Gar County (Tibetan: སྒར་རྫོང་།, Wylie: sgar rdzong, ZYPY: Gar Zong; simplified Chinese: 噶尔县; traditional Chinese: 噶爾縣; pinyin: Gá'ěr Xiàn),[lower-alpha 1] formerly Senge Tsangpo County,[2] is a district (county) in the Ngari Prefecture[3] of the western Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The main town is Shiquanhe, also called "Gar", on account of being the county seat, and "Ali", on account of being the seat of Ngari Prefecture.[4][lower-alpha 2]
Gar County
噶尔县 • སྒར་རྫོང་། Senge Tsangpo County | |
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County | |
![]() PLA emblem on the hill near Shiquanhe | |
![]() Location of Gar County within Tibet Autonomous Region | |
Coordinates (Gar County government): 32°29′32″N 80°05′48″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Autonomous region | Tibet |
Prefecture | Ngari Prefecture |
Seat | Shiquanhe (Gar) |
Main rivers in the county include Sênggê Zangbo and Gar Zangbo.
Climate data for Shiquanhe (1981–2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
14.5 (58.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
20.5 (68.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
26.4 (79.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
12.7 (54.9) |
7.1 (44.8) |
32.1 (89.8) |
Average high °C (°F) | −4.1 (24.6) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
7.4 (45.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
16.3 (61.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.0 (10.4) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
0.1 (32.2) |
5.1 (41.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.4 (57.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
Average low °C (°F) | −19.7 (−3.5) |
−16.9 (1.6) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
7.7 (45.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−14.8 (5.4) |
−18.2 (−0.8) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
Record low °C (°F) | −36.6 (−33.9) |
−30.2 (−22.4) |
−25.3 (−13.5) |
−17.9 (−0.2) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−17.0 (1.4) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−32.9 (−27.2) |
−36.6 (−33.9) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.6 (0.06) |
1.2 (0.05) |
1.4 (0.06) |
1.3 (0.05) |
2.9 (0.11) |
3.7 (0.15) |
21.4 (0.84) |
23.8 (0.94) |
5.7 (0.22) |
2.0 (0.08) |
0.3 (0.01) |
1.1 (0.04) |
66.4 (2.61) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 36 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 39 | 43 | 36 | 27 | 24 | 31 | 33 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6] |
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** Southern portions of these counties are claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of the South Tibet area, but are administered by India. |
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