Chindu County
称多县 · ཁྲི་འདུ་རྫོང་།
Chenduo, Chengduo
County
Chindu County (light red) within Yushu Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Chindu County (light red) within Yushu Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Chindu is located in Qinghai
Chindu
Chindu
Location of the seat in Qinghai
Coordinates: 33°22′N 97°07′E / 33.37°N 97.11°E / 33.37; 97.11
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureYushu
County seatChiwang Town
Area
 • Total15,300 km2 (5,900 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total57,159
 • Density3.7/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
815100
Websitewww.chengduo.gov.cn
Chindu County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese称多县
Traditional Chinese稱多縣
Tibetan name
Tibetanཁྲི་འདུ་རྫོང་།

Chindu County (Tibetan: ཁྲི་འདུ་རྫོང་།) or Chenduo County (Chinese: 称多县) is a county of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the east. It is under the administration of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Administrative divisions

Chindu is divided to 5 towns and 2 townships.[2]

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Chiwang Town
(Chengwen) 		称文镇 Chēngwén Zhèn ཁྲི་དབང་གྲོང་བརྡལ། khri dbang grong brdal 632723100
Xêwu Town
(Xiewu) 		歇武镇 Xiēwǔ Zhèn བཞི་དབུས་གྲོང་རྡལ། bzhi dbus grong rdal 632723101
Zadoi Town
(Zhaduo) 		扎朵镇 Zhāduǒ Zhèn རྫ་སྟོད་གྲོང་བརྡལ། rdza stod grong brdal 632723102
Domda Town
(Qingshuihe) 		清水河镇 Qīngshuǐhé Zhèn སྡོམ་མདའ་གྲོང་རྡལ། sdom mda' grong rdal 632723103
Chainqên Town
(Zhenqin) 		珍秦镇 Zhēnqín Zhèn དྲན་ཆེན་གྲོང་བརྡལ། dran chen grong brdal 632723104
Townships
Gadoi Township
(Gaduo) 		尕朵乡 Gǎduǒ Xiāng སྒ་སྟོད་ཞང་། sga stod zhang 632723200
Lab Township
(Labu) 		拉布乡 Lābù Xiāng ལབ་ཞང་། lab zhang 632723201

Climate

Chindu County has a alpine climate (Köppen climate classification ETH). The average annual temperature in Chindu is −4.3 °C (24.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 519.8 mm (20.46 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 7.0 °C (44.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around −16.6 °C (2.1 °F).

Climate data for Chindu (Domda Town), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 9.4
(48.9) 		7.3
(45.1) 		12.2
(54.0) 		16.2
(61.2) 		19.3
(66.7) 		20.3
(68.5) 		22.5
(72.5) 		20.8
(69.4) 		19.2
(66.6) 		16.8
(62.2) 		8.9
(48.0) 		6.5
(43.7) 		22.5
(72.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −5.8
(21.6) 		−3.2
(26.2) 		0.5
(32.9) 		4.8
(40.6) 		8.6
(47.5) 		11.7
(53.1) 		14.1
(57.4) 		13.9
(57.0) 		11.1
(52.0) 		4.8
(40.6) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		4.6
(40.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −16.3
(2.7) 		−13.1
(8.4) 		−8.6
(16.5) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		1.3
(34.3) 		5.1
(41.2) 		7.4
(45.3) 		6.7
(44.1) 		3.6
(38.5) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		−10.5
(13.1) 		−15.3
(4.5) 		−3.8
(25.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −25.4
(−13.7) 		−22.1
(−7.8) 		−16.8
(1.8) 		−9.5
(14.9) 		−4.3
(24.3) 		0.1
(32.2) 		1.9
(35.4) 		1.1
(34.0) 		−1.3
(29.7) 		−8.3
(17.1) 		−18
(0) 		−24.3
(−11.7) 		−10.6
(13.0)
Record low °C (°F) −41.2
(−42.2) 		−38.8
(−37.8) 		−36.6
(−33.9) 		−24.3
(−11.7) 		−15.6
(3.9) 		−10.3
(13.5) 		−6.6
(20.1) 		−10.9
(12.4) 		−14.7
(5.5) 		−29.5
(−21.1) 		−35.8
(−32.4) 		−41.9
(−43.4) 		−41.9
(−43.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 8.3
(0.33) 		8.6
(0.34) 		14.2
(0.56) 		23.9
(0.94) 		57.9
(2.28) 		100.9
(3.97) 		102.2
(4.02) 		92.3
(3.63) 		76.3
(3.00) 		34.2
(1.35) 		6.2
(0.24) 		3.3
(0.13) 		528.3
(20.79)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 7.0 8.2 11.8 13.9 19.5 22.7 20.3 18.9 20.5 14.7 5.6 4.4 167.5
Average snowy days 9.1 10.1 14.9 16.4 20.8 11.4 3.4 3.7 12.5 17.1 7.6 6.1 133.1
Average relative humidity (%) 58 56 57 61 68 74 74 74 76 72 63 56 66
Mean monthly sunshine hours 205.6 188.7 221.3 232.9 225.4 185.2 210.6 203.8 180.7 211.7 224.5 221.4 2,511.8
Percent possible sunshine 65 60 59 59 52 43 48 50 49 61 73 72 58
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "玉树州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——市县级常住人口情况" (in Chinese). The Paper. 2021-06-30.
  2. ^ "统计用区划代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
  3. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
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