| Jinghe County 精河县 جىڭ ناھىيىسى |
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| Jinghe County (red) within Bortala Prefecture (yellow), Xinjiang, and the PRC | |
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Jinghe
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Bortala |
| County seat | Jinghe Town (精河镇) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,181 km2 (4,317 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 321 m (1,053 ft) |
| Population (2002) | |
| • Total | 120,000 |
| • Density | 10.7/km2 (27.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
The Jinghe (Jing) County (Uyghur: جىڭ ناھىيىسى, ULY: Jing Nahiyisi, UPNY: Jing Nah̡iyisi?; simplified Chinese: 精河县; traditional Chinese: 精河縣; pinyin: Jīnghé Xiàn) is a county within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 11,181 square kilometres (4,317 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 120,000.
Jinghe has a desert climate (Köppen BWk), with a mean total of only 102 millimetres (4.02 in) of precipitation per annum and great seasonal differences in temperature, with long, very cold winters, and hot, dry summers. As spring and autumn are short, winter and summer are the main seasons. Temperatures can easily fall below −20 °C (−4 °F) in winter or rise above 35 °C (95 °F) in summer. Monthly daily averages range from −15.2 °C (4.6 °F) in January to 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) in July; the annual mean is 7.78 °C (46.0 °F).
| Climate data for Jinghe County (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
5.8 (42.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
26.7 (80.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
33.2 (91.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
25.2 (77.4) |
15.3 (59.5) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−6 (21.2) |
14.2 (57.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −19.7 (−3.5) |
−16 (3.2) |
−4.4 (24.1) |
5.7 (42.3) |
12.5 (54.5) |
17.1 (62.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
2.2 (36.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 4.0 (0.157) |
4.1 (0.161) |
5.2 (0.205) |
10.0 (0.394) |
15.5 (0.61) |
13.1 (0.516) |
11.5 (0.453) |
11.0 (0.433) |
9.2 (0.362) |
7.1 (0.28) |
4.5 (0.177) |
7.0 (0.276) |
102.2 (4.024) |
| % humidity | 81 | 78 | 68 | 49 | 45 | 46 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 64 | 76 | 81 | 61.8 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.1 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 78.5 |
| Sunshine hours | 131.0 | 143.9 | 176.4 | 234.5 | 279.6 | 290.0 | 312.8 | 302.2 | 261.8 | 209.6 | 117.2 | 95.2 | 2,554.2 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
Jinghe is served by China National Highway 312. It is a railway junction for the Northern Xinjiang, Second Ürümqi-Jinghe and Jinghe-Yining-Horgos Railways.
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