Golmud
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Golmud
格尔木市 · ᠭᠣᠯᠮᠣᠣᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ · ན་གོར་མོ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། Golmo | |
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Golmud | |||||
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Chinese name | |||||
Tibetan | ན་གོར་མོ། | ||||
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Mongolian name | |||||
Mongolian script | ᠭᠣᠯᠮᠤᠳ |
Golmud, also
Name
Golmud is a
History
Golmud is a rather young city. It was first established in 1954 when the Transportation regiments of Qinghai-Tibet Corps set up a food distribution base, staffed by 10 people, at the current location, and in May of that year, construction on the
Administrative divisions
Golmud is divided into 5 subdistricts, 2 towns, 2 townships:[8][9][10]
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Mongolian (traditional script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
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Subdistricts | |||||||
Kunlun Road Subdistrict | 昆仑路街道 | Kūnlúnlù Jiēdào | ཁུ་ནུ་སྲང་ལམ། | khu nu srang lam | ᠺᠦᠨᠯᠦᠨ ᠵᠠᠮ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | Кунлүн замын зээл гудамж | 632801001 |
Huanghe Road Subdistrict | 黄河路街道 | Huánghélù Jiēdào | རྨ་ཆུ་ལམ་སྲང་ལམ། | rma chu lam srang lam | ᠬᠤᠸᠠᠩ ᠾᠧ ᠵᠠᠮ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | Хуан ге замын зээл гудамж | 632801002 |
Jinfeng Road Subdistrict | 金峰路街道 | Jīnfēnglù Jiēdào | གསེར་རིའི་སྲང་ལམ། | gser ri'i srang lam | ᠵᠢᠨ ᠹᠧᠩ ᠵᠠᠮ ᠤᠨ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | Гийн фен замын зээл гудамж | 632801003 |
Hexi Subdistrict | 河西街道 | Héxī Jiēdào | ཆུའི་རུབ་སྲང་ལམ། | chu'i rub srang lam | ᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨᠳᠠᠬᠢ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | Голын баруунтах зээл гудамж | 632801004 |
Xizang Road Subdistrict | 西藏路街道 | Xīzànglù Jiēdào | བོད་ལྗོངས་ལམ་སྲང་ལམ། | bod ljongs lam srang lam | ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠲᠥᠪᠡᠳ ᠵᠠᠮ ᠳ᠋ᠠᠬᠢ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | Баруун төвд зам даахь зээл гудамж | 632801005 |
Towns | |||||||
Golmud Town | 郭勒木德镇 | Guōlèmùdé Zhèn | ཀོལ་མོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | kol mo grong rdal | ᠭᠣᠣᠯᠮᠤᠳ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤᠨ | Голмд балгас | 632801100 |
Dangla Town | 唐古拉镇 | Tánggǔlā Zhèn | ལྡང་ལ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | ldang la grong rdal | 632801101 | ||
Townships | |||||||
Gêlêg Qênboi Township | 大格勒乡 | Dàgélè Xiāng | དགེ་ལེགས་ཆེན་པོའི་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | dge legs chen po'i yul tsho | ᠳᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠰᠤᠮᠤᠨ | Дагуур суман | 632801200 |
Urt Moron Township | 乌图美仁乡 | Wūtúměirén Xiāng | བུ་ཐུར་མེད་རིན་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | bu thur med rin yul tsho | ᠤᠷᠲᠤᠮᠥ᠋ᠷᠡᠨ ᠰᠤᠮᠤᠨ | Уртмран суман | 632801201 |
Others:
- Qairhan Administrative Committee (察尔汗行政委员会)
- Golmud Agricultural Reclamation Co., Ltd (格尔木农垦有限公司)
Demographics
In 2017, the population of the total area of Golmud was approximately 240,494.[
Geography
Golmud is part of
Golmud proper is at an elevation of 2,809 m (9,216 ft). It grew up alongside the Golmud River, which gave it its name.
