Gar County

Gar County (Tibetan: སྒར་རྫོང་།, Wylie: sgar rdzong, ZYPY: Gar Zong ; simplified Chinese: 噶尔县; traditional Chinese: 噶爾縣; pinyin: Gá'ěr Xiàn) is a district (county) in the Ngari Prefecture of the western Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The main town is Shiquanhe, once known as the city of "Gar" and often known as "Ali" in English.

Gar County

噶尔县སྒར་རྫོང་།

Gartok
PLA emblem on the hill near Shiquanhe
Location of Gar County within Tibet Autonomous Region
Coordinates (Gar County government): 32°29′32″N 80°05′48″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionTibet
PrefectureNgari Prefecture
SeatShiquanhe (Gar)

Geography

Main rivers in the county include Sênggê Zangbo and Gar Zangbo.

Climate data for Shiquanhe (1981–2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 6.4
(43.5)
9.5
(49.1)
13.4
(56.1)
15.7
(60.3)
20.5
(68.9)
25.2
(77.4)
32.1
(89.8)
26.4
(79.5)
23.7
(74.7)
16.7
(62.1)
12.7
(54.9)
7.1
(44.8)
32.1
(89.8)
Average high °C (°F) −4.1
(24.6)
−2.0
(28.4)
2.3
(36.1)
7.4
(45.3)
12.6
(54.7)
18.1
(64.6)
21.5
(70.7)
20.5
(68.9)
16.3
(61.3)
8.2
(46.8)
2.9
(37.2)
−1.6
(29.1)
8.5
(47.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.0
(10.4)
−9.2
(15.4)
−4.8
(23.4)
0.1
(32.2)
5.1
(41.2)
10.7
(51.3)
14.4
(57.9)
13.8
(56.8)
9.3
(48.7)
0.5
(32.9)
−5.7
(21.7)
−10.1
(13.8)
1.0
(33.8)
Average low °C (°F) −19.7
(−3.5)
−16.9
(1.6)
−12.6
(9.3)
−7.9
(17.8)
−2.7
(27.1)
3.1
(37.6)
7.7
(45.9)
7.5
(45.5)
2.0
(35.6)
−8.0
(17.6)
−14.8
(5.4)
−18.2
(−0.8)
−6.7
(19.9)
Record low °C (°F) −36.6
(−33.9)
−30.2
(−22.4)
−25.3
(−13.5)
−17.9
(−0.2)
−11.2
(11.8)
−6.6
(20.1)
−0.6
(30.9)
−0.4
(31.3)
−10.0
(14.0)
−17.0
(1.4)
−23.5
(−10.3)
−32.9
(−27.2)
−36.6
(−33.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.6
(0.06)
1.2
(0.05)
1.4
(0.06)
1.3
(0.05)
2.9
(0.11)
3.7
(0.15)
21.4
(0.84)
23.8
(0.94)
5.7
(0.22)
2.0
(0.08)
0.3
(0.01)
1.1
(0.04)
66.4
(2.61)
Average relative humidity (%) 36 33 31 29 30 31 39 43 36 27 24 31 33
Source: China Meteorological Administration[1]

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