Huangzhong
湟中区 | |
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Coordinates: 36°30′N 101°31′E / 36.500°N 101.517°E | |
Country | China |
Province | Qinghai |
Prefecture-level city | Xining |
Seat | Lushar Town |
Area | |
• District | 2,444 km2 (944 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 4,488 m (14,724 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 2,225 m (7,300 ft) |
Population (2020) | 463,900 |
• Rural | 369,000 |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Website | www |
Huangzhong, Xining | |||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 湟中区 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 湟中區 | ||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||
Tibetan | ཧོང་ཀྲུང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | ||||||
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Huangzhong District (Chinese: 湟中区) is a district of Xining, Qinghai Province, China. It is located about 80 km (50 mi) east of Qinghai Lake and about 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of downtown Xining. In 2020 the district had a population of 463,900, of which 153,000 belonging to minorities.[1] The Kumbum Monastery (Ta'er Temple) is located in the district.
Huangzhong has been inhabited since at least 4,000 years ago, as shown by archeological excavations in Lijiashan town. Later, the area belonged to the Qiang people. Since the capture of Xining by Emperor Wu of Han, Huangzhong has been part of the Chinese dynasties. The Han dynasty rulers established a county called Linqiang (临羌县) in the area, governed by Jincheng (Lanzhou). In 1943, the county seat was moved to Lushar town, and the county was named Huangzhong County, after the Huangshui river basin.[2] In 2020 Huangzhong County was changed to Huangzhong District of Xining.[1]
Huangzhong governs over 1 subdistrict, 10 towns, 5 townships and 3 ethnic townships.[1][3]
Climate data for Huangzhong, elevation 2,668 m (8,753 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 12.0 (53.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
23.6 (74.5) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.9 (80.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.6 (78.1) |
21.1 (70.0) |
15.9 (60.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
33.4 (92.1) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.3 (31.5) |
3.0 (37.4) |
7.9 (46.2) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.8 (62.2) |
19.8 (67.6) |
21.6 (70.9) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.1 (52.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
1.2 (34.2) |
11.4 (52.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
0.5 (32.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
13.6 (56.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
4.7 (40.5) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12.8 (9.0) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
0.6 (33.1) |
4.7 (40.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−0.2 (31.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | −22.5 (−8.5) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−18.8 (−1.8) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
1.4 (34.5) |
3.5 (38.3) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−15.5 (4.1) |
−18.9 (−2.0) |
−25.2 (−13.4) |
−25.2 (−13.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.7 (0.15) |
5.1 (0.20) |
13.3 (0.52) |
30.3 (1.19) |
72.0 (2.83) |
81.4 (3.20) |
103.6 (4.08) |
104.0 (4.09) |
81.6 (3.21) |
29.9 (1.18) |
8.7 (0.34) |
3.1 (0.12) |
536.7 (21.11) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 5.0 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 12.4 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 120.3 |
Average snowy days | 6.4 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 49.2 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 49 | 49 | 48 | 49 | 56 | 62 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 51 | 58 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 209.7 | 200.7 | 225.4 | 235.5 | 234.2 | 225.2 | 223.4 | 205.8 | 165.6 | 188.6 | 208.3 | 212.6 | 2,535 |
Percent possible sunshine | 67 | 65 | 60 | 59 | 53 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 45 | 55 | 69 | 71 | 58 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5] |