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Zêkog County

Coordinates: 35°05′N 101°30′E / 35.083°N 101.500°E / 35.083; 101.500
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Zêkog
泽库县 · རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་།
Zêkog County (light red) within Huangnan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Zêkog County (light red) within Huangnan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Zêkog is located in Qinghai
Zêkog
Zêkog
Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 35°05′N 101°30′E / 35.083°N 101.500°E / 35.083; 101.500
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHuangnan
County seatChak Qu Town
Area
 • Total6,494 km2 (2,507 sq mi)
Elevation
3,660 m (12,010 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total75,659
 • Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
811400
Area code0973
Websitewww.zeku.gov.cn
Zêkog County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese泽库县
Traditional Chinese澤庫縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZékù Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliertse khog rdzong
Tibetan PinyinZêkog Zong

Zêkog County (Tibetan: རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང; Chinese: 泽库县) 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 6,658 square kilometres or 2,571 square miles and a population of ~50,000 (2001), mainly Tibetan. The county seat is the town of Chak Qu, whose altitude is approximately 3,700 metres or 12,100 feet above sea level.

Administrative divisions

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Zêkog County is made up of 4 towns and 3 townships:

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Zêkog Town
(Zêqu, Chak Qu, Zequ)
泽曲镇 Zéqǔ Zhèn རྩེ་ཆུ་གྲོང་བརྡལ། rtse chu grong brdal 632323100
Mêxü Town
(Maixiu)
麦秀镇 Màixiù Zhèn དམེ་ཤུལ་གྲོང་རྡལ། dme shul grong rdal 632323101
Hor Town
(Heri)
和日镇 Hérì Zhèn ཧོར་གྲོང་རྡལ། hor grong rdal 632323102
Nyinqug Town
(Nyinxug, Ningxiu)
宁秀镇 Níngxiù Zhèn ཉིན་ཤུག་གྲོང་རྡལ། nyin shug grong rdal 632323103
Townships
Poingya Township
(Wangjia)
王加乡 Wángjiā Xiāng བོན་བརྒྱ་ཞང་། rtse chu grong brdal 632323202
Jisa Township
(Xibusha)
西卜沙乡 Xībùshā Xiāng དཔྱི་ས་ཞང་། dpyi sa zhang 632323203
Dogarmo Township
(Duohemao)
多禾茂乡 Duōhémào Xiāng རྡོ་དཀར་མོ་ཞང་། rdo dkar mo zhang 632323204

Climate

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Zêkog County has an alpine climate (Köppen ETH) due to very high elevation.

Climate data for Zêkog County, elevation 3,663 m (12,018 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
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) −2.6
(27.3)
0.2
(32.4)
3.7
(38.7)
8.1
(46.6)
11.1
(52.0)
13.6
(56.5)
16.0
(60.8)
15.9
(60.6)
12.5
(54.5)
7.1
(44.8)
2.5
(36.5)
−1.3
(29.7)
7.2
(45.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.9
(8.8)
−9.7
(14.5)
−5.0
(23.0)
0.3
(32.5)
4.1
(39.4)
7.5
(45.5)
9.7
(49.5)
9.2
(48.6)
5.5
(41.9)
−0.2
(31.6)
−6.8
(19.8)
−11.7
(10.9)
−0.8
(30.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −20.7
(−5.3)
−17.6
(0.3)
−12.1
(10.2)
−6.2
(20.8)
−1.7
(28.9)
2.2
(36.0)
4.2
(39.6)
3.8
(38.8)
0.8
(33.4)
−5.2
(22.6)
−13.3
(8.1)
−19.2
(−2.6)
−7.1
(19.2)
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) 3.2
(0.13)
4.7
(0.19)
11.3
(0.44)
24.6
(0.97)
58.7
(2.31)
82.9
(3.26)
109.1
(4.30)
90.7
(3.57)
78.1
(3.07)
31.2
(1.23)
3.9
(0.15)
1.4
(0.06)
499.8
(19.68)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.2 5.4 7.5 10.4 16.2 18.0 17.8 16.6 16.8 12.4 3.4 2.1 130.8
Average snowy days 5.5 7.6 9.9 13.2 12.4 2.9 0.4 0.5 4.0 13.0 5.2 3.2 77.8
Average relative humidity (%) 49 48 50 57 66 72 75 76 77 70 56 47 62
Mean monthly sunshine hours 219.2 200.3 229.6 237.4 221.0 196.0 212.3 212.8 172.7 203.4 227.2 229.4 2,561.3
Percent possible sunshine 70 64 61 60 51 45 48 52 47 59 74 76 59
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "黄南州第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——县级常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Huangnan Prefecture. 2021-07-01.
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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