Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Huangnan Prefecture
黄南州 · རྨ་ལྷོ་ཁུལ། Malho | |
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UTC+8 (China Standard) | |
ISO 3166 code | CN-QH-23 |
Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (
Tongren County
.
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, Huangnan has 214,642 inhabitants with a population density of 11.98 inhabitants/km2 (31.03 inhabitants/sq. mi.).[3]
Ethnic groups in Huangnan, 2000 census
Nationality | Population | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Tibetan | 142,360 | 66.32% |
Mongol | 29,071 | 13.54% |
Hui | 16,411 | 7.65% |
Han | 16,194 | 7.54% |
Tu/Monguor | 8,445 | 3.93% |
Salar | 1,530 | 0.71% |
Others | 631 | 0.31% |
Climate
Climate data for Tongren County (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
27.0 (80.6) |
32.7 (90.9) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
35.0 (95.0) |
34.2 (93.6) |
32.5 (90.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
19.8 (67.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
35.0 (95.0) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
4.8 (40.6) |
10.1 (50.2) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
8.1 (46.6) |
2.7 (36.9) |
13.5 (56.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.6 (20.1) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
7.8 (46.0) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.7 (58.5) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
6.3 (43.3) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
6.1 (42.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.2 (10.0) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
1.4 (34.5) |
5.8 (42.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
11.2 (52.2) |
10.5 (50.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−10.6 (12.9) |
0.5 (32.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −22.6 (−8.7) |
−19.5 (−3.1) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−9.3 (15.3) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
1.2 (34.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−16.4 (2.5) |
−21.5 (−6.7) |
−22.6 (−8.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.5 (0.10) |
3.9 (0.15) |
11.0 (0.43) |
22.6 (0.89) |
58.0 (2.28) |
64.5 (2.54) |
80.4 (3.17) |
70.8 (2.79) |
65.1 (2.56) |
25.9 (1.02) |
3.1 (0.12) |
0.8 (0.03) |
408.6 (16.08) |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4] |
Subdivisions
The prefecture is subdivided into 4
counties and 1 autonomous county
:
Map | ||||||||
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Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie Tibetan Pinyin |
Population (2010 Census) |
Area (km2) | Density (/km2) | |
Tongren city | 同仁市 | Tóngrén shì | Official: ཐུང་རིན་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། (རེབ་གོང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། or རེ་སྐོང་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།) |
thung rin grong khyer Tungrin Chongkyêr |
92,601 | 3,465 | 26.72 | |
Jainca County (Jianzha County) |
尖扎县 | Jiānzhā Xiàn | གཅན་ཚ་རྫོང་། | gcan tsha rdzong Jainca Zong |
55,325 | 1,712 | 32.31 | |
Zêkog County (Zeku County) |
泽库县 | Zékù Xiàn | རྩེ་ཁོག་རྫོང་། | rtse khog rdzong Zêkog Zong |
69,416 | 6,494 | 10.68 | |
Henan Mongol Autonomous County |
河南蒙古族 自治县 |
Hénán Měnggǔzú Zìzhìxiàn |
རྨ་ལྷོ་སོག་རིགས་རང་སྐྱོང་རྫོང་། | rma lho sog rigs rang skyong rdzong Malho Sogrig Ranggyong Zong |
39,374 | 6,250 | 6.29 |
Rongwo Monastery
Huangnan is home to Rongwo Monastery, a Gelug monastery initially established in 1341 in Amdo on the Rongwo River.[5][6]
References
- ^ 青海省统计局 青海省第七次全国人口普查领导小组办公室. "青海省第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)". 青海省统计局. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ISBN 978-7-5037-7834-6. Archived from the originalon 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ Renming, Zhengfu (2023-04-24). "2022年黄南州国民经济和社会发展统计公报" [en:Huangnan Prefecture National Economic and Social Development Statistics Bulletin 2022]. en:Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture People's Government (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
人口和人民生活:年末全州人口为281044人。全州出生人口4523人。
- ^ 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集(1981-2010年) (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ^ http://www.baronet4tibet.com/sange_shong_info/rongwu.html
- ^ Staff (6 February 2008). "Longwu Temple - garden of Tibetan Buddhism and Western Region". China Tour Guide. Archived from the original on 14 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
Further reading
- A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet’s Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001. ISBN 974-480-049-6
- Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999, ISBN 0-14-019615-3