Mangnai

Mangnai
茫崖市 · ᠮᠠᠨᠭᠨᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ · མང་ནེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Mang'ai
County-level city
Entrance of Lenghu Town
Entrance of Lenghu Town
Mangnai (light red) within Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai.
Mangnai (light red) within Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai.
Mangnai is located in Qinghai
Mangnai
Mangnai
Coordinates: 38°15′00″N 90°51′25″E / 38.250°N 90.857°E / 38.250; 90.857
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHaixi
SeatHuatugou
Area
 • Total
49,900 km2 (19,300 sq mi)
Elevation
3,000 m (10,000 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
18,856
 • Density0.38/km2 (0.98/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.mangya.gov.cn
Mangnai
Chinese name
Chinese茫崖市
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMángyá Shì[2][a]
Tibetan name
Tibetanམང་ནེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Transcriptions
Wyliemang ne grong khyer
Tibetan PinyinMangnê Chongkyêr
Mongolian name
Mongolian scriptᠮᠠᠨᠭᠨᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNCMangnai hot

Mangnai, also known as Mang'ai, is a county-level city in the northwest of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Xinjiang to the north and west. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is one of the most remote cities in China, the closest other city, Ruoqiang, is located 350 kilometres (220 mi) away.[3] In 2020 it had a population of 18856.[4] The name Mangnai is based on the Mongolian word for 'forehead'.[5]

It was formed in 2018 when the Mangnai and Lenghu administrative zones merged to establish the county-level city of Mangnai.[5]

Economy

Mangnai had a large asbestos mine, it was the largest in China, it also holds around half of China's serpentine reserves.[6][7][8] It also produces oil, natural gas, celestite, and sodium sulfate.[5]

Administrative divisions

Mangnai is divided into 3 towns. The administrative center is the Huatugou Town.[5]

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Mongolian (traditional script) Mongolian (Cyrillic) Administrative division code
Towns
Huatugou Town 花土沟镇 Huātǔgōu Zhèn ཧྭ་ཐུའུ་ཀུའུ་གྲོང་རྡལ། hwa thu'u ku'u grong rdal ᠡᠩᠭᠡᠷᠲᠦ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤᠨ Энгэрт балгас 632803100
Mangnai Town 茫崖镇 Mángyá Zhèn མང་ནེ་གྲོང་རྡལ། mang ne grong rdal ᠮᠠᠩᠨᠠᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤᠨ Магнай балгас 632803101
Lenghu Town 冷湖镇 Lěnghú Zhèn ལེན་ཧུའུ་གྲོང་རྡལ། len hu'u grong rdal ᠬᠦᠢᠲᠡᠨ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤᠨ Хүйтэн нуур балгас 632803102

Demographics

17 different ethnic groups live in the city, including the Han Chinese, Mongols, Tibetans, the Hui, Salars, Monguors, Manchus, Dongxiangs, and Uighurs.[4]

Climate

Climate data for Mangnai, elevation 2,945 m (9,662 ft), (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −3.2
(26.2) 		2.2
(36.0) 		8.1
(46.6) 		14.0
(57.2) 		17.9
(64.2) 		21.6
(70.9) 		24.1
(75.4) 		23.8
(74.8) 		19.1
(66.4) 		11.9
(53.4) 		4.2
(39.6) 		−2.3
(27.9) 		11.8
(53.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −10.7
(12.7) 		−5.8
(21.6) 		0.1
(32.2) 		6.0
(42.8) 		10.5
(50.9) 		14.7
(58.5) 		17.1
(62.8) 		16.5
(61.7) 		11.6
(52.9) 		3.9
(39.0) 		−3.7
(25.3) 		−9.6
(14.7) 		4.2
(39.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −17.4
(0.7) 		−13.1
(8.4) 		−7.5
(18.5) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		3.2
(37.8) 		8.0
(46.4) 		10.8
(51.4) 		9.9
(49.8) 		4.7
(40.5) 		−3.4
(25.9) 		−10.6
(12.9) 		−16.0
(3.2) 		−2.8
(27.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 0.8
(0.03) 		0.6
(0.02) 		0.8
(0.03) 		1.5
(0.06) 		6.1
(0.24) 		11.5
(0.45) 		13.6
(0.54) 		7.8
(0.31) 		4.5
(0.18) 		0.8
(0.03) 		0.1
(0.00) 		0.3
(0.01) 		48.4
(1.9)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.4 3.0 5.9 7.3 4.1 1.7 0.9 0.4 0.5 27.9
Average snowy days 1.6 1.5 2.0 2.3 1.8 0.2 0 0 0.1 1.2 0.6 1.3 12.6
Average relative humidity (%) 36 28 24 23 26 32 36 32 30 28 30 37 30
Mean monthly sunshine hours 227.3 224.8 263.2 275.2 285.9 261.4 263.9 270.2 270.0 282.3 239.7 223.5 3,087.4
Percent possible sunshine 74 73 70 69 64 59 59 65 74 83 80 76 71
Source: China Meteorological Administration[9][10]

Tourism

The main touristic sites in Mangnai are:[5]

In 2019, a camp meant to simulate conditions on the planet Mars opened in the town of Lenghu, which is primarily geared towards tourists.[11]

Transport

Mangnai is located strategically on one of the main transport corridors between Gansu and Xinjiang. The Haixi Huatugou Airport serves Mangnai and the city is served by the Golmud–Korla railway and is located along China National Highway 315.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ In Central Plains Mandarin it is pronounced Mang-ngai, a transcription of Oirat Mongolian Mangnai. In Standard Mandarin, ngai develops into two different readings with ya the most common one and ai used almost exclusively here. There's a tendency to pronounce it as ya in this situation as well.

References

  1. ^ "海西州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——各市县、行委常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Haixi Prefecture. 2021-07-02.
  2. ^ "Mangya government". Archived from the original on 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  3. ^ a b "最"寂寞"的城市，成立仅3年人口不到7万，就在我国西部".
  4. ^ a b 茫崖市人口数据 [Mangnai Population Data]. www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). 2021-08-22. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  5. ^ a b c d e 茫崖市简介 [Mangnai Overview]. www.mangya.gov.cn (in Chinese). Mangnai Municipal People's Government. 2019-02-28. Archived from the original on 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  6. ^ New China Quarterly. New China News Limited. 1987.
  7. ^ Mineral Deposits of China. Geological Publishing House. 1990. ISBN 978-7-116-02077-1.
  8. ^ Wu, Lan’er (2021). Comprehensive Utilization of Magnesium Slag by Pidgeon Process. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-981-16-2171-0.
  9. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  10. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  11. ^ Chen, Laurie (2019-03-04). "China opens 'Mars camp' for tourists, plans to send rover to red planet". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
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