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Gadê County

Coordinates: 34°00′N 100°09′E / 34.000°N 100.150°E / 34.000; 100.150
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Gadê County
甘德县དགའ་བདེ་རྫོང
Gande
Gadê County (light red) within Golog Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Gadê County (light red) within Golog Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Gadê is located in Qinghai
Gadê
Gadê
Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 34°00′N 100°09′E / 34.000°N 100.150°E / 34.000; 100.150
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureGolog
County seatKoqu
Area
 • Total7,046 km2 (2,720 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total41,046
 • Density5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.gande.gov.cn
Gadê County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese甘德县
Traditional Chinese甘德縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGāndé Xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggam1dak1 jyun2
Tibetan name
Tibetanདགའ་བདེ་རྫོང
Transcriptions
Wyliedga' bde rdzong
Tibetan PinyinGadê Zong

Gadê County (Tibetan: དགའ་བདེ་རྫོང; Chinese: 甘德县; pinyin: Gāndé Xiàn) is a county in the southeast of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Gansu to the east. It is under the administration of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Administrative divisions

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Gadê is divided into one town and six townships:

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Town
Koqu Town
(Kequ)
柯曲镇 Kēqū Zhèn ཁོ་ཆུ་གྲོང་རྡལ། kho chu grong rdal 632623100
Townships
Kongdoi Township
(Shanggongma)
上贡麻乡 Shànggòngmá Xiāng གོང་སྟོད་ཡུལ་ཚོ། gong stod yul tsho 632623200
Kongmang Township
(Xiagongma)
下贡麻乡 Xiàgòngmá Xiāng གོང་སྨང་ཡུལ་ཚོ། gong stod yul tsho 632623201
Kanglung Township
(Ganglong)
岗龙乡 Gǎnglóng Xiāng གངས་ལུང་ཡུལ་ཚོ། gangs lung yul tsho 632623202
Kyinzhi Township
(Qingzhen)
青珍乡 Qīngzhēn Xiāng ཁྱི་འབྲི་ཡུལ་ཚོ། khyi 'bri yul tsho 632623203
Gyangqai Township
(Jiangqian)
江千乡 Jiāngqiān Xiāng རྒྱང་ཆད་ཡུལ་ཚོ། rgyang chad yul tsho 632623204
Zangxoima Township
(Xiazangke)
下藏科乡 Xiàzàngkē Xiāng གཙང་ཞོལ་མ་ཡུལ་ཚོ། gtsang zhol ma yul tsho 632623205

Climate

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Climate data for Gadê, elevation 4,050 m (13,290 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 8.7
(47.7)
9.9
(49.8)
14.3
(57.7)
18.8
(65.8)
19.2
(66.6)
21.0
(69.8)
24.2
(75.6)
22.8
(73.0)
22.0
(71.6)
20.4
(68.7)
10.4
(50.7)
9.2
(48.6)
24.2
(75.6)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −4.0
(24.8)
−1.4
(29.5)
2.4
(36.3)
7.0
(44.6)
10.6
(51.1)
13.4
(56.1)
15.8
(60.4)
15.8
(60.4)
12.8
(55.0)
6.8
(44.2)
1.3
(34.3)
−2.6
(27.3)
6.5
(43.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −14.4
(6.1)
−10.8
(12.6)
−6.2
(20.8)
−0.6
(30.9)
3.4
(38.1)
7.0
(44.6)
9.1
(48.4)
8.4
(47.1)
5.2
(41.4)
−1.0
(30.2)
−8.2
(17.2)
−13.4
(7.9)
−1.8
(28.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −22.9
(−9.2)
−19.0
(−2.2)
−13.3
(8.1)
−7.0
(19.4)
−2.4
(27.7)
1.8
(35.2)
3.3
(37.9)
2.4
(36.3)
−0.1
(31.8)
−6.3
(20.7)
−15.3
(4.5)
−21.8
(−7.2)
−8.4
(16.9)
Record low °C (°F) −39.3
(−38.7)
−33.9
(−29.0)
−31.5
(−24.7)
−18.6
(−1.5)
−15.4
(4.3)
−7.7
(18.1)
−6.4
(20.5)
−7.8
(18.0)
−11.4
(11.5)
−24.3
(−11.7)
−31.7
(−25.1)
−38.4
(−37.1)
−39.3
(−38.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 6.8
(0.27)
9.1
(0.36)
15.6
(0.61)
25.6
(1.01)
67.0
(2.64)
102.9
(4.05)
102.7
(4.04)
91.6
(3.61)
75.9
(2.99)
33.4
(1.31)
6.7
(0.26)
3.6
(0.14)
540.9
(21.29)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 7.7 8.9 12.2 13.3 19.0 21.8 20.0 18.7 19.1 15.3 5.3 4.5 165.8
Average snowy days 10.2 12.0 15.6 16.2 17.4 6.1 1.2 1.8 7.4 17.3 8.2 6.4 119.8
Average relative humidity (%) 57 55 57 59 66 72 73 74 75 71 61 55 65
Mean monthly sunshine hours 197.7 176.6 208.7 223.3 207.1 176.2 201.4 205.8 173.1 190.9 214.8 214.0 2,389.6
Percent possible sunshine 62 57 56 57 48 41 46 50 47 55 70 70 55
Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "果洛州第七次全国人口普查公报(第二号)——县级常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Hainan Prefecture. 2021-07-09.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.