Riwoche County

Riwoche
类乌齐县 • རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་།
Riwoqê
County
Location of Riwoqê County within Tibet
Location of Riwoqê County within Tibet
Riwoche is located in Tibet
Riwoche
Riwoche
Location of the seat in the Tibet AR
Riwoche is located in China
Riwoche
Riwoche
Riwoche (China)
Coordinates (Riwoqê County government): 31°12′42″N 96°36′01″E / 31.2116°N 96.6002°E / 31.2116; 96.6002
CountryChina
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityChamdo
County seatSado
Area
 • Total
6,337.93 km2 (2,447.09 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
58,856
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websiteleiwuqi.changdu.gov.cn
Riwoche County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese类乌齐县
Traditional Chinese類烏齊縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLèiwūqí Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanརི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wylieri bo che rdzong
Tibetan PinyinRiwoqê Zong

Riwoche (Tibetan: རི་བོ་ཆེ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 类乌齐县) is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chamdo in the Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The county lies in eastern Tibet and borders Qinghai province to the north.

Riwoche is the name of the county, the county capital, and the small village where the main monastery is located. Riwoche sits at around 3,400 m (11,200 ft) above sea level. The Dzi River flows through the region. The county grows barley and wheat. Khampa inhabitants of the area lives in houses made of wood. The area is highly mountainous, and in contrast to the high altitude grasslands predominant in Tibetan Plateau, Riwoche is lush all year round with evergreen forests. Riwoche's climate is mild by Tibetan standards, with daytime high temperatures generally above −4 °C (25 °F) in winter and 20 °C (68 °F) in summer.[2]

Administrative divisions

Riwoche County is divided in 2 towns and 8 townships.

Name Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie
Town
Riwoche Town
(Riwoqê) 		类乌齐镇 Lèiwūqí zhèn རི་བོ་ཆེ་གྲོང་རྡལ། ri bo che grong rdal
Sado Town
(Samdo) 		桑多镇 Sāngduō zhèn ས་མདོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། sa mdo grong rdal
Townships
Jagsamka Township 甲桑卡乡 Jiǎsāngkǎ xiāng ལྕགས་ཟམ་ཁ་ཤང་། lcags zam kha shang
Chamoling Township 长毛岭乡 Chángmáolǐng xiāng ཁྲ་མོ་གླིང་ཤང་། khra mo gling shang
Kangda Township 岗色乡 Gǎngsè xiāng གངས་གཟེ་ཤང་། gangs gze shang
Jigdoi Township 吉多乡 Jíduō xiāng ལྗིག་སྟོད་ཤང་། ljig stod shang
Pênda Township 宾达乡 Bīndá xiāng བེའུ་མདའ་ཤང་། be'u mda' shang
Karmardo Township 卡玛多乡 Kǎmǎduō xiāng མཁར་དམར་མདོ་ཤང་། mkhar dmar mdo shang
Samka Township 尚卡乡 Shàngkǎ xiāng ཟམ་ཁ་ཤང་། zam kha shang
Yeru Township 伊日乡 Yīrì xiāng གཡས་རུ་ཤང་། g.yas ru shang

Climate

Climate data for Riwoche, elevation 3,810 m (12,500 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) 17.2
(63.0) 		16.2
(61.2) 		20.0
(68.0) 		22.6
(72.7) 		24.4
(75.9) 		28.0
(82.4) 		28.7
(83.7) 		26.4
(79.5) 		24.7
(76.5) 		22.8
(73.0) 		17.0
(62.6) 		16.2
(61.2) 		28.7
(83.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 3.9
(39.0) 		5.6
(42.1) 		8.3
(46.9) 		11.8
(53.2) 		16.0
(60.8) 		19.3
(66.7) 		20.2
(68.4) 		19.8
(67.6) 		17.9
(64.2) 		13.0
(55.4) 		8.3
(46.9) 		5.9
(42.6) 		12.5
(54.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −6.4
(20.5) 		−3.8
(25.2) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		3.6
(38.5) 		7.7
(45.9) 		11.4
(52.5) 		12.6
(54.7) 		11.9
(53.4) 		9.6
(49.3) 		4.4
(39.9) 		−1.6
(29.1) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		4.0
(39.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −14.7
(5.5) 		−11.6
(11.1) 		−6.9
(19.6) 		−2.7
(27.1) 		1.3
(34.3) 		5.7
(42.3) 		7.4
(45.3) 		6.7
(44.1) 		4.2
(39.6) 		−1.3
(29.7) 		−8.6
(16.5) 		−13.6
(7.5) 		−2.8
(26.9)
Record low °C (°F) −25.9
(−14.6) 		−29.4
(−20.9) 		−23.7
(−10.7) 		−12.1
(10.2) 		−9.2
(15.4) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		−3.2
(26.2) 		−5.7
(21.7) 		−13.0
(8.6) 		−23.0
(−9.4) 		−28.6
(−19.5) 		−29.4
(−20.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.3
(0.13) 		5.2
(0.20) 		9.5
(0.37) 		13.3
(0.52) 		14.9
(0.59) 		19.6
(0.77) 		21.0
(0.83) 		19.5
(0.77) 		17.7
(0.70) 		10.8
(0.43) 		4.5
(0.18) 		2.2
(0.09) 		141.5
(5.58)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 3.3 5.2 9.5 13.3 14.9 19.6 21.0 19.5 17.7 10.8 4.5 2.2 141.5
Average snowy days 5.1 8.1 14.0 16.9 7.0 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.8 9.7 7.4 4.0 74.1
Average relative humidity (%) 44 46 50 56 58 64 69 71 70 64 54 47 58
Mean monthly sunshine hours 207.0 180.0 187.3 182.4 197.4 170.7 172.4 167.1 160.6 178.3 201.8 216.6 2,221.6
Percent possible sunshine 64 57 50 47 46 40 40 41 44 51 64 69 51
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

