Genhe

Genhe
根河市 · ᢉᢉᠠᠠᠭᠣᠤᠯᠬᠣᠲᠠ
County-level city

Location of Genhe in Hulunbuir City
Genhe

Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia

Coordinates: 50°47′N 121°31′E / 50.783°N 121.517°ECoordinates: 50°47′N 121°31′E / 50.783°N 121.517°E
Country People's Republic of China
Region Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city Hulunbuir
Municipal seat Hexi Subdistrict (河西街道)
Area
 • Total 19,659 km2 (7,590 sq mi)
Elevation 714 m (2,343 ft)
Population (2010)
 • Total 110,400
 • Density 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 022300
Area code(s) 0470

Genhe (Gegengol) (Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (Гэгээнгол хот) Gegen Gôûl Hôt; Chinese: 根河; pinyin: Gēnhé), formerly Ergun Left Banner or Ergun Zuoqi (simplified Chinese: 额尔古纳左旗; traditional Chinese: 額爾古納左旗; pinyin: É'ěrgǔnà Zuǒ Qí), is a city in the far northeast of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is administratively a county-level city of Hulunbuir City.

Geography and climate

Genhe has a monsoon-influenced subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), and is the coldest officially-designated city in China, with an average annual temperature at the town of Tulihe, 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the south-southeast, of −4.4 °C (24.1 °F). Winters are long, severely cold, and very dry in terms of total precipitation, while summers are short and warm. At Tulihe, the monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −28.7 °C (−19.7 °F) in January to 16.6 °C (61.9 °F) in July.

Climate data for Tulihe, Inner Mongolia (1971−2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −19.6
(−3.3)		 −13.1
(8.4)		 −3.9
(25)		 7.2
(45)		 16.5
(61.7)		 22.1
(71.8)		 23.8
(74.8)		 21.6
(70.9)		 15.6
(60.1)		 5.5
(41.9)		 −7.9
(17.8)		 −17.7
(0.1)		 4.2
(39.5)
Average low °C (°F) −36
(−33)		 −33.3
(−27.9)		 −23.9
(−11)		 −8.9
(16)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 4.8
(40.6)		 9.5
(49.1)		 7.3
(45.1)		 −0.5
(31.1)		 −10.2
(13.6)		 −23.5
(−10.3)		 −32.6
(−26.7)		 −12.4
(9.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.3
(0.169)		 4.0
(0.157)		 6.3
(0.248)		 19.7
(0.776)		 28.2
(1.11)		 82.1
(3.232)		 127.8
(5.031)		 108.8
(4.283)		 48.6
(1.913)		 19.4
(0.764)		 8.3
(0.327)		 6.4
(0.252)		 463.9
(18.262)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 10.4 7.4 8.1 8.7 9.3 15.8 17.6 16.1 11.8 8.4 10.6 12.5 136.7
Average relative humidity (%) 77 73 67 57 52 72 81 84 75 68 76 79 71.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours 163.2 199.2 258.4 240.9 270.7 247.5 221.7 212.5 194.2 199.2 155.4 133.7 2,496.6
Percent possible sunshine 62 71 71 59 57 51 45 47 51 60 58 54 56
Source: China Meteorological Administration

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