Huangyuan County

County in Qinghai, China
Huangyuan
36°40′55″N 101°15′22″E / 36.682°N 101.256°E / 36.682; 101.256
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Prefecture-level cityXining
SeatChengguan Town
Area
 • Total1,545 km2 (597 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total109,802
 • Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Huangyuan County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese湟源县
Traditional Chinese湟源縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuángyuán Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanསྟོང་སྐོར་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliestong skor rdzong

Huangyuan County (Chinese: 湟源县) is a county of Qinghai Province, China, it is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai. It is under the administration of Xining city. The county seat is Chengguan Town, known in Mongolian as Dan Gar and in Tibetan as Tongkor.

The remains of Ladrolne Gompa and Rali Hermitage may be seen between Haiyan and Tongkor. A branch of Tongkor Monastery, known as Ganden Tengyeling (Ch. Cinghosi), just to the northwest of the Chengguan is also in ruins.[1]

Subdivisions

Huangyuan County is divided into 2 towns, 6 townships, and 1 ethnic township:

Climate

Climate data for Huangyuan (2009–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 1.1
(34.0) 		4.3
(39.7) 		9.2
(48.6) 		14.2
(57.6) 		17.3
(63.1) 		20.2
(68.4) 		22.0
(71.6) 		21.5
(70.7) 		17.0
(62.6) 		12.5
(54.5) 		6.7
(44.1) 		2.1
(35.8) 		12.3
(54.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −8.0
(17.6) 		−4.3
(24.3) 		0.8
(33.4) 		6.4
(43.5) 		10.0
(50.0) 		13.6
(56.5) 		15.5
(59.9) 		14.9
(58.8) 		10.8
(51.4) 		5.1
(41.2) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		−6.8
(19.8) 		4.7
(40.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −15.1
(4.8) 		−11.4
(11.5) 		−6.1
(21.0) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		3.8
(38.8) 		7.9
(46.2) 		10.1
(50.2) 		9.9
(49.8) 		6.5
(43.7) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		−7.6
(18.3) 		−13.6
(7.5) 		−1.3
(29.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.2
(0.05) 		1.5
(0.06) 		8.6
(0.34) 		20.1
(0.79) 		55.1
(2.17) 		68.8
(2.71) 		90.3
(3.56) 		89.7
(3.53) 		68.3
(2.69) 		20.8
(0.82) 		5.7
(0.22) 		1.5
(0.06) 		431.6
(17)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.7 2.9 5.5 7.4 12.2 15.5 16.2 15.4 15.2 8.3 3.7 2.5 107.5
Average snowy days 4.5 6.0 7.8 5.5 1.5 0 0 0 0.3 4.2 5.5 3.8 39.1
Average relative humidity (%) 46 44 45 50 58 67 72 75 75 67 58 52 59
Mean monthly sunshine hours 214.6 211.8 242.5 243.3 239.3 225.7 223.9 211.9 178.9 206.1 212.9 208.6 2,619.5
Percent possible sunshine 69 68 65 61 55 52 51 51 49 60 70 70 60
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

Tourist sites

  • Dan Gar Ancient Town, the historic core of Chengguan Town, a historic trading town.
  • Riyue Mountain and the remains of Tongkor Monastery, a mountain pass where Princess Wencheng supposedly traveled through in the 7th century CE.

See also

References

  • Dorje, Gyurme. (1999). Footprint Tibet Handbook with Bhutan. (2nd Ed.) Footprint Handbooks, Bath, England. ISBN 0-8442-2190-2.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Dorje (1999), p. 536.
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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