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Nagchu
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| Country | China |
| Province | Tibet Autonomous Region |
| Prefecture | Nagchu Prefecture |
| County | Nagchu County |
| Time zone | CST (UTC+8) |
Nagchukha, or Chinese transliteration: Naqu (simplified Chinese: 那曲镇; pinyin: Nàqū), is a small town in northern Tibet, seat of the Nagqu Prefecture approximately 250 kilometers north-east of the capital Lhasa, in the People's Republic of China.
At the time of the visit in 1950 of Thubten Jigme Norbu, the elder brother of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Nagchukha was a small town with only a few clay huts but was also the headquarters of the District Officer, the Dzongpön. it was on the main caravan route coming from Amdo to Central Tibet.[1]
It is along the newly opened Qingzang railway at 14,850 feet (4,526 meters).
China is planning to build the highest airport in the world at an altitude of 4,436 metres (14,500 ft). The construction is planned to start in 2011 and take three years to complete. When completed, it will overtake the current the highest, Qamdo Bangda Airport, with an elevation of 4,334 metres (14,219 ft).[2]
| Climate data for Nagchu, Elevation = 4505m | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −2 (28) |
−1 (30) |
2 (36) |
6 (43) |
10 (50) |
14 (57) |
15 (59) |
14 (57) |
12 (54) |
7 (45) |
1 (34) |
−2 (28) |
6 (43) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −22 (−8) |
−19 (−2) |
−14 (7) |
−9 (16) |
−3 (27) |
0 (32) |
3 (37) |
2 (36) |
0 (32) |
−6 (21) |
−15 (5) |
−21 (−6) |
−8 (18) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 2 (0.08) |
2 (0.08) |
3 (0.12) |
10 (0.39) |
26 (1.02) |
82 (3.23) |
106 (4.17) |
94 (3.7) |
69 (2.72) |
20 (0.79) |
3 (0.12) |
3 (0.12) |
419 (16.5) |
| Source: weatherbase.com[3] | |||||||||||||