Zêkog County
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Zêkog County
Zêkog County
Zêkog 泽库县·རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་། | |
|---|---|
County | |
| Country | 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(s) | 0973 |
Zêkog County (Standard Tibetan: རྩེ་ཁོག་, Wylie: rtse khog; Chinese: 泽库县 ; pinyin : Zékù Xiàn) is the second largest administrative subdivision by area within Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. 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.
Zêkog 泽库县·རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་། | |
|---|---|
County | |
| Country | 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(s) | 0973 |
Climate
Zêkog County has a alpine climate (Köppen ET) due to very high elevation.
| Climate data for Zêkog County(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) |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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 (−31) | −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 (−31) |
| 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
List of administrative divisions of Qinghai
References
[1]
Citation Linkdata.cma.cn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.
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