Qumarlêb County

Qumarlêb County (Tibetan: ཆུ་དམར་ལེབ་རྫོང་།, Wylie: chu dmar leb rdzong, ZYPY: Qumarlêb Zong ; simplified Chinese: 曲麻莱县; traditional Chinese: 曲麻萊縣; pinyin: Qūmálái Xiàn) is a county in the northeast of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, south-central Qinghai province, China.

Qumarlêb County

曲麻莱县 · ཆུ་དམར་ལེབ་རྫོང་།
Location of Qumarlêb County (red) in Yushu Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Qumarlêb
Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 34°08′N 95°48′E
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureYushu
Area
  Total47,000 km2 (18,000 sq mi)
Elevation
4,191 m (13,750 ft)
Population
 (2020)
  Total52,400
  Density1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
815500

Geography and climate

With an elevation of around 4,200 metres (14,000 ft), Qumarlêb County has an alpine climate (Köppen EH), with long, very cold winters, and short, rainy, cool summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from mid September to late May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, average highs are only below freezing from mid/late November thru early March. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 50% of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 51% in June to 78% in November, the county seat receives 2,782 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −14.5 °C (5.9 °F) in January to 8.9 °C (48.0 °F) in July, while the annual mean is −2.13 °C (28.2 °F). Over three-fourths of the annual precipitation of 406 mm (16.0 in) is delivered from June to September.

Administrative divisions

Qumarlêb County (Qumalai County) is divided to 1 towns and 5 townships.[1]

Towns
  • Yuegai (约改镇)
Townships
  • Bagan Township (巴干乡)
  • Qiuzhi Township (秋智乡)
  • Yege Township (叶格乡)
  • Maduo Township (麻多乡)
  • Qumahe Township (曲麻河乡)

References

  1. "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2020-12-27.


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