North of Golmud is the
Climate
Golmud has a cold
Climate data for Golmud (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 13.9 (57.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.0 (87.8) |
32.7 (90.9) |
34.0 (93.2) |
35.5 (95.9) |
31.0 (87.8) |
25.1 (77.2) |
16.7 (62.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
35.5 (95.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
9.7 (49.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
19.7 (67.5) |
23.2 (73.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
20.4 (68.7) |
13.7 (56.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
0.4 (32.7) |
13.6 (56.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.9 (17.8) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
8.0 (46.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
5.8 (42.4) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
1.3 (34.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
0.2 (32.3) |
Record low °C (°F) | −33.6 (−28.5) |
−26.6 (−15.9) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−25.4 (−13.7) |
−28.5 (−19.3) |
−33.6 (−28.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.0 (0.04) |
0.6 (0.02) |
0.9 (0.04) |
1.6 (0.06) |
5.0 (0.20) |
9.3 (0.37) |
13.4 (0.53) |
7.8 (0.31) |
4.9 (0.19) |
0.7 (0.03) |
0.8 (0.03) |
0.7 (0.03) |
46.7 (1.85) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 30.2 |
Average snowy days | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 15.8 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
38 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 34 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 31 | 32 | 38 | 32 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 211.4 | 207.6 | 258.2 | 275.4 | 289.6 | 260.2 | 270.3 | 269.8 | 249.5 | 269.5 | 234.4 | 217.6 | 3,013.5 |
Percent possible sunshine | 68 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 66 | 60 | 61 | 65 | 68 | 79 | 77 | 73 | 69 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[14][15][16] |
Climate data for Xiaozaohuo, Golmud (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
25.4 (77.7) |
20.7 (69.3) |
13.6 (56.5) |
6.2 (43.2) |
0.1 (32.2) |
13.7 (56.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
6.8 (44.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.2 (64.8) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
4.8 (40.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18.4 (−1.1) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
9.7 (49.5) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−11.5 (11.3) |
−17.4 (0.7) |
−3.1 (26.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.5 (0.02) |
0.2 (0.01) |
0.5 (0.02) |
0.7 (0.03) |
3.6 (0.14) |
7.1 (0.28) |
7.9 (0.31) |
5.4 (0.21) |
3.6 (0.14) |
0.6 (0.02) |
0.4 (0.02) |
0.3 (0.01) |
30.8 (1.21) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 23.3 |
Average snowy days | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 11.1 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
38 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 33 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 227.6 | 216.6 | 262.8 | 276.4 | 291.0 | 264.2 | 271.7 | 272.6 | 256.2 | 276.7 | 243.8 | 231.3 | 3,090.9 |
Percent possible sunshine | 73 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 70 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 71 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[17][18] |
Economy
The
.The surrounding countryside also produces
A pipeline delivers
According to the
Statistics for 2001 show that the city's nominal GDP totaled 2.213 billion RMB, a rise of 31.9% from the previous year[19][why?] and the highest growth rate since 1990.[20]
Transportation
Railway
Golmud lies along the Qinghai–Tibet railway, a 1,956 km (1,215 mi) railway that starts from Xining and ends at Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The Golmud-Lhasa section, with a length of 1,142 km (710 mi), was the last and most challenging part of the railway to be completed. After five years of construction, the first train for Lhasa left Golmud on 1 July 2006.
In October 2012 construction started on the
The
Highways
- The Golmud-Lhasa highway, extending 1,050 km (650 mi), is part of the 1,930-km Qinghai-Tibet highway (China National Highway 109) connecting Xining and Lhasa.
- China National Highway 215, runs north from Golmud to Dunhuang, Gansu
Airport
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Twin towns – sister cities
Golmud is
In popular culture
The Golmud Railway is featured as an online multiplayer map in the video game Battlefield 4.
References
Citations
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2000年第五次人口普查,格尔木市总人口135897人,其中:昆仑路街道38214人,金峰路街道26567人,河西街道27417人,郭勒木德乡15771人,大格勒乡2106人,乌图美仁乡1808人,唐古拉山乡1880人,格尔木铁路12249人,格尔木农场9883人。{...}2005年,格尔木市调整乡镇行政区划:撤销郭勒木德乡,设立郭勒木德镇,镇政府驻地和镇区行政区划范围不变,实行镇管村体制。2、撤销唐古拉山乡,设立唐古拉山镇,镇政府驻地和镇区行政区划范围不变,实行镇管村体制。
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