Hezuo

Hezuo (Zö) City (Tibetan: གཙོས་གྲོང་ཁྱིར།, Wylie: gtsos grong khyer, ZYPY: Zö Chongkyir ; Chinese: 合作市; pinyin: Hézuò Shì) is the administrative seat of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP) in southern Gansu province in Western China. It is home to the Gêndên Qöling (Zö Gönba) and its Milaraiba Tower, the Langshangmaio Temple, and a mosque. There is a breed of pig, the Zoi Swine (a.k.a. Silverweed Pig), from here and the whole Gannan TAP also.

Hezuo

合作市 · གཙོས་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Monastery in Hezuo
Hezuo City (red) within Gannan Prefecture (yellow) and Gansu
Hezuo
Location in Gansu
Coordinates (Hezhou municipal government): 35°00′01″N 102°54′37″E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGansu
Autonomous prefectureGannan
Municipal seatJianmuke'er Subdistrict (坚木克尔街道)
Area
  Total2,670 km2 (1,030 sq mi)
Elevation
2,883 m (9,459 ft)
Population
 (2017)
  Total95,000
  Density36/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
747000
Area code(s)(0)941

Name

The Tibetan name "Zö" གཙོས། is pronounced Dzoi in Standard Tibetan and pronounced Hdzoi/Hdzu in local dialect.

The Chinese name before the 1950s is "Heicuo", a transliteration of the Tibetan name. In 1956, the name was changed to the similar-sounding "Hezuo", meaning "cooperation".

History

Originally a rare populated wetland, mass city-construction began in the 1950s.

Geography and climate

With an elevation of nearly 3,000 metres (9,800 ft), Hezuo has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), with long, very cold, dry winters, and short, mild summers. The monthly daily mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is −9.3 °C (15.3 °F), while the same figure for July, the warmest month, is 13.3 °C (55.9 °F); the annual mean is 2.82 °C (37.1 °F). Most of the annual precipitation is delivered from May to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 44% in June and September to 71% in December, the city receives 2,370 hours of bright sunshine annually.

Climate data for Hezuo (1981−2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 17.1
(62.8)
18.6
(65.5)
23.6
(74.5)
29.2
(84.6)
27.2
(81.0)
27.2
(81.0)
30.4
(86.7)
28.7
(83.7)
28.1
(82.6)
24.6
(76.3)
18.5
(65.3)
15.0
(59.0)
30.4
(86.7)
Average high °C (°F) 1.7
(35.1)
3.8
(38.8)
7.3
(45.1)
11.9
(53.4)
15.3
(59.5)
17.9
(64.2)
20.2
(68.4)
19.8
(67.6)
15.9
(60.6)
11.1
(52.0)
7.0
(44.6)
3.2
(37.8)
11.3
(52.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −9.3
(15.3)
−6.1
(21.0)
−1.3
(29.7)
3.7
(38.7)
7.8
(46.0)
11.1
(52.0)
13.3
(55.9)
12.5
(54.5)
8.9
(48.0)
3.6
(38.5)
−2.6
(27.3)
−7.8
(18.0)
2.8
(37.1)
Average low °C (°F) −17.0
(1.4)
−13.2
(8.2)
−7.3
(18.9)
−2.4
(27.7)
1.8
(35.2)
5.5
(41.9)
7.7
(45.9)
7.0
(44.6)
4.1
(39.4)
−1.2
(29.8)
−8.9
(16.0)
−15.2
(4.6)
−3.3
(26.1)
Record low °C (°F) −28.5
(−19.3)
−27.1
(−16.8)
−23.1
(−9.6)
−20.2
(−4.4)
−10.0
(14.0)
−3.5
(25.7)
−0.6
(30.9)
−1.3
(29.7)
−5.7
(21.7)
−17.0
(1.4)
−23.8
(−10.8)
−27.9
(−18.2)
−28.5
(−19.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.9
(0.15)
6.4
(0.25)
18.4
(0.72)
31.6
(1.24)
70.4
(2.77)
84.0
(3.31)
108.7
(4.28)
87.6
(3.45)
72.6
(2.86)
41.5
(1.63)
5.7
(0.22)
1.7
(0.07)
532.5
(20.95)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 4.8 5.8 11.1 11.9 15.9 18.7 19.1 17.8 16.8 11.3 4.2 2.9 140.3
Average relative humidity (%) 48 51 58 62 65 71 74 75 76 73 61 51 64
Mean monthly sunshine hours 205.1 189.0 196.0 206.8 204.1 189.3 204.9 206.4 162.3 180.7 209.9 215.5 2,370
Percent possible sunshine 66 62 53 53 47 44 47 50 44 52 68 71 53
Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 19712000)[1][2]

Administrative divisions

Hezuo City (合作市) has 4 Subdistricts, 3 towns and 3 townships.[3]

Subdistricts
  • Dangzhou Subdistrict (当周街道)
  • Yiheang Subdistrict (伊合昂街道)
  • Jianmukeer Subdistrict (坚木克尔街道)
  • Tongqin Subdistrict (当周街道)
Towns
  • Nawu (那吾镇)
  • Lexiu (勒秀镇)
  • Zogamanma (佐盖曼玛镇)
Townships
  • Kajman Township (卡加曼乡)
  • Kajiadao (卡加道乡)
  • Zuogedoma (佐盖多玛乡)

Transport

References

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