Qumarlêb County

Qumarlêb County
曲麻莱县 · ཆུ་དམར་ལེབ་རྫོང་།
Location of Qumarlêb County (red) in Yushu Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Location of Qumarlêb County (red) in Yushu Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Qumarlêb is located in Qinghai
Qumarlêb
Qumarlêb
Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 34°08′N 95°48′E / 34.133°N 95.800°E / 34.133; 95.800
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureYushu
County seatYugê Town
Area
 • Total47,000 km2 (18,000 sq mi)
Elevation
4,191 m (13,750 ft)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total33,710
 • Density0.72/km2 (1.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
815500
Websitewww.qumalai.gov.cn
Qumarlêb County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese曲麻莱县
Traditional Chinese曲麻萊縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanཆུ་དམར་ལེབ་རྫོང་།

Qumarlêb County (Tibetan: ཆུ་དམར་ལེབ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 曲麻莱县) is a county in the northeast of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, south-central Qinghai province, China.

Geography and climate[edit]

With an elevation of around 4,200 metres (14,000 ft), Qumarlêb County has an alpine climate (Köppen ETH), with long, very cold winters, and short, cool and rainy summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from mid September to late May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, average highs are only below freezing from mid/late November until early March. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 50 percent of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 51 percent in June to 78 percent in November, the county seat receives 2,782 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) in January to 8.9 °C (48.0 °F) in July, while the annual mean is −2.13 °C (28.2 °F). Over three-fourths of the annual precipitation of 406 mm (16.0 in) is delivered from June to September.

Climate data for Qumarlêb (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 10.3
(50.5)
9.9
(49.8)
13.7
(56.7)
16.8
(62.2)
21.6
(70.9)
24.1
(75.4)
24.9
(76.8)
23.6
(74.5)
20.8
(69.4)
19.0
(66.2)
8.4
(47.1)
8.9
(48.0)
24.9
(76.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −3.8
(25.2)
−1.0
(30.2)
2.7
(36.9)
7.1
(44.8)
10.7
(51.3)
13.7
(56.7)
16.4
(61.5)
16.3
(61.3)
12.8
(55.0)
6.9
(44.4)
1.3
(34.3)
−2.2
(28.0)
6.7
(44.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.8
(9.0)
−9.5
(14.9)
−5.4
(22.3)
−0.7
(30.7)
3.5
(38.3)
7.2
(45.0)
9.7
(49.5)
9.3
(48.7)
5.7
(42.3)
−0.9
(30.4)
−7.8
(18.0)
−12.1
(10.2)
−1.2
(29.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −20.8
(−5.4)
−17.6
(0.3)
−13.0
(8.6)
−7.9
(17.8)
−2.9
(26.8)
1.8
(35.2)
4.0
(39.2)
3.4
(38.1)
0.6
(33.1)
−6.5
(20.3)
−14.8
(5.4)
−20.0
(−4.0)
−7.8
(18.0)
Record low °C (°F) −34.2
(−29.6)
−31.2
(−24.2)
−27.1
(−16.8)
−19.9
(−3.8)
−14.9
(5.2)
−6.4
(20.5)
−4.3
(24.3)
−9.5
(14.9)
−10.2
(13.6)
−24.0
(−11.2)
−28.4
(−19.1)
−34.4
(−29.9)
−34.4
(−29.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.4
(0.17)
3.2
(0.13)
7.8
(0.31)
14.8
(0.58)
39.4
(1.55)
85.8
(3.38)
96.6
(3.80)
79.0
(3.11)
71.3
(2.81)
20.5
(0.81)
3.6
(0.14)
1.7
(0.07)
428.1
(16.86)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.7 5.4 7.9 10.3 17.3 21.6 19.4 17.8 19.8 11.5 3.5 2.9 142.1
Average snowy days 6.8 7.5 11.2 13.5 19.2 7.3 1.6 1.5 7.9 13.6 5.5 4.8 100.4
Average relative humidity (%) 43 39 42 47 57 66 66 66 70 61 49 42 54
Mean monthly sunshine hours 205.4 190.9 219.9 234.9 232.6 203.3 232.7 225.1 206.0 233.7 230.8 224.1 2,639.4
Percent possible sunshine 65 61 59 60 54 47 53 55 56 68 75 73 61
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3][4]


Administrative divisions[edit]

Qumarlêb County is divided to 1 town and 5 townships.[5]

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Town
Yugê Town
(Yuegai)
约改镇 Yuēgǎi Zhèn གཡུ་སྐེ་གྲོང་བརྡལ། g.yu ske grong brdal 632726100
Townships
Bagoin Township
(Bagan)
巴干乡 Bāgàn Xiāng འབའ་དགོན་ཞང་། 'ba' dgon zhang 632726200
Qigzhi Township
(Qiuzhi)
秋智乡 Qiūzhì Xiāng ཆིག་སྒྲིལ་ཞང་། chig sgril zhang 632726201
Yugê Township
(Yege)
叶格乡 Yègé Xiāng གཡུ་སྐེ་ཞང་། g.yu ske zhang 632726202
Madoi Township
(Maduo)
麻多乡 Máduō Xiāng རྨ་སྟོད་ཞང་། rma stod zhang 632726203
Qumar Township
(Qumahe)
曲麻河乡 Qǔmáhé Xiāng ཆུ་དམར་ཞང་། chu dmar zhang 632726204

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "玉树州第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——市县级常住人口情况" (in Chinese). The Paper. 2021-06-30.
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  4. ^ 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集(1971-2000年). China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  5. ^ "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2020-12-27.

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