Gêrzê County[6][7][8][9] (Tibetan: སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: sger rtse rdzong, ZYPY: Gêrzê Zong; simplified Chinese: 改则县; traditional Chinese: 改則縣; pinyin: Gǎizé Xiàn) is a county located in Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region, bordering Xinjiang to the north.[3]
Gêrzê County
སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་། 改则县 Gaize, Kai-tse | |
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County | |
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![]() (outdated map) Location of Gêrzê County (red) within Ngari Prefecture (yellow) and the Tibet A.R. | |
![]() ![]() Gêrzê Location of the seat in the Tibet A.R. | |
Coordinates: 33°45′53″N 84°07′22″E | |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Region | Tibet |
Prefecture | Ngari |
Established date[1][2][3][4] | October 1960 |
Seat | Gêrzê Town[3] |
Township-level divisions[1] | 1 town, 6 townships |
Area | |
• Total | 135,025 km2 (52,133 sq mi) |
Elevation | over 4,500 m (over 14,800 ft) |
Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 46,930 |
• Density | 0.35/km2 (0.90/sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | |
• Major ethnic groups | Tibetan[4] |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 859200[6] |
Website | gz |
Gêrzê is the Tibetan word for a special type of local-style dwelling built on the peak of a mountain.[1]
The area was originally inhabited by nomadic tribes.[3]
In the aftermath of the Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China in the early 1950s, People's Liberation Army troops were stationed in Gêrzê.[10]
On May 3, 1960, the Gêrzê County Committee of the Communist Party of China was established. On October 1, 1960, the Gêrzê County government was established.[1][2][3][4]
At 2:01 AM on February 21, 2020, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck in Gêrzê County (epicenter: 34.56°N 85.68°E / 34.56; 85.68).[11]
At 2:12 AM on March 10, 2020, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck in Gêrzê County (epicenter: 32.84°N 85.52°E / 32.84; 85.52) followed by a 3.7 magnitude and a 3.4 magnitude aftershock. No casualties were reported.[5]
On May 8, 2020, eight suspects were arrested and eighty-nine antelope skins were confiscated in connection with reported Tibetan antelope poaching in the county.[12]
Gêrzê County is bordered to the north by Keriya County (Yutian) in Hotan Prefecture (Hetian), Xinjiang and to the west by Rutog County.[13] There are numerous lakes in Gêrzê County including Tong Tso. Thermal springs in Gêrzê County include Lugu[8] (70 °C; 33°24′24″N 84°08′12″E; altitude 4,528 m (14,856 ft)), Nagezhong (60 °C; 32°18′N 84°12′E; altitude 4,550 m (14,930 ft)) and Yarlhaingari (60 °C; 33°00′48″N 86°01′36″E; altitude 4,880 m (16,010 ft)).[14]
Gêrzê County has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk), with strong dry-winter subarctic climate tendencies (Köppen: Dwc).
Climate data for Gêrzê (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) | 8.3 (46.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
Average high °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
3.5 (38.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.8 (55.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.5 (65.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.5 (36.5) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.7 (10.9) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.7 (40.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
0.4 (32.7) |
Average low °C (°F) | −21.4 (−6.5) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
5.5 (41.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−15.9 (3.4) |
−20.7 (−5.3) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
Record low °C (°F) | −44.0 (−47.2) |
−42.4 (−44.3) |
−32.1 (−25.8) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−34.9 (−30.8) |
−44.6 (−48.3) |
−44.6 (−48.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.8 (0.03) |
0.7 (0.03) |
1.2 (0.05) |
2.3 (0.09) |
7.0 (0.28) |
22.6 (0.89) |
48.2 (1.90) |
59.8 (2.35) |
22.6 (0.89) |
4.8 (0.19) |
0.6 (0.02) |
0.7 (0.03) |
171.3 (6.75) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 28 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 44 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 34 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[15] |
The only town is Gêrzê Town (Gaize; སྒེར་རྩེ་, 改则镇)[4][16][2]
Townships
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2000 | 17,502 | — |
2010 | 22,177 | +2.40% |
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As of 1996[update], the residents of the county were Tibetan.[4] In 1999, the population of the county was 16,623.[17]
The main economic activity in Gêrzê County is animal husbandry[5] which includes the raising of yak, dzo, sheep, goats, and horses. The county also has wild yak, wild donkeys, wild sheep, bears and Tibetan antelope.[3]
Historical maps including Gêrzê:
改则县隶属阿里地区,全县总面积135025平方公里,辖1镇6乡。2015年总人口46930人。
“改则”藏语意为“特殊的民居建于山顶”。1960年,设立改则县。
5月3日,中共改则县委员会在门董成立,{...}10月1日,改则县人民政府在门董成立,{...}9月,改则县撤区并乡工作结束。撤区并乡后,改则县行政区调整为6乡1镇、74个行政村、1个居委会。
2000年第五次人口普查,改则县常住总人口17502人,其中{...}2010年第六次人口普查,改则县常住总人口22177人,其中,改则镇5072人,物玛乡2315人,先遣乡1825人,麻米乡4363人,洞措乡2571人,古姆乡2312人,察布乡3719人。
改则 སྒེར་རྩེ Gêrzê 邮政编码:859200
Gêrzê County
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