Haiyan County, Qinghai

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Haiyan County, Qinghai" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

|

County in Qinghai, People's Republic of China

Haiyan County

海晏县 · ཧའེ་ཡན་རྫོང་།

County

Town of Xihai (西海镇)

Location of Haiyan County (red) within Haibei Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai province

Haiyan

Location of the seat in Qinghai

Coordinates: 36°53′48″N 100°59′40″E﻿ / ﻿36.8966°N 100.9944°E﻿ / 36.8966; 100.9944Coordinates: 36°53′48″N 100°59′40″E﻿ / ﻿36.8966°N 100.9944°E﻿ / 36.8966; 100.9944
Country| People's Republic of China
Provinces of China| Qinghai
Autonomous prefecture| Haibei
Time zone| UTC+8 (China Standard)
Haiyan County, Qinghai

Chinese name
Simplified Chinese| 海晏县
Traditional Chinese| 海晏縣
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Hǎiyàn Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetan| ཧའེ་ཡན་རྫོང་།
| Transcriptions

Wylie| ha'e yan rdzong
Tibetan Pinyin| Ha'êyan Zong

Haiyan County (Chinese: 海晏县; Tibetan: ཧའེ་ཡན་རྫོང་།) is a county of Qinghai Province, China, located on the northeast shore of Qinghai Lake. It is under the administration of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to 原子城 (Atomic Bomb city) covering 570 km²

## Contents

* 1 Climate
* 2 Economy
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Climate[edit]

Climate data for Haiyan (1981−2010)

Month  | Jan  | Feb  | Mar  | Apr  | May  | Jun  | Jul  | Aug  | Sep  | Oct  | Nov  | Dec  | Year
Average high °C (°F)  | −2.1
(28.2)  | 1.0
(33.8)  | 5.5
(41.9)  | 10.7
(51.3)  | 14.6
(58.3)  | 17.2
(63.0)  | 19.2
(66.6)  | 18.8
(65.8)  | 14.6
(58.3)  | 9.6
(49.3)  | 4.2
(39.6)  | −0.3
(31.5)  | 9.4
(49.0)
Average low °C (°F)  | −21.7
(−7.1)  | −17.5
(0.5)  | −10.6
(12.9)  | −4.4
(24.1)  | 0.3
(32.5)  | 4.1
(39.4)  | 6.3
(43.3)  | 5.5
(41.9)  | 2.0
(35.6)  | −4.8
(23.4)  | −13.6
(7.5)  | −19.8
(−3.6)  | −6.2
(20.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)  | 1.1
(0.04)  | 1.6
(0.06)  | 5.3
(0.21)  | 17.4
(0.69)  | 44.4
(1.75)  | 67.8
(2.67)  | 88.8
(3.50)  | 91.3
(3.59)  | 61.1
(2.41)  | 19.4
(0.76)  | 3.8
(0.15)  | 1.9
(0.07)  | 403.9
(15.9)
Source: National Meteorological Center of CMA[1]

## Economy[edit]

A major nuclear research facility, Plant 221 (221厂), was established in 1958 at the location called Jinyintan (金银滩) in Haiyan County.[2]

## See also[edit]

* List of administrative divisions of Qinghai

## References[edit]

1. ^ 1981年-2010年（海晏）月平均气温和降水 (in Simplified Chinese). National Meteorological Center of CMA. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
2. ^ Where China Built Its Bomb, Dark Memories Haunt the Ruins, By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ADAM WU JAN. The New York Times, 20, 2018

* v
* t
* e

County-level divisions of Qinghai Province

* Xining (capital)

Prefecture-level cities|

| Xining|

* Chengzhong District
* Chengdong District
* Chengxi District
* Chengbei District
* Huangzhong District
* Datong County
* Huangyuan County

|

Haidong|

* Ledu District
* Ping'an District
* Minhe County
* Huzhu County
* Hualong County
* Xunhua County

Autonomous prefectures|

| Haibei|

* Haiyan County
* Qilian County
* Gangca County
* Menyuan County

|

Huangnan|

* Tongren city
* Jainca County
* Zêkog County
* Henan County

Hainan|

* Gonghe County
* Tongde County
* Guide County
* Xinghai County
* Guinan County

Golog|

* Maqên County
* Banma County
* Gadê County
* Darlag County
* Jigzhi County
* Madoi County

Yushu|

* Yushu city
* Zadoi County
* Chindu County
* Zhidoi County
* Nangqên County
* Qumarlêb County

Haixi|

* Delingha city
* Golmud city
* Mangnai city
* Ulan County
* Dulan County
* Tianjun County
*     * Da Qaidam Administrative Zone 1

* 1 These are administrative zones, which are not standard units of local government, though they do function as such.

Authority control

General|

* VIAF
* 1
* WorldCat (via VIAF)

National libraries|

* United States

This Qinghai location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template