Ulan County

"Wulan" redirects here. For other uses, see Wulan (disambiguation).
Ulan County
ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ · དབུས་ལམ་རྫོང་། · 乌兰县
Wulan
County
Chaka Salt Lake, Ulan County
Chaka Salt Lake, Ulan County
Location of Ulan County (red) within Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Location of Ulan County (red) within Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Ulan is located in Qinghai
Ulan
Ulan
Location of the county seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 36°49′N 98°17′E / 36.817°N 98.283°E / 36.817; 98.283
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHaixi
County seatXireg
Area
 • Total
12,858.16 km2 (4,964.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
31,507
 • Density2.5/km2 (6.3/sq mi)
 [1]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.wulanxian.gov.cn
Ulan County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese乌兰县
Traditional Chinese烏蘭縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWūlán Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanདབུས་ལམ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliedbus lam rdzong
Tibetan Pinyinü lam dzong
Mongolian name
Mongolian scriptᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
Transcriptions
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Ulan or Wulan (Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ; Tibetan: དབུས་ལམ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 乌兰县) is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. County seat is Xireg.

The name of the county comes from a Mongolian word which means "red".

Administrative divisions

Ulan County is divided into 4 towns.

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Mongolian (traditional script) Mongolian (Cyrillic) Administrative division code
Towns
Xireg Town
(Xirig, Xiligou) 		希里沟镇 Xīlǐgōu Zhèn ᠰᠢᠷᠢᠭᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ Ширх балгас 632821100
Qaka Town
(Chaka, Caka) 		茶卡镇 Chákǎ Zhèn ཚྭ་ཁ་གྲོང་རྡལ། tshwa kha grong rdal ᠴᠠᠺᠠ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ Цака балгас 632821101
Hohod Town
(Keke) 		柯柯镇 Kēkē Zhèn ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠳ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ Хээд балгас 632821102
Tongpu Town
(Toinbo) 		铜普镇 Tóngpǔ Zhèn མཐོན་པོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། mthon po grong rdal ᠲᠤᠩᠫᠦ᠋ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ Тунпу балгас 632821103

Other: Mohe Livestock Farm, Haixi Prefecture (海西州莫河畜牧场)

Climate

Climate data for Ulan, elevation 2,950 m (9,680 ft), (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −1.8
(28.8) 		2.7
(36.9) 		7.8
(46.0) 		13.8
(56.8) 		17.8
(64.0) 		20.8
(69.4) 		23.1
(73.6) 		23.0
(73.4) 		18.9
(66.0) 		12.2
(54.0) 		5.0
(41.0) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		11.9
(53.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −10.6
(12.9) 		−5.8
(21.6) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		6.1
(43.0) 		10.8
(51.4) 		14.1
(57.4) 		16.2
(61.2) 		15.7
(60.3) 		11.3
(52.3) 		4.0
(39.2) 		−3.6
(25.5) 		−9.5
(14.9) 		4.1
(39.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −17.2
(1.0) 		−12.7
(9.1) 		−6.8
(19.8) 		−0.9
(30.4) 		3.9
(39.0) 		7.9
(46.2) 		10.2
(50.4) 		9.7
(49.5) 		5.4
(41.7) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		−9.9
(14.2) 		−15.9
(3.4) 		−2.4
(27.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.2
(0.09) 		2.2
(0.09) 		3.6
(0.14) 		6.9
(0.27) 		25.8
(1.02) 		43.1
(1.70) 		54.2
(2.13) 		38.3
(1.51) 		22.4
(0.88) 		4.6
(0.18) 		1.7
(0.07) 		0.9
(0.04) 		205.9
(8.12)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.9 2.3 2.9 3.3 7.3 11.1 11.6 9.5 6.6 2.5 1.5 1.3 62.8
Average snowy days 4.0 3.2 4.3 3.8 2.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.8 2.2 2.2 24
Average relative humidity (%) 43 35 31 33 40 51 56 54 51 40 40 41 43
Mean monthly sunshine hours 223.7 215.4 244.8 267.9 276.6 251.7 263.0 260.0 240.4 257.8 237.3 227.5 2,966.1
Percent possible sunshine 72 70 65 67 63 57 59 63 66 75 79 76 68
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]
Climate data for Chaka, Ulan County, elevation 3,088 m (10,131 ft), (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −2.2
(28.0) 		1.7
(35.1) 		6.8
(44.2) 		12.7
(54.9) 		16.6
(61.9) 		19.2
(66.6) 		21.5
(70.7) 		21.3
(70.3) 		17.2
(63.0) 		10.9
(51.6) 		4.1
(39.4) 		−1.0
(30.2) 		10.7
(51.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −10.9
(12.4) 		−7.1
(19.2) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		4.5
(40.1) 		9.2
(48.6) 		12.5
(54.5) 		14.9
(58.8) 		14.3
(57.7) 		9.9
(49.8) 		2.6
(36.7) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		−9.8
(14.4) 		2.8
(37.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −18.2
(−0.8) 		−14.7
(5.5) 		−9.2
(15.4) 		−3.3
(26.1) 		2.1
(35.8) 		6.4
(43.5) 		9.0
(48.2) 		8.4
(47.1) 		4.1
(39.4) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		−12.1
(10.2) 		−16.9
(1.6) 		−4.0
(24.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.2
(0.05) 		1.8
(0.07) 		3.3
(0.13) 		7.5
(0.30) 		26.3
(1.04) 		51.3
(2.02) 		58.8
(2.31) 		48.2
(1.90) 		27.2
(1.07) 		4.9
(0.19) 		1.4
(0.06) 		0.5
(0.02) 		232.4
(9.16)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.9 2.0 2.7 3.6 8.4 12.2 13.6 11.0 7.8 2.6 0.9 0.7 67.4
Average snowy days 2.8 2.9 4.3 4.0 2.4 0.2 0 0 0 1.8 1.7 1.2 21.3
Average relative humidity (%) 36 33 31 33 44 55 59 58 56 43 35 35 43
Mean monthly sunshine hours 231.2 221.4 255.2 269.9 267.5 233.5 248.5 253.2 235.7 261.3 245.1 233.5 2,956
Percent possible sunshine 75 72 68 68 61 53 56 61 64 76 81 78 68
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][4]

Transportation

The county is served by the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which has a station at the county seat. There is also a freight-only branch to the salt works on the Chaka Salt Lake near Chaka Town, in the southeastern part of the county.

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. ^ a b 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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