In today's world, Maqên County has become a topic of great relevance and interest. Since its emergence, Maqên County has captured the attention of experts and enthusiasts, generating debate and reflection in various areas. Its impact has not gone unnoticed, in part due to its influence on contemporary society. In this article, we will delve into the fascinating world of Maqên County, exploring its many facets and highlighting its importance in different contexts. Through detailed analysis, we will discover the implications and scope of Maqên County in today's world.
Maqên County
玛沁县 · རྨ་ཆེན་རྫོང་། Maqin | |
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Coordinates (Maqên County government): 34°28′41″N 100°14′20″E / 34.4780°N 100.2389°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai |
Autonomous prefecture | Golog |
County seat | Dawo (Dawu) |
Area | |
• Total | 13,400 km2 (5,200 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,700 m (12,140 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 58,117 |
• Density | 4.3/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
Maqên County | |||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 玛沁县 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 瑪沁縣 | ||||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||||
Tibetan | རྨ་ཆེན་རྫོང | ||||||||
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Maqên or Maqin County is a county of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
The county is named for Anyê Maqên, the Tibetan name for a revered local mountain.[citation needed]
Maqên is divided into two towns and six townships:
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code | |
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Towns | ||||||
Dawo Town (Dawu) |
大武镇 | Dàwǔ Zhèn | རྟ་བོ་གྲོང་བརྡལ། | rta bo grong brdal | 632621100 | |
Ra'gya Town (Lajia) |
拉加镇 | Lājiā Zhèn | རྭ་རྒྱ་གྲོང་བརྡལ། | rwa rgya grong brdal | 632621101 | |
Townships | ||||||
Dawo Township (Dawu) |
大武乡 | Dàwǔ Xiāng | རྟ་བོ་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | rta bo yul tsho | 632621200 | |
Domkog Township (Dongqinggou) |
东倾沟乡 | Dōngqīnggōu Xiāng | སྡོམ་ཁོག་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | sdom khog yul tsho | 632621201 | |
Kangri Township (Xueshan) |
雪山乡 | Xuěshān Xiāng | གངས་རི་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | gangs ri yul tsho | 632621202 | |
Damai Township (Xiadawu) |
下大武乡 | Xiàdàwǔ Xiāng | རྟ་སྨད་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | rta smad yul tsho | 632621203 | |
Yigxung Township (Youyun) |
优云乡 | Yōuyún Xiāng | དབྱིག་གཞུང་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | dbyig gzhung yul tsho | 632621204 | |
Tanglag Township (Dangluo) |
当洛乡 | Dāngluò Xiāng | དྭངས་ལག་ཡུལ་ཚོ། | dwangs lag yul tsho | 632621205 |
Maqên County has a subalpine climate (Köppen Dwc) bordering on an alpine tundra climate
Climate data for Maqên County (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
2.1 (35.8) |
5.6 (42.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.8 (55.0) |
15.0 (59.0) |
17.4 (63.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
14.6 (58.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
0.8 (33.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
1.4 (34.5) |
5.2 (41.4) |
8.5 (47.3) |
10.6 (51.1) |
10.1 (50.2) |
6.9 (44.4) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
0.4 (32.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.5 (−4.9) |
−16.8 (1.8) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
5.0 (41.0) |
4.3 (39.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−6.4 (20.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −33.1 (−27.6) |
−31.9 (−25.4) |
−29.1 (−20.4) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
−26.6 (−15.9) |
−33.1 (−27.6) |
−33.1 (−27.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.2 (0.13) |
4.6 (0.18) |
9.1 (0.36) |
20.5 (0.81) |
62.0 (2.44) |
98.9 (3.89) |
118.2 (4.65) |
100 (3.9) |
77.9 (3.07) |
30.8 (1.21) |
4.4 (0.17) |
1.4 (0.06) |
531 (20.87) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.1 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 17.4 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 18.4 | 18.0 | 13.3 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 142 |
Average snowy days | 6.9 | 8.8 | 12.1 | 13.9 | 11.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 13.1 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 84.1 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 51 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 63 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 50 | 61 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 219.7 | 202.6 | 232.2 | 234.4 | 217.5 | 180.6 | 197.4 | 205.5 | 179.6 | 210.8 | 233.5 | 227.4 | 2,541.2 |
Percent possible sunshine | 70 | 65 | 62 | 60 | 50 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 49 | 61 | 76 | 75 | 59 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration |