Baingoin County

Baingoin County (Tibetan: དཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང་། ; Chinese: 班戈县) is a county within Nagqu of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

Baingoin County

班戈县དཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང་།
Location of Baingoin County (red) in Nagqu City (yellow) and the Tibet Autonomous Region
Baingoin
Location of the seat in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates: 31°23′33″N 90°00′36″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
Prefecture-level cityNagqu
Area
  Total28,383 km2 (10,959 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total36,842
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Baingoin County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese班戈县
Traditional Chinese班戈縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanདཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང་།

County got the name from the lake Drang-khog (Tibetan: བྲང་ཁོག་མཚོ, Wylie: brang khog mtsho ) which is in center of county. County lies between lakes Namtso and Siling.

The county is divided into ten towns and townships:

Climate

Climate data for Baingoin County, 4701 m asl (1981–2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 9.4
(48.9)
9.5
(49.1)
14.0
(57.2)
14.2
(57.6)
19.7
(67.5)
23.2
(73.8)
22.5
(72.5)
20.6
(69.1)
19.9
(67.8)
17.2
(63.0)
11.6
(52.9)
15.1
(59.2)
23.2
(73.8)
Average high °C (°F) −4.0
(24.8)
−2.6
(27.3)
1.3
(34.3)
5.2
(41.4)
9.7
(49.5)
14.2
(57.6)
14.9
(58.8)
14.0
(57.2)
12.0
(53.6)
6.4
(43.5)
0.4
(32.7)
−2.3
(27.9)
5.8
(42.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −10.5
(13.1)
−8.7
(16.3)
−4.6
(23.7)
−0.9
(30.4)
3.5
(38.3)
8.2
(46.8)
9.5
(49.1)
8.8
(47.8)
6.6
(43.9)
0.6
(33.1)
−5.9
(21.4)
−9.1
(15.6)
−0.2
(31.6)
Average low °C (°F) −16.8
(1.8)
−14.7
(5.5)
−10.4
(13.3)
−6.9
(19.6)
−2.7
(27.1)
2.0
(35.6)
4.1
(39.4)
3.5
(38.3)
1.1
(34.0)
−5.2
(22.6)
−12.3
(9.9)
−15.8
(3.6)
−6.2
(20.9)
Record low °C (°F) −42.9
(−45.2)
−37.6
(−35.7)
−30.5
(−22.9)
−19.6
(−3.3)
−15.2
(4.6)
−7.7
(18.1)
−6.6
(20.1)
−4.6
(23.7)
−9.2
(15.4)
−21.7
(−7.1)
−39.4
(−38.9)
−42.7
(−44.9)
−42.9
(−45.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.3
(0.09)
2.4
(0.09)
3.6
(0.14)
6.9
(0.27)
23.5
(0.93)
56.6
(2.23)
82.9
(3.26)
84.4
(3.32)
55.5
(2.19)
13.5
(0.53)
3.0
(0.12)
2.7
(0.11)
337.3
(13.28)
Average precipitation days 0.7 0.6 1.0 2.1 6.0 10.6 14.6 14.9 11.5 2.8 0.7 0.8 66.3
Source: Météo Climat[1][2]

References

  1. "Chine climate normals 1981-2010" (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. "Weather extremes for Baingoin". Météo Climat. Retrieved 11 November 2019.


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