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Gangca County (Tibetan: རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང; Chinese: 刚察县) is a county of northeastern Qinghai province, China, on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake. It is under the administration of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Gangca County
刚察县རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང
County
Gangca / Gangcha County (light red) within Haibei Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Gangca
Location in Qinghai
Coordinates: 37°19′N 100°09′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHaibei
Township-level divisions
  • 2 towns
  • 3 townships
County seatShaliuhe (沙柳河镇)
Area
  Total9,575.91 km2 (3,697.28 sq mi)
Elevation
3,309 m (10,856 ft)
Population
 (2007)
  Total41,883
  Density4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
812300
Area code(s)0970
Gangca County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese刚察县
Traditional Chinese剛察縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྐང་ཚ་རྫོང

Geography and climate


With an elevation of around 3,300 metres (10,800 ft), Gangca County has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), with long, very cold, dry, and sunny winters, and short, rainy, mild summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from late September to mid May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, the average high is above freezing from March to November inclusive. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 55% of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 56% in June to 83% in November, the county seat receives 3,012 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −13.5 °C (7.7 °F) in January to 10.9 °C (51.6 °F) in July, while the annual mean is −0.32 °C (31.4 °F). Over 80% of the annual precipitation of 379 mm (14.9 in) is delivered from June to September.

Climate data for Gangca County (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −5.3
(22.5)
−2.1
(28.2)
2.9
(37.2)
8.1
(46.6)
12.0
(53.6)
14.4
(57.9)
16.7
(62.1)
16.6
(61.9)
12.6
(54.7)
7.8
(46.0)
1.9
(35.4)
−2.6
(27.3)
6.9
(44.5)
Average low °C (°F) −19.8
(−3.6)
−16.9
(1.6)
−11.3
(11.7)
−5.3
(22.5)
−0.4
(31.3)
3.2
(37.8)
5.7
(42.3)
5.1
(41.2)
1.3
(34.3)
−4.8
(23.4)
−12.3
(9.9)
−17.2
(1.0)
−6.1
(21.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) .9
(0.04)
2.0
(0.08)
5.9
(0.23)
11.2
(0.44)
35.0
(1.38)
74.4
(2.93)
86.1
(3.39)
91.0
(3.58)
54.3
(2.14)
15.5
(0.61)
2.5
(0.10)
.7
(0.03)
379.5
(14.95)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.0 3.0 5.0 6.2 11.4 17.6 18.7 17.1 14.6 6.4 1.7 1.3 105.0
Average relative humidity (%) 46 43 45 47 56 64 68 68 69 57 45 44 54
Mean monthly sunshine hours 243.8 231.1 257.0 266.3 269.0 243.7 255.1 260.4 231.4 259.8 251.8 242.7 3,012.1
Percent possible sunshine 80 76 70 68 62 56 57 62 62 75 83 82 68
Source: China Meteorological Administration

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    На других языках


    [de] Gangca

    Gangca (auch Kangtsha; tibetisch རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང, Umschrift nach Wylie rkang tsha rdzong; chinesisch .mw-parser-output .Hani{font-size:110%}刚察县, Pinyin Gāngchá Xiàn) ist ein Kreis des Autonomen Bezirks Haibei der Tibeter im Nordosten der chinesischen Provinz Qinghai. Er hat eine Fläche von 9.706 km² und zählt 40.720 Einwohner (Stand: Zensus 2020).[1] Sein Hauptort ist die Großgemeinde Shaliuhe (沙柳河镇).
    - [en] Gangca County

    [ru] Гангца

    Гангца́ (кит. упр. 刚察, пиньинь Gāngchá, палл. Ганча) — уезд Хайбэй-Тибетского автономного округа провинции Цинхай (КНР).



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