Zêkog County

Zêkog County (Tibetan: རྩེ་ཁོག་, Wylie: rtse khog ; simplified Chinese: 泽库县; traditional Chinese: 澤庫縣; pinyin: Zékù Xiàn) is the second largest administrative subdivision by area within Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in eastern Qinghai Province, China, bordering Gansu to the east. The county has an area of 6658 square kilometres and a population of ~50,000 (2001), mainly Tibetan. The county seat is the town of Chak Qu, the elevation of Zekog is 3700 meter above sea level.

Zêkog

泽库县 · རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་།
Zêkog / Zeku County (light red) within Huangnan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHuangnan
County seatChak Qu Town
Area
  Total6,494 km2 (2,507 sq mi)
Elevation
3,660 m (12,010 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total69,416
  Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
811400
Area code(s)0973

Climate

Zêkog County has an alpine climate (Köppen ET) due to very high elevation.

Climate data for Zêkog County(1981-2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 10.7
(51.3)
12.3
(54.1)
16.5
(61.7)
21.6
(70.9)
21.4
(70.5)
22.8
(73.0)
25.2
(77.4)
23.2
(73.8)
22.9
(73.2)
19.0
(66.2)
12.2
(54.0)
10.9
(51.6)
25.2
(77.4)
Average high °C (°F) −2.9
(26.8)
−0.4
(31.3)
3.3
(37.9)
7.5
(45.5)
10.8
(51.4)
13.2
(55.8)
15.5
(59.9)
15.4
(59.7)
11.9
(53.4)
6.8
(44.2)
2.0
(35.6)
−1.4
(29.5)
6.8
(44.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −13.3
(8.1)
−10.3
(13.5)
−5.6
(21.9)
−0.2
(31.6)
3.8
(38.8)
7.1
(44.8)
9.3
(48.7)
8.5
(47.3)
4.9
(40.8)
−0.6
(30.9)
−7.5
(18.5)
−12.0
(10.4)
−1.3
(29.6)
Average low °C (°F) −21.3
(−6.3)
−18.4
(−1.1)
−12.8
(9.0)
−6.7
(19.9)
−2.0
(28.4)
1.7
(35.1)
3.7
(38.7)
2.8
(37.0)
0.1
(32.2)
−5.6
(21.9)
−14.3
(6.3)
−19.7
(−3.5)
−7.7
(18.1)
Record low °C (°F) −35.0
(−31.0)
−31.9
(−25.4)
−28.3
(−18.9)
−19.0
(−2.2)
−17.3
(0.9)
−6.2
(20.8)
−8.7
(16.3)
−7.6
(18.3)
−10.5
(13.1)
−19.0
(−2.2)
−27.1
(−16.8)
−31.1
(−24.0)
−35.0
(−31.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3.1
(0.12)
4.4
(0.17)
11.1
(0.44)
23.8
(0.94)
55.0
(2.17)
87.4
(3.44)
107.4
(4.23)
87.2
(3.43)
80.1
(3.15)
29.4
(1.16)
3.2
(0.13)
1.3
(0.05)
493.4
(19.43)
Source: China Meteorological Administration[1]

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