Huzhu Tu Autonomous County (Chinese: 互助土族自治县; Monguor: Huzhu Mongghul njeenaa dagnagu xan), or in short Huzhu County (互助县), is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Haidong, in the east of Qinghai province, China, bordering Gansu province to the northeast.[1] It has an area of 3,321 km2 (1,282 sq mi) and approximately 370,000 inhabitants (2004). Its seat is the town of Weiyuan.
Huzhu
互助县 | |
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| 互助土族自治县 Huzhu Tu Autonomous County Huzhu Mongghul njeenaa dagnagu xan | |
 Gönlung Jampa Ling monastery in Huzhu County | |
  Huzhu Location of the seat in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′N 102°06′E / 36.850°N 102.100°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture-level city | Haidong |
| County seat | Weiyuan Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,424 km2 (1,322 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 438,067 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | http://www.huzhu.gov.cn/ |
| Huzhu Tu Autonomous County | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 互助土族自治县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 互助土族自治縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | ཧུའུ་ཀྲུའུ་ཐུའུ་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང་། or དགོན་ལུང་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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The monastery of Chuzang, located in the town of Nanmenxia some 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the seat of Huzhu County, is listed as a national monument of China (since 2006).
The Xining Caojiabao Airport (IATA: XNN, ICAO: ZLXN) which serves Xining, capital of Qinghai Province, is located in the county.
Administrative divisions
editHuzhu is divided into 1 subdistrict, 7 towns and 9 townships, and 2 ethnic townships.
- Gaozhai Subdistrict (高寨街道)
- Weiyuan Town (威远镇)
- Danma Town (丹麻镇)
- Nanmenxia Town (南门峡镇)
- Jiading Town (加定镇)
- Tangchuan Town (塘川镇)
- Wushi Town (五十镇)
- Wufeng Town (五峰镇)
- Taizi Township (台子乡)
- Xishan Township (西山乡)
- Hongyazigou Township (红崖子沟乡)
- Halazhigou Township (哈拉直沟乡)
- Dongshan Township (东山乡)
- Donghe Township (东和乡)
- Donggou Township (东沟乡)
- Linchuan Township (林川乡)
- Caijiabu Township (蔡家堡乡)
- Pasa Tibetan Township (巴扎藏族乡, བ་བཟའ་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།)
- Sumdo Tibetan Township (松多藏族乡, སུམ་མདོ་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།)
Climate
edit| Climate data for Huzhu, elevation 2,480 m (8,140 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.6 (56.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
24.2 (75.6) |
30.2 (86.4) |
27.5 (81.5) |
28.8 (83.8) |
34.9 (94.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
17.4 (63.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
34.9 (94.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.1 (34.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
9.2 (48.6) |
14.8 (58.6) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.6 (36.7) |
12.9 (55.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.2 (15.4) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
0.6 (33.1) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.9 (57.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
10.8 (51.4) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
4.6 (40.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.7 (1.9) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.4 (45.3) |
9.6 (49.3) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−1.8 (28.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −28.3 (−18.9) |
−26.3 (−15.3) |
−23.6 (−10.5) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
0.7 (33.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
−24.3 (−11.7) |
−31.9 (−25.4) |
−31.9 (−25.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.7 (0.11) |
3.5 (0.14) |
13.5 (0.53) |
26.3 (1.04) |
64.6 (2.54) |
79.2 (3.12) |
97.2 (3.83) |
104.8 (4.13) |
82.3 (3.24) |
31.9 (1.26) |
6.7 (0.26) |
1.7 (0.07) |
514.4 (20.27) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.4 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 13.1 | 16.5 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 16.5 | 9.3 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 119.7 |
| Average snowy days | 6.3 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 44 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 50 | 52 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 55 | 62 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 212.0 | 206.4 | 228.9 | 233.5 | 236.2 | 221.2 | 224.9 | 210.4 | 179.6 | 202.0 | 211.6 | 210.4 | 2,577.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 68 | 67 | 61 | 59 | 54 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 49 | 59 | 70 | 71 | 59 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Janhunen, Juha (2006-01-27). The Mongolic Languages. Routledge. pp. 286–287. ISBN 978-1-135-79690-7.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
External links
edit- Official Website Archived 2011-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Chubsang Gompa[permanent dead link]
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