Attractions

Yiri Hot Spring is located at Riwoqê County, surrounded by the hills, is a famous hot spring which is reputed to cure diseases.[5]

Riwoche is also home to the famous Riwoche Monastery, the main set of the Taklung Kagyu,[6] situated 29 km north of the Riwoche Town, and 134 km west of Chamdo.[7]

Jiumichan Monastery is within Riwoqê County, 105 km away from the county seat, is a national key scenic spot.[8]

Naitang Monastery is located at Riwoqê County, with Dingxia Mountain on the back, Naishui River in the front, and Duoji Cliff on the north. Buddhists thought it as the holy land of Ruchi 16 Arhats, called it Naitang Monastery.[9]

Riwoche horses

Riwoche is also known for a unique horse breed called Riwoche horses, thought to be the missing link between modern horses and prehistoric horses after ground-breaking research in 1995.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Transportation

See also

References

  1. ^ "昌都市第七次全国人口普查主要数据公报" (in Chinese). Government of Chamdo. 2021-06-22.
  2. ^ "Riwoche". The Land of Snows. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Tibet Qamdo Riwoqe County Travel Guide: Tibet Qamdo Riwoqe County Travel Tips, Attractions, Tours, Weather and Climate, Food and Restaurant, Accommodation, Ethnic Minorities, Festivals, Activities, Shopping, Photos and Maps – Tibet Tours, Tibet Travel, Tibet Trip, Tibet Tour Packages 2020".
  6. ^ Taklung Kagyu
  7. ^ "Riwoche Monastery", Wikipedia, 2019-08-14, retrieved 2019-11-10
  8. ^ "Tibet Qamdo Riwoqe County Travel Guide: Tibet Qamdo Riwoqe County Travel Tips, Attractions, Tours, Weather and Climate, Food and Restaurant, Accommodation, Ethnic Minorities, Festivals, Activities, Shopping, Photos and Maps – Tibet Tours, Tibet Travel, Tibet Trip, Tibet Tour Packages 2020".
  9. ^ "Tibet Qamdo Riwoqe County Travel Guide: Tibet Qamdo Riwoqe County Travel Tips, Attractions, Tours, Weather and Climate, Food and Restaurant, Accommodation, Ethnic Minorities, Festivals, Activities, Shopping, Photos and Maps – Tibet Tours, Tibet Travel, Tibet Trip, Tibet Tour Packages 2020".
  10. ^ "Riwoche horse", Wikipedia, 2019-09-28, retrieved 2019-11-10
  11. ^ Riwoche horse - Video Learning - WizScience.com, retrieved 2019-11-10[dead YouTube link]
  12. ^ Simons, Marlise (1995-11-12). "A Stone-Age Horse Still Roams a Tibetan Plateau". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  13. ^ "CNN - Tiny, ancient horses found in Tibet - Nov. 17, 1995". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  14. ^ "Resurrecting the dead". www.downtoearth.org.in. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  15. ^ Thomas, Dana (1996-01-08). "PACK ANIMAL OF TIBETAN VALLEY MAY BE HORSE OF A DIFFERENT ERA". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  16. ^ "Riwoche Horse Info, Origin, History, Pictures". Retrieved 2019-11-10.


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