Maralbexi County
Bachu (Maralbexi) County
مارالبېشى ناھىيىسى 巴楚县 | |
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.png) Location of the county | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level divisions | Kashgar Prefecture |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Maralbexi County | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 巴楚县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 巴楚縣 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | مارالبېشى ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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Bachu County or Maralbexi County is located in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and is under the administration of the Kashgar Prefecture. It contains an area of 118,360 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 380,000.
Geography
| Climate data for Maralbexi County (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) |
6.4 (43.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
32.1 (89.8) |
33.8 (92.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
20.8 (69.4) |
11.0 (51.8) |
2.4 (36.3) |
19.6 (67.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.2 (10.0) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
9.0 (48.2) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.4 (63.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.4 (0.02) |
1.3 (0.05) |
2.5 (0.10) |
2.9 (0.11) |
7.8 (0.31) |
13.8 (0.54) |
13.2 (0.52) |
11.7 (0.46) |
4.3 (0.17) |
2.1 (0.08) |
0.3 (0.01) |
0.7 (0.03) |
61.0 (2.40) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 24.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 61 | 50 | 41 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 47 | 49 | 51 | 56 | 65 | 48 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 180.6 | 177.8 | 194.5 | 229.3 | 267.5 | 301.7 | 308.1 | 285.4 | 265.4 | 258.1 | 212.8 | 177.8 | 2,859 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 61 | 59 | 53 | 58 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 61 | 64 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
Transportation
Bachu is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway.
External links
- Introduction to Maralbishi County, official website of Kashgar Prefecture government.
39°46′43″N 78°34′30″E / 39.77861°N 78.57500°E
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