30.7 (−23.3) |
−27.6 (−17.7) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
0.2 (32.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−27.1 (−16.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.2 (0.24) |
5.4 (0.21) |
10.1 (0.40) |
20.5 (0.81) |
35.1 (1.38) |
76.2 (3.00) |
116.3 (4.58) |
83.7 (3.30) |
46.1 (1.81) |
22.7 (0.89) |
10.0 (0.39) |
9.1 (0.36) |
441.4 (17.37) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 15.5 | 17.9 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 9.6 | 13.6 | 17.7 | 159.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 74 | 68 | 55 | 51 | 67 | 77 | 78 | 69 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 69 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 172.8 | 199.4 | 249.2 | 236.5 | 261.9 | 230.5 | 216.9 | 222.9 | 202.4 | 198.8 | 160.9 | 145.3 | 2,497.5 |
Percent possible sunshine | 63 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 45 | 51 | 54 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 56 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1971–2000)[2][3] |
Tourism
Arxan National Forest Park is located in Arxan. The park attracts tourists drawn by its landscape of solidified lava formations, crater lakes and dense forests.[4]
References
- ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 48. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data (in Chinese (China)). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集(1971-2000年). China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ Yang, Feiyue (July 2, 2019). "Five trips to get children out and about". China Daily.
External links
- (in Chinese) Official site
- (in Chinese) Website of administrative boundaries
- (in Mongolian) Official site