Jainca County
| Jainca 尖扎县 · གཅན་ཚ་རྫོང་། | |
|---|---|
| County | |
| Coordinates: 35°56′18″N 102°02′00″E / 35.93833°N 102.03333°ECoordinates: 35°56′18″N 102°02′00″E / 35.93833°N 102.03333°E | |
| Country | China | 
| Province | Qinghai | 
| Autonomous prefecture | Huangnan | 
| County seat | Markhu Thang | 
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,714 km2 (662 sq mi) | 
| Elevation | 1,990 m (6,530 ft) | 
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 55,325 | 
| • Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) | 
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) | 
| Postal code | 811200 | 
| Area code(s) | 0973 | 
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Location of Jianzha (red) in Huangnan (yellow)
Jainzha County or Chentsa County (Tibetan: གཅན་ཚ།: Wylie: gcan tsha; Chinese: 尖扎县, pinyin: Jiānzhā Xiàn) is a county in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China, to Tibetans in the area known as Malho Prefecture, part of Amdo. There are 6 townships, 3 towns and a total of 79 administrative villages in Chentsa county. The county has an area of 1714 square kilometres and a population of ~50,000 (2001), 67% Tibetan. The county seat is the town of Markhu Thang (Tibetan: མར་ཁུ་ཐང་།, Wylie: mar khu thang; Chinese: 马克堂, pinyin: Maketang).
Climate
Jainca County has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk) and it had the extreme high temperature at Qinghai of 40.3 °C(104.5 °F) on July 24, 2000.
| Climate data for Jainca County | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Record high °C (°F) | 12.7 (54.9) | 18.2 (64.8) | 29.5 (85.1) | 34.5 (94.1) | 31.6 (88.9) | 33.1 (91.6) | 40.3 (104.5) | 36.0 (96.8) | 31.9 (89.4) | 26.0 (78.8) | 18.9 (66) | 12.8 (55) | 40.3 (104.5) | 
| Average high °C (°F) | 2.9 (37.2) | 6.6 (43.9) | 12.1 (53.8) | 18.1 (64.6) | 21.8 (71.2) | 24.5 (76.1) | 26.7 (80.1) | 26.0 (78.8) | 21.1 (70) | 15.8 (60.4) | 10.0 (50) | 4.2 (39.6) | 15.82 (60.48) | 
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) | −1.1 (30) | 4.4 (39.9) | 10.4 (50.7) | 14.6 (58.3) | 17.6 (63.7) | 19.7 (67.5) | 18.9 (66) | 14.4 (57.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 1.7 (35.1) | −4.0 (24.8) | 8.33 (47) | 
| Average low °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) | −7.3 (18.9) | −1.5 (29.3) | 4.0 (39.2) | 8.2 (46.8) | 11.4 (52.5) | 13.6 (56.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 9.4 (48.9) | 3.1 (37.6) | −4.5 (23.9) | −9.9 (14.2) | 2.37 (36.28) | 
| Record low °C (°F) | −18.8 (−1.8) | −16.4 (2.5) | −13.7 (7.3) | −6.8 (19.8) | −1.5 (29.3) | 3.5 (38.3) | 5.6 (42.1) | 6.9 (44.4) | 1.2 (34.2) | −7.5 (18.5) | −14 (7) | −18.7 (−1.7) | −18.8 (−1.8) | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.7 (0.028) | 0.7 (0.028) | 5.0 (0.197) | 16.1 (0.634) | 47.7 (1.878) | 56.9 (2.24) | 74.7 (2.941) | 70.2 (2.764) | 55.1 (2.169) | 18.4 (0.724) | 1.3 (0.051) | 0.4 (0.016) | 347.2 (13.67) | 
| Source: China Meteorological Administration,[1] | |||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集(1981-2010年). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
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