Maqu County

Maqu County
རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་། · 玛曲县
County
Maqu County (red) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Maqu County (red) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Maqu is located in Gansu
Maqu
Maqu
Location of the seat in Gansu
Maqu is located in China
Maqu
Maqu
Maqu (China)
Coordinates (Maqu government): 33°59′52″N 102°04′22″E / 33.9977°N 102.0727°E / 33.9977; 102.0727
CountryChina
ProvinceGansu
Autonomous prefectureGannan
County seatNyinma (Nima)
Area
 • Total
10,190 km2 (3,930 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
57,076
 • Density5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
747300
Websitewww.maqu.gov.cn
Maqu County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese玛曲县
Traditional Chinese瑪曲縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎqū Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanརྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylierma chu rdzong
Tibetan PinyinMaqu Zong

Maqu County (Chinese: 玛曲县; Tibetan: རྨ་ཆུ་རྫོང་།) is a county of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the south of Gansu province of China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the east and southeast, and Qinghai to the southwest, west and northwest. Its postal code is 747300, and in 1999 its population was 36,213 people.[2] The word "Maqu" derived from the Tibetan name of Yellow River. The area of Maqu County is 10,191 km2 with an average altitude of 3,700 meters.[3] Maqu County receives high rainfall and is located at the northern edge of the Zoigê Marshes on the Yellow River where conditions are optimal for alpine meadow vegetation.[3]

Administrative divisions

Maqu County is divided to 6 towns and 2 townships.[4]

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Nyinma Town
(Nima) 		尼玛镇 Nímǎ Zhèn ཉིན་མ་གྲོང་རྡལ། nyin ma grong rdal 623025100
Maima Town
(Manrima) 		曼日玛镇 Mànrìmǎ Zhèn སྨད་མ་གྲོང་རྡལ། smad ma grong rdal 623025101
Waibaincang Town
(Bainaincang, Awancang) 		阿万仓镇 Āwàncāng Zhèn དབལ་བན་ཚང་གྲོང་རྡལ། dbal ban tshang grong rdal 623025102
Qukama Town
(Qihama) 		齐哈玛镇 Qíhāmǎ Zhèn ཆུ་ཁ་མ་གྲོང་རྡལ། chu kha ma grong rdal 623025103
Cêruma Town
(Cairima) 		采日玛镇 Cǎirìmǎ Zhèn མཚེ་རུ་མ་གྲོང་རྡལ། mtshe ru ma grong rdal 623025104
Ngüra Town
(Oula) 		欧拉镇 Ōulā Zhèn དངུལ་རྭ་གྲོང་རྡལ། dngul rwa grong rdal 623025105
Townships
Ngüraxoima Township
(Oulaxiuma) 		欧拉秀玛乡 Ōulāxiùmǎ Xiāng དངུལ་རྭ་ཞོལ་མ་ཤང་། dngul rwa zhol ma shang 623025201
Murqêg Township
(Murqê, Muxihe) 		木西合乡 Mùxīhé Xiāng མུར་བྱེག་ཤང་། mur byeg shang 623025203

Climate

Climate data for Maqu, elevation 3,471 m (11,388 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) 14.5
(58.1) 		14.8
(58.6) 		18.4
(65.1) 		23.6
(74.5) 		22.4
(72.3) 		23.4
(74.1) 		25.1
(77.2) 		24.7
(76.5) 		23.5
(74.3) 		19.8
(67.6) 		15.0
(59.0) 		13.6
(56.5) 		25.1
(77.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 0.5
(32.9) 		3.2
(37.8) 		6.4
(43.5) 		10.3
(50.5) 		13.0
(55.4) 		15.2
(59.4) 		17.6
(63.7) 		17.5
(63.5) 		14.3
(57.7) 		9.5
(49.1) 		5.3
(41.5) 		1.5
(34.7) 		9.5
(49.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −8.3
(17.1) 		−5.3
(22.5) 		−1.3
(29.7) 		3.0
(37.4) 		6.4
(43.5) 		9.7
(49.5) 		11.8
(53.2) 		11.3
(52.3) 		8.0
(46.4) 		2.7
(36.9) 		−2.9
(26.8) 		−7.2
(19.0) 		2.3
(36.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −15.4
(4.3) 		−12.2
(10.0) 		−7.2
(19.0) 		−2.7
(27.1) 		1.1
(34.0) 		4.9
(40.8) 		6.8
(44.2) 		6.2
(43.2) 		3.4
(38.1) 		−2.0
(28.4) 		−8.8
(16.2) 		−14.1
(6.6) 		−3.3
(26.0)
Record low °C (°F) −28.0
(−18.4) 		−27.3
(−17.1) 		−20.9
(−5.6) 		−13.6
(7.5) 		−8.9
(16.0) 		−3.4
(25.9) 		−2.7
(27.1) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		−7.0
(19.4) 		−12.9
(8.8) 		−22.4
(−8.3) 		−26.8
(−16.2) 		−28.0
(−18.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5.8
(0.23) 		6.3
(0.25) 		15.2
(0.60) 		29.0
(1.14) 		71.8
(2.83) 		101.0
(3.98) 		126.0
(4.96) 		116.9
(4.60) 		88.1
(3.47) 		43.7
(1.72) 		6.7
(0.26) 		1.8
(0.07) 		612.3
(24.11)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.9 5.3 9.6 12.3 17.8 19.8 19.3 17.9 18.5 14.5 4.1 2.6 146.6
Average snowy days 6.5 7.4 12.9 12.6 7.7 1.3 0.2 0.1 2.0 10.3 6.0 4.2 71.2
Average relative humidity (%) 45 46 52 58 66 71 74 75 76 70 55 46 61
Mean monthly sunshine hours 229.4 207.9 228.5 230.1 219.3 186.9 217.6 219.9 173.7 195.8 229.1 234.1 2,572.3
Percent possible sunshine 72 67 61 59 51 43 50 54 48 57 74 77 59
Source: China Meteorological Administration[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "甘南州第七次全国人口普查公报" (in Chinese). Government of Gannan Prefecture. 2021-05-27.
  2. ^ "HGIS - Downloads". Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
  3. ^ a b "China". Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  4. ^ "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  5. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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