Guide County
Guide County (Chinese: 贵德县, Tibetan: ཁྲི་ཀ་རྫོང་།) is a county in the east of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. In Tibetan it's known as Trika. In 2015 it had a population of 108,800, of which 37.8% Tibetans, and 16.1% other ethnic minorities.[2] In 2018 the population was 110,900.[3]
Guide County
贵德县 • ཁྲི་ཀ་རྫོང་། | |
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.png.webp) Guide County (light red) within Hainan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai | |
  Guide Location of the seat in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates: 35°59′20″N 101°28′16″E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Hainan |
| County seat | Qusib (Heyin) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,504 km2 (1,353 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 5,011 m (16,440 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 2,710 m (8,890 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 105,645 |
| • Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 贵德县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 貴德縣 | ||||||||||
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| Tibetan | ཁྲི་ཀ་རྫོང་། | ||||||||||
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It is located along the Yellow River, surrounded by hilly terrain on either side of the river valley.[2]
Guide was first established during the Yuan dynasty. The area became part of Ming Dynasty China in 1370. In 1953 it was placed under jurisdiction of Hainan prefecture.[4]
Guide old town
The city's earthen walls and buildings were built between 1375 and 1380. The city was enlarged in 1590. After the founding of the People's Republic, the moats were filled in and the North and South gates were pulled down, as well as the towers. In 2010 work commenced to restore the gates and towers.[5]
Economics
Guide is known in Qinghai as a fruit producing county, in particular for pear cultivation, as it has a relatively mild climate. The Laxiwa Dam in Guide is the largest hydropower station on the upper reaches of the Yellow River.[3]
Administrative divisions
Guide governs over 4 towns, 2 townships, and 1 ethnic township.[3][6] The county seat is in Qusib (Heyin).[2]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
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| Towns | ||||||
| Qusib Town (Masib, Heyin) |
河阴镇 | Héyīn Zhèn | ཆུ་སྲིབ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | chu srib grong brdal | 632523100 | |
| Qurub Town (Hexi) |
河西镇 | Héxī Zhèn | ཆུ་རུབ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | chu rub grong brdal | 632523101 | |
| Lasêwa Town (Laxiwa) |
拉西瓦镇 | Lāxīwǎ Zhèn | ལ་ཟེ་བ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | la ze ba grong brdal | 632523102 | |
| Changmar Town (Changmu) |
常牧镇 | Chángmù Zhèn | འཕྲང་དམར་གྲོང་རྡལ། | 'phrang dmar grong brdal | 632523103 | |
| Townships | ||||||
| Quxar Township (Hedong) |
河东乡 | Hédōng Xiāng | ཆུ་ཤར་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | chu shar yul tsho | 632523200 | |
| Garji Township (Garing, Garang) |
尕让乡 | Gǎràng Xiāng | དཀར་བརྗིད་ཞང་། | dkar brjid zhang | 632523202 | |
| Ethnic township | ||||||
| Gabroin Hui Ethnic Township (Gabroinxung, Xinjie) |
新街回族乡 | Xīnjiē Huízú Xiāng | ཀབ་རོན་ཧོས་རིགས་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | kab ron hos rigs yul tsho | 632523201 | |
Climate
| Climate data for Guide (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) | 14.2 (57.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
35.0 (95.0) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.9 (91.2) |
38.7 (101.7) |
35.6 (96.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
25.6 (78.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
38.7 (101.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
13.3 (55.9) |
18.6 (65.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.1 (79.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.4 (61.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
16.3 (61.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
4.7 (40.5) |
10.3 (50.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.2 (63.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
14.1 (57.4) |
7.8 (46.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −11.8 (10.8) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
6.7 (44.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
12.5 (54.5) |
8.6 (47.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −21.8 (−7.2) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−15.1 (4.8) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.3 (34.3) |
4.1 (39.4) |
3.2 (37.8) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−21.8 (−7.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.5 (0.02) |
0.5 (0.02) |
2.7 (0.11) |
14.6 (0.57) |
32.7 (1.29) |
41.3 (1.63) |
50.5 (1.99) |
54.7 (2.15) |
42.7 (1.68) |
14.2 (0.56) |
2.1 (0.08) |
0.3 (0.01) |
256.8 (10.11) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 8.9 | 11.7 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 71.3 |
| Average snowy days | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 11.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 42 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 61 | 50 | 46 | 51 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 215.9 | 209.1 | 241.8 | 255.2 | 258.9 | 238.7 | 250.5 | 252.6 | 209.3 | 225.5 | 226.1 | 220.6 | 2,804.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 69 | 67 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 64 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[7][8] | |||||||||||||
Transport
The Guide General Aviation Airport started construction in 2018.[9]
References
- "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.
- "自然地理". Guide County Government. 11 May 2016.
- "贵德县基本情况（2018年）". www.guide.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- "贵德县情". www.guide.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- "存留在黄河上游的贵德古城". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14.
- "2020年统计用区划代码". www.stats.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
- 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.
- "青海首个通用机场项目开工 2018年竣工并投用_民航资源网". news.carnoc.com. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
External links
Guide County travel guide from Wikivoyage
Media related to Guide County at Wikimedia Commons