County in Qinghai, China
Gonghe County (Chinese : 共和县 ; Tibetan : གསེར་ཆེན་རྫོང་། ), also known as Kungho , is a county of Qinghai Province , China under the administration of Hainan Prefecture . The seat of Gonghe County is in the town of Qabqa .
Administrative divisions
Gonghe County is made up of 7 towns and 4 townships :
Name
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu Pinyin
Tibetan
Wylie
Administrative division code
Towns
Qabqa Town (Qiabuqia)
恰卜恰镇
Qiàbǔqià Zhèn
ཆབ་ཆ་གྲོང་བརྡལ།
chab cha grong brdal
632521100
Rigmoin Town (Daotanghe)
倒淌河镇
Dàotǎnghé Zhèn
རིག་སྨོན་གྲོང་རྡལ།
rig smon grong rdal
632521101
Cai'ngagag Town (Longyangxia)
龙羊峡镇
Lóngyángxiá Zhèn
ཚལ་རྔ་འགག་གྲོང་རྡལ།
tshal rnga 'gag grong rdal
632521102
Tanggarma Town (Tanggemu)
塘格木镇
Tánggémù Zhèn
ཐང་དཀར་མ་གྲོང་བརྡལ།
thang dkar ma grong brdal
632521103
Danagma Town (Heimahe)
黑马河镇
Hēimǎhé Zhèn
རྟ་ནག་མ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
rta nag ma grong rdal
632521104
Sênag Town (Zhênag, Zhiunag, Shinaihai)
石乃亥镇
Shínǎihài Zhèn
སྤྲེའུ་ནག་གྲོང་རྡལ།
spre'u nag grong rdal
632521105
Jangxê Town (Jangsi, Jiangxigou, Jings)
江西沟镇
Jiāngxīgōu Zhèn
ཅང་ཤེས་གྲོང་རྡལ།
cang shes grong rdal
632521106
Townships
Sazhubxi Township
沙珠玉乡
Shāzhūyù Xiāng
ས་གྲུ་བཞི་ཞང་།
sa gru bzhi zhang
632521202
Têgê Township (Tiegai, Deegee)
铁盖乡
Tiěgài Xiāng
ཐེ་གེ་ཞང་།
the ge zhang
632521203
Êrdi Township (Niandi, Irt)
廿地乡
Niàndì Xiāng
ཨེར་སྟི་ཞང་།
er sti zhang
632521204
Qoijê Township (Qieji)
切吉乡
Qièjí Xiāng
ཆོས་རྗེ་ཞང་།
chos rje zhang
632521205
Others:
Hainan Prefecture Green Industry Development Park Management Zone Committee (海南州绿色产业发展园区管理区委员会)
Tanggarma Farm (巴卡台农场)
Anzhi Farm (安置农场)
Tiebujia Grassland Improvement Station (铁卜加草改站)
Demographics
In 2006, 55% of the population were Tibetans , with Han, Hui, Mongolian and Salar minorities.[ 3]
Economy
Gonghe is rich in grassland, used for animal husbandry. Crops such as wheat, barley, peas, potatoes, beans, oilseed and oats are also grown.[ 3]
Geography
The county is located along Qinghai Lake . Local grasslands have been at risk of desertification, combated by newly planted grassland and forests.[ 3]
Climate
Climate data for Gonghe County, elevation 2,835 m (9,301 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °C (°F)
11.8 (53.2)
16.3 (61.3)
23.2 (73.8)
29.8 (85.6)
27.9 (82.2)
28.4 (83.1)
33.7 (92.7)
32.2 (90.0)
29.4 (84.9)
21.5 (70.7)
15.4 (59.7)
10.2 (50.4)
33.7 (92.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
0.1 (32.2)
4.3 (39.7)
9.3 (48.7)
14.7 (58.5)
17.9 (64.2)
20.7 (69.3)
22.8 (73.0)
22.5 (72.5)
18.2 (64.8)
12.9 (55.2)
6.9 (44.4)
1.5 (34.7)
12.7 (54.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)
−8.4 (16.9)
−4.2 (24.4)
1.3 (34.3)
7.0 (44.6)
11.0 (51.8)
14.3 (57.7)
16.4 (61.5)
15.7 (60.3)
11.4 (52.5)
5.2 (41.4)
−1.9 (28.6)
−7.3 (18.9)
5.0 (41.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
−14.9 (5.2)
−10.9 (12.4)
−5.3 (22.5)
0.3 (32.5)
4.7 (40.5)
8.5 (47.3)
10.7 (51.3)
10.2 (50.4)
6.3 (43.3)
−0.7 (30.7)
−8.2 (17.2)
−13.6 (7.5)
−1.1 (30.1)
Record low °C (°F)
−25.9 (−14.6)
−23.4 (−10.1)
−18.9 (−2.0)
−12.6 (9.3)
−5.4 (22.3)
−0.7 (30.7)
3.1 (37.6)
1.2 (34.2)
−3.4 (25.9)
−13.0 (8.6)
−23.8 (−10.8)
−24.8 (−12.6)
−25.9 (−14.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
1.7 (0.07)
1.8 (0.07)
5.6 (0.22)
15.0 (0.59)
41.2 (1.62)
57.5 (2.26)
76.8 (3.02)
71.3 (2.81)
48.2 (1.90)
12.8 (0.50)
2.3 (0.09)
1.0 (0.04)
335.2 (13.19)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)
2.4
1.8
3.3
5.0
11.0
14.4
15.5
14.5
13.0
5.3
1.4
1.2
88.8
Average snowy days
3.8
3.3
4.5
4.1
1.3
0
0
0
0.1
2.2
1.9
2.3
23.5
Average relative humidity (%)
43
37
35
38
47
55
60
61
64
55
44
43
49
Mean monthly sunshine hours
229.9
224.4
255.4
261.3
259.4
236.4
246.1
250.2
216.8
243.7
240.8
234.8
2,899.2
Percent possible sunshine
74
72
68
66
59
54
56
61
59
71
79
78
66
Source: China Meteorological Administration [ 4] [ 5]
See also
References