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Guinan County
贵南县མང་ར་རྫོང་།
Guinan County (light red) within Hainan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Guinan County (light red) within Hainan Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Guinan is located in Qinghai
Guinan
Guinan
Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 35°35′13″N 100°44′53″E / 35.587°N 100.748°E / 35.587; 100.748
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHainan
County seatMangqu
Area
 • Total
6,647 km2 (2,566 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
71,841
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.guinan.gov.cn
Guinan County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese贵南县
Traditional Chinese貴南縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuìnán Xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggwai3naam4 jyun2
Tibetan name
Tibetanམང་ར་རྫོང་། or ཀོས་ནན་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliemang rdzong or kos nan rdzong
Tibetan PinyinMang Zong or Goinain Zong

Guinan County (Chinese: 贵南县; Tibetan: མང་ར་རྫོང་།) is a county in the east of Qinghai Province, China. It is under the administration of Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The seat of Guinan County is in the Town of Mangqu.

Administrative divisions

Guinan is made up of 3 towns and 3 townships.

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Mangqu Town 茫曲镇 Mángqǔ Zhèn མང་ཆུ་གྲོང་རྡལ། mang chu grong rdal 632525100
Gomangxung Town
(Guomaying)
过马营镇 Guòmǎyíng Zhèn མགོ་མང་གྲོང་རྡལ། mgo mang grong rdal 632525101
Sumdo Town
(Senduo)
森多镇 Sēnduō Zhèn སུམ་མདོ་གྲོང་རྡལ། sum mdo grong rdal 632525102
Townships
Qamdo Township
(Shagou)
沙沟乡 Shāgōu Xiāng བྱ་མདོ་ཞང་། bya mdo zhang 632525200
Mangra Township
(Mangla)
茫拉乡 Mánglā Xiāng མང་ར་ཞང་། mang ra zhang 632525202
Tarxü Township
(Taxiu)
塔秀乡 Tǎxiù Xiāng ཐར་ཤུལ་ཞང་། thar shul zhang 632525203

Climate

Climate data for Guinan, elevation 3,120 m (10,240 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 16.1
(61.0)
16.1
(61.0)
22.3
(72.1)
27.7
(81.9)
26.6
(79.9)
27.9
(82.2)
31.8
(89.2)
31.2
(88.2)
29.5
(85.1)
22.4
(72.3)
18.7
(65.7)
13.0
(55.4)
31.8
(89.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 0.1
(32.2)
3.8
(38.8)
8.2
(46.8)
13.1
(55.6)
16.2
(61.2)
18.7
(65.7)
21.0
(69.8)
21.0
(69.8)
17.1
(62.8)
11.8
(53.2)
6.5
(43.7)
1.6
(34.9)
11.6
(52.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) −10.6
(12.9)
−6.3
(20.7)
−1.0
(30.2)
4.8
(40.6)
8.9
(48.0)
12.0
(53.6)
14.0
(57.2)
13.4
(56.1)
9.2
(48.6)
2.8
(37.0)
−4.4
(24.1)
−9.7
(14.5)
2.8
(37.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −17.9
(−0.2)
−13.8
(7.2)
−8.2
(17.2)
−2.6
(27.3)
2.1
(35.8)
5.9
(42.6)
8.0
(46.4)
7.3
(45.1)
3.6
(38.5)
−3.2
(26.2)
−11.2
(11.8)
−16.9
(1.6)
−3.9
(25.0)
Record low °C (°F) −28.9
(−20.0)
−27.2
(−17.0)
−21.6
(−6.9)
−15.7
(3.7)
−6.7
(19.9)
−2.5
(27.5)
−0.1
(31.8)
−1.2
(29.8)
−5.8
(21.6)
−14.9
(5.2)
−22.4
(−8.3)
−27.3
(−17.1)
−28.9
(−20.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 2.2
(0.09)
3.4
(0.13)
8.5
(0.33)
22.9
(0.90)
61.9
(2.44)
80.5
(3.17)
100.2
(3.94)
96.6
(3.80)
59.6
(2.35)
19.7
(0.78)
2.6
(0.10)
1.5
(0.06)
459.6
(18.09)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 3.0 2.5 4.4 6.8 13.0 16.4 17.1 15.2 13.4 7.0 1.8 1.3 101.9
Average snowy days 3.7 3.6 5.8 6.6 3.0 0.3 0 0 0.4 4.2 2.5 1.8 31.9
Average relative humidity (%) 43 39 39 45 54 63 68 69 69 59 47 43 53
Mean monthly sunshine hours 222.0 211.1 237.8 242.4 237.1 211.7 226.0 228.9 193.6 226.1 229.7 226.6 2,693
Percent possible sunshine 71 68 63 61 54 49 51 55 53 66 75 75 62
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

See also

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