Gonghe County
Gonghe County (Chinese: 共和县; Tibetan: གསེར་ཆེན་རྫོང་།), also known as Kungho, is a county of Qinghai Province, China under the administration of Hainan Prefecture. The seat of Gonghe County is in the town of Qabqa.
Gonghe County
共和县 · གསེར་ཆེན་རྫོང་། Kungho | |
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.png.webp) Gonghe County (light red) within Hainan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai | |
  Gonghe Location of the seat in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates (Gonghe County government): 36°17′03″N 100°37′10″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Hainan |
| County seat | Qabqa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16,364 km2 (6,318 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 133,409 |
| • Density | 8.2/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
| Gonghe County | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 共和县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 共和縣 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | གསེར་ཆེན་རྫོང་། | ||||||
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Administrative divisions
Gonghe County is made up of 7 towns and 4 townships:
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
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| Towns | ||||||
| Qabqa Town (Qiabuqia) |
恰卜恰镇 | Qiàbǔqià Zhèn | ཆབ་ཆ་གྲོང་བརྡལ། | chab cha grong brdal | 632521100 | |
| Rigmoin Town (Daotanghe) |
倒淌河镇 | Dàotǎnghé Zhèn | རིག་སྨོན་གྲོང་རྡལ། | rig smon grong rdal | 632521101 | |
| Cai'ngagag Town (Longyangxia) |
龙羊峡镇 | Lóngyángxiá Zhèn | ཚལ་རྔ་འགག་གྲོང་རྡལ། | tshal rnga 'gag grong rdal | 632521102 | |
| Tanggarma Town (Tanggemu) |
塘格木镇 | Tánggémù Zhèn | ཐང་དཀར་མ་གྲོང་བརྡལ། | thang dkar ma grong brdal | 632521103 | |
| Danagma Town (Heimahe) |
黑马河镇 | Hēimǎhé Zhèn | རྟ་ནག་མ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | rta nag ma grong rdal | 632521104 | |
| Sênag Town (Zhênag, Zhiunag, Shinaihai) |
石乃亥镇 | Shínǎihài Zhèn | སྤྲེའུ་ནག་གྲོང་རྡལ། | spre'u nag grong rdal | 632521105 | |
| Jangxê Town (Jangsi, Jiangxigou, Jings) |
江西沟镇 | Jiāngxīgōu Zhèn | ཅང་ཤེས་གྲོང་རྡལ། | cang shes grong rdal | 632521106 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Sazhubxi Township | 沙珠玉乡 | Shāzhūyù Xiāng | ས་གྲུ་བཞི་ཞང་། | sa gru bzhi zhang | 632521202 | |
| Têgê Township (Tiegai, Deegee) |
铁盖乡 | Tiěgài Xiāng | ཐེ་གེ་ཞང་། | the ge zhang | 632521203 | |
| Êrdi Township (Niandi, Irt) |
廿地乡 | Niàndì Xiāng | ཨེར་སྟི་ཞང་། | er sti zhang | 632521204 | |
| Qoijê Township (Qieji) |
切吉乡 | Qièjí Xiāng | ཆོས་རྗེ་ཞང་། | chos rje zhang | 632521205 | |
Others:
- Hainan Prefecture Green Industry Development Park Management Zone Committee (海南州绿色产业发展园区管理区委员会)
- Tanggarma Farm (巴卡台农场)
- Anzhi Farm (安置农场)
- Tiebujia Grassland Improvement Station (铁卜加草改站)
Demographics
In 2006, 55% of the population were Tibetans, with Han, Hui, Mongolian and Salar minorities.[3]
Economy
Gonghe is rich in grassland, used for animal husbandry. Crops such as wheat, barley, peas, potatoes, beans, oilseed and oats are also grown.[3]
Geography
The county is located along Qinghai Lake. Local grasslands have been at risk of desertification, combated by newly planted grassland and forests.[3]
Climate
| Climate data for Gonghe County (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) | 11.8 (53.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
23.2 (73.8) |
29.8 (85.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
33.7 (92.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
29.4 (84.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.4 (59.7) |
10.2 (50.4) |
33.7 (92.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
1.5 (34.7) |
12.7 (54.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
1.3 (34.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
15.7 (60.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
5.0 (41.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −14.9 (5.2) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
0.3 (32.5) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−1.1 (30.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.9 (−14.6) |
−23.4 (−10.1) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
3.1 (37.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−13.0 (8.6) |
−23.8 (−10.8) |
−24.8 (−12.6) |
−25.9 (−14.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.7 (0.07) |
1.8 (0.07) |
5.6 (0.22) |
15.0 (0.59) |
41.2 (1.62) |
57.5 (2.26) |
76.8 (3.02) |
71.3 (2.81) |
48.2 (1.90) |
12.8 (0.50) |
2.3 (0.09) |
1.0 (0.04) |
335.2 (13.19) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 88.8 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 23.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 43 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 60 | 61 | 64 | 55 | 44 | 43 | 49 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 229.9 | 224.4 | 255.4 | 261.3 | 259.4 | 236.4 | 246.1 | 250.2 | 216.8 | 243.7 | 240.8 | 234.8 | 2,899.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 74 | 72 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 54 | 56 | 61 | 59 | 71 | 79 | 78 | 66 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gonghe County.
References
- "Gònghé Xiàn (County, China) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
- "海南州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——县级常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Hainan Prefecture. 2021-06-25.
- Wang, Xuehong (2008-04-30). Environmental protection in China. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78100-763-1.
- 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.
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