Huangzhong District (Chinese: 湟中
Huangzhong
湟中 | |
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Coordinates: 36°30′N 101°31′E / 36.500°N 101.517°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai |
Prefecture-level city | Xining |
Seat | Lushar Town |
Area | |
• District | 2,444 km2 (944 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 4,488 m (14,724 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 2,225 m (7,300 ft) |
Population (2020) | 463,900 |
• Rural | 369,000 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
Huangzhong, Xining | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 湟中 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 湟中 | ||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||
Tibetan | ཧོང་ཀྲུང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | ||||||
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History
editHuangzhong has been inhabited since at least 4,000 years ago, as shown by archeological excavations in Lijiashan town. Later, the area belonged to the Qiang people. Since the capture of Xining by Emperor Wu of Han, Huangzhong has been part of the Chinese dynasties. The Han dynasty rulers established a county called Linqiang (临羌县) in the area, governed by Jincheng (Lanzhou). In 1943, the county seat was moved to Lushar town, and the county was named Huangzhong County, after the Huangshui river basin.[2] In 2020 Huangzhong County was changed to Huangzhong District of Xining.[1]
Administrative divisions
editHuangzhong governs over 1 subdistrict, 10 towns, 5 townships and 3 ethnic townships.[1][3]
- Kangchuan Subdistrict (
康 川 街道 ) - Tianjiazhai Town (
田家 寨镇) - Shangxinzhuang Town (
上新庄 镇) - Lushar Town (鲁沙尔镇)
- Ganhetan Town (
甘 河 滩镇) - Gonghe town (
共和 镇) - Duoba Town (
多 巴 镇) - Lanlongkou Town (拦隆
口 镇) - Shangwuzhuang town (
上五 庄 镇) - Lijiashan Town (
李 家山 镇) - Xibao Town (
西 堡镇) - Tumenguan township (
土 门关乡) - Haizigou township (
海 子 沟乡) - Kyunggya Tibetan Ethnic township (
群 加 藏 族 乡, ཁྱུང་རྒྱ་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།) - Handong Hui Ethnic township (汉东
回 族 乡) - Dacai Hui Ethnic township (
大 才 回 族 乡)
Climate
editClimate data for Huangzhong, elevation 2,668 m (8,753 ft), (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) | 12.0 (53.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.9 (60.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.1 (52.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
11.4 (52.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
0.5 (32.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
4.7 (40.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
0.6 (33.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−0.2 (31.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −22.5 (−8.5) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
1.4 (34.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
−25.2 (−13.4) |
−25.2 (−13.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.7 (0.15) |
5.1 (0.20) |
13.3 (0.52) |
30.3 (1.19) |
72.0 (2.83) |
81.4 (3.20) |
103.6 (4.08) |
104.0 (4.09) |
81.6 (3.21) |
29.9 (1.18) |
8.7 (0.34) |
3.1 (0.12) |
536.7 (21.11) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.0 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 12.4 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 120.3 |
Average snowy days | 6.4 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 49.2 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 62 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 51 | 58 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 209.7 | 200.7 | 225.4 | 235.5 | 234.2 | 225.2 | 223.4 | 205.8 | 165.6 | 188.6 | 208.3 | 212.6 | 2,535 |
Percent possible sunshine | 67 | 65 | 60 | 59 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 45 | 55 | 69 | 71 | 58 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "湟中
概 况". www.huangzhong.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-05-09. - ^ "历史
文化 ". www.huangzhong.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-05-09. - ^ "县属乡镇". www.huangzhong.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^
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.