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Maqên County
Maqên or Maqin County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Maqên County 玛沁县 · རྨ་ཆེན་རྫོང་། | |
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Peak Amne Machin, the highest peak of the mountain range of the same name | |
Maqên/Maqin County (light red) within Golog Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai | |
Maqên Location of the county seat in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates (Maqên County government): 34°28′41″N 100°14′20″E / 34.4780°N 100.2389°ECoordinates: 34°28′41″N 100°14′20″E / 34.4780°N 100.2389°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture | Golog |
| Elevation | 3,700 m (12,140 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 瑪沁 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 玛沁 | ||||||||
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| Tibetan | རྨ་ཆེན | ||||||||
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Name
The county is named for Anyê Maqên, the Tibetan name for a revered local mountain.
Administrative divisions
Maqên is divided into two towns and six townships:
Climate
Maqên County has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc)
| Climate data for Maqên County (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.5 (72.5) | 24.5 (76.1) | 26.3 (79.3) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.2 (77.4) | 21.5 (70.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 10.9 (51.6) | 26.3 (79.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | 1.6 (34.9) | 5.4 (41.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.6 (54.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 9.1 (48.4) | 4.1 (39.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 8.8 (47.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.9 (10.6) | −8.8 (16.2) | −4.0 (24.8) | 0.9 (33.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | 8.2 (46.8) | 10.2 (50.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 6.4 (43.5) | 0.9 (33.6) | −6.3 (20.7) | −11.1 (12.0) | −0.1 (31.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −21.4 (−6.5) | −17.7 (0.1) | −11.6 (11.1) | −6.2 (20.8) | −1.3 (29.7) | 2.7 (36.9) | 4.6 (40.3) | 3.6 (38.5) | 1.1 (34.0) | −4.5 (23.9) | −13.8 (7.2) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −7.1 (19.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.1 (−27.6) | −31.9 (−25.4) | −29.1 (−20.4) | −20.0 (−4.0) | −12.8 (9.0) | −6.0 (21.2) | −4.0 (24.8) | −5.5 (22.1) | −7.5 (18.5) | −17.8 (0.0) | −26.6 (−15.9) | −33.1 (−27.6) | −33.1 (−27.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.8 (0.11) | 4.3 (0.17) | 8.2 (0.32) | 19.4 (0.76) | 55.3 (2.18) | 99.4 (3.91) | 115.1 (4.53) | 92.5 (3.64) | 79.5 (3.13) | 32.1 (1.26) | 3.5 (0.14) | 1.6 (0.06) | 513.7 (20.21) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 53 | 51 | 52 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 67 | 58 | 54 | 62 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[1] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data (in Chinese (China)). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2020-04-16.