Genhe

Genhe (Gegengol) (Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (Гэгээнгол хот) Gegen Gôûl Hôt; Chinese: 根河; pinyin: Gēnhé), formerly Ergun Left Banner or Ergun Zuoqi (simplified Chinese: 额尔古纳左旗; traditional Chinese: 額爾古納左旗; pinyin: É'ěrgǔnà Zuǒ Qí), is a city in the far northeast of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is administratively a county-level city of Hulunbuir City.

Genhe

根河市ᢉᢉᠠᠠᠭᠣᠤᠯᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Location of Genhe in Hulunbuir City
Genhe
Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 50°47′N 121°31′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionInner Mongolia
Prefecture-level cityHulunbuir
Municipal seatHexi Subdistrict (河西街道)
Area
  County-level city19,659.0 km2 (7,590.4 sq mi)
  Urban
350.00 km2 (135.14 sq mi)
Elevation
714 m (2,343 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
  County-level city64,000
  Density3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
022300
Area code(s)0470

Geography and climate

Alaqi Mountain (labelled as A-LA-CH'I SHAN 阿拉齊山) (1951)

Genhe has a monsoon-influenced subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), making it one of the coldest locations nationally, with an annual mean temperature of −3.56 °C (25.6 °F). Winters are long, severely cold, and very dry in terms of total precipitation, while summers are short and warm; the normal monthly mean temperature ranges from −28.1 °C (−18.6 °F) in January to 17.6 °C (63.7 °F) in July. Over two-thirds of the annual precipitation of 438 mm (17.2 in) is distributed from June through August.

Climate data for Genhe (1981–2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) −19.4
(−2.9)
−12.0
(10.4)
−2.9
(26.8)
8.2
(46.8)
17.0
(62.6)
22.8
(73.0)
24.5
(76.1)
22.2
(72.0)
15.7
(60.3)
5.8
(42.4)
−8.1
(17.4)
−18.0
(−0.4)
4.7
(40.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −28.1
(−18.6)
−22.5
(−8.5)
−12.3
(9.9)
0.6
(33.1)
8.9
(48.0)
15.0
(59.0)
17.6
(63.7)
15.0
(59.0)
7.3
(45.1)
−2.1
(28.2)
−16.3
(2.7)
−25.8
(−14.4)
−3.6
(25.6)
Average low °C (°F) −34.7
(−30.5)
−30.9
(−23.6)
−21.5
(−6.7)
−7.2
(19.0)
−0.2
(31.6)
6.6
(43.9)
11.0
(51.8)
8.9
(48.0)
0.8
(33.4)
−8.4
(16.9)
−22.7
(−8.9)
−31.6
(−24.9)
−10.8
(12.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.4
(0.17)
3.2
(0.13)
6.3
(0.25)
16.8
(0.66)
24.4
(0.96)
79.1
(3.11)
112.4
(4.43)
110.0
(4.33)
46.3
(1.82)
19.2
(0.76)
8.8
(0.35)
7.1
(0.28)
438.0
(17.24)
Average relative humidity (%) 76 72 63 53 51 68 77 81 73 66 74 78 69
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2]

Administrative divisions

Genhe is divided into four subdistricts, four towns, and one ethnic township.[3][4]

Subdistricts

The city's four subdistricts are Hedong Subdistrict, Hexi Subdistrict, Sengong Subdistrict, and Haolibao Subdistrict.[3]

Towns

The city's four towns are Jinhe, Alongshan, Mangui, and De'erbu'er.[3]

Ethnic Townships

The city's sole ethnic township is the Aoluguya Evenk Ethnic Township.[3][4]

Culture

A small number of ethnic Evenk reindeer herders remain in the city's Aoluguya Evenk Ethnic Township.[4]

References

  1. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data (in Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  3. 2019年统计用区划代码 (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  4. Wang, Wei (2019-11-07). 中国最后的驯鹿部落——敖鲁古雅 [China's Last Reindeer Tribe——Aoluguya]. society.people.com.cn (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2020-10-06.


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