Nagqu County
| Nagqu County 那曲县 • ནག་ཆུ་རྫོང་། | |
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.png) Location of Nagchu County (red) within Nagchu Prefecture (yellow) and the Tibet AR | |
  Nagqu Location of the seat in the Tibet AR | |
| Coordinates: 31°29′N 92°04′E / 31.483°N 92.067°ECoordinates: 31°29′N 92°04′E / 31.483°N 92.067°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Tibet |
| Prefecture | Nagchu Prefecture |
| Township-level divisions | 12 |
| County seat | Nagqu Town |
| Elevation | 4,513 m (14,806 ft) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
Nagqu County (Tibetan: ནག་ཆུ་རྫོང་། ; Chinese: 那曲县; pinyin: Nàqū xiàn) is a county within the Nagqu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, western People's Republic of China. The name of the county in the Tibetan language means "black river".[1]
Geography and climate
Located in the northern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Nagqu County ranges in latitude from 30° 31' to 31° 55' N and in longitude from 91° 12' to 93° 02' E. Bordering counties within Nagqu Prefecture are Lhari to the southeast, Biru to the east, Nyainrong to the northeast, Amdo to the northwest, and Baingoin to the west, while Lhasa City, the regional capital, is to the south.
With an elevation of around 4,500 metres (14,800 ft), Nagqu has a harsh, alpine climate (Köppen EH), with long, very cold and dry winters, and short, cool summers. In winter, temperatures frequently drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) at night and in summer typically rise to 16 °C (61 °F) during the day. The monthly 24-hour average daily temperature ranges from −12.6 °C (9.3 °F) in January to 9.0 °C (48.2 °F) in July, and the annual mean is only −1.17 °C (29.9 °F). From June to September, a majority of the days receives some precipitation, and over 80% of the annual precipitation is delivered.
| Climate data for Nagqu County (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.7 (45.9) |
10.3 (50.5) |
16.1 (61) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
24.2 (75.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.2 (72) |
18.0 (64.4) |
12.8 (55) |
11.8 (53.2) |
24.2 (75.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −3.1 (26.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
2.9 (37.2) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
14.9 (58.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.7 (54.9) |
7.5 (45.5) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
6.9 (44.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.6 (9.3) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
3.5 (38.3) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
8.4 (47.1) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−7.2 (19) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −21.1 (−6) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
−8.5 (16.7) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.5 (38.3) |
3.0 (37.4) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−6 (21) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
−8.1 (17.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −37.6 (−35.7) |
−32.2 (−26) |
−27.3 (−17.1) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
−12.5 (9.5) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
−6.1 (21) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−19.6 (−3.3) |
−31.7 (−25.1) |
−34.6 (−30.3) |
−37.6 (−35.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.2 (0.126) |
3.3 (0.13) |
3.6 (0.142) |
11.2 (0.441) |
28.5 (1.122) |
83.8 (3.299) |
103.1 (4.059) |
91.5 (3.602) |
75.2 (2.961) |
20.4 (0.803) |
3.8 (0.15) |
2.6 (0.102) |
430.2 (16.937) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 6.8 | 13.2 | 18.8 | 20.1 | 19.3 | 18.8 | 8.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 122.9 |
| Source: Weather China[1] | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
- Nagqu Town (ནག་ཆུ་, 那曲镇)
- Lhomar Town (ལྷོ་མ་, 罗玛镇)
- Golug Town (ཀོ་ལུང་, 古露镇)
- Shamong Township (ཤ་མོང་, 香茂乡)
- Yöchak Township (ཡོས་ཆགས་, 油恰乡)
- Namarche Township (ན་དམར་ཆེ་, 那么切乡)
- Kormang Township (འཁོར་མང་, 孔玛乡)
- Taksar Township (སྟག་གསར་, 达萨乡)
- Lumé Township (ལུ་སྨད་, 劳麦乡)
- Serzhong Township (གསེར་གཞོང་, 色雄乡)
- Nyima Township (, 尼玛乡)
- Daqên Township (སྟར་ཆེན་, 达前乡)
Transport
- China National Highway 317 runs from Chengdu in Sichuan province to Nagqu County.
- Naqu Railway Station (Qinghai–Tibet Railway)
References
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