Nagqu County

Nagqu County Nagchu County Naqu County
—  County  —
Tibetan transcription(s)
- Tibetan	ནག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།
- Wylie transliteration	Nag-Chu-rDzong
- Tibetan Pinyin	Nagqu Zong
- THDL
Chinese transcription(s)
- Simplified	那曲县
- Traditional	那曲縣
- Pinyin	Nǎqū Xiàn
Location of Nagchu County (red) within Nagchu Prefecture (yellow), the Tibet AR, and the PRC
Nagqu Location in Tibet
Coordinates: 31°29′N 92°04′E / 31.483°N 92.067°E / 31.483; 92.067Coordinates: 31°29′N 92°04′E / 31.483°N 92.067°E / 31.483; 92.067
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Tibet
Prefecture	Nagchu Prefecture
Township-level divisions	12
County seat	Nagqu Town
Elevation	4,513 m (14,806 ft)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)

Nagqu County (Tibetan script: ནག་ཆུ་རྫོང་།; Chinese: 那曲县) is a county within the Nagchu Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, western People's Republic of China. The name of the county in the Tibetan language means "black river".^[1]

Geography and climate

Located in the northern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Nagqu County ranges in latitude from 30° 31' to 31° 55' N and in longitude from 91° 12' to 93° 02' E. Bordering counties within Nagqu Prefecture are Lhari to the southeast, Biru to the east, Nyainrong to the northeast, Amdo to the northwest, and Baingoin to the west, while Lhasa City, the regional capital, is to the south.

With an elevation of around 4,500 metres (14,800 ft), Nagqu has a harsh, alpine climate (Köppen EH), with long, very cold and dry winters, and short, cool summers. In winter, temperatures frequently drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) at night and in summer typically rise to 16 °C (61 °F) during the day. Monthly daily mean temperatures range from −12.6 °C (9.3 °F) in January to 9.0 °C (48.2 °F) in July, and the annual mean is only −1.17 °C (29.9 °F). From June to September, a majority of the days receives some precipitation, and over 80% of the annual precipitation is delivered.

Climate data for Nagqu County (1971−2000)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	−3.1 (26.4)	−1.3 (29.7)	2.9 (37.2)	6.8 (44.2)	11.2 (52.2)	14.9 (58.8)	15.6 (60.1)	15.1 (59.2)	12.7 (54.9)	7.5 (45.5)	1.8 (35.2)	−1.9 (28.6)	6.85 (44.33)
Average low °C (°F)	−21.1 (−6)	−18.3 (−0.9)	−13.6 (7.5)	−8.5 (16.7)	−3.3 (26.1)	1.5 (34.7)	3.5 (38.3)	3.0 (37.4)	0.3 (32.5)	−6 (21.2)	−14.4 (6.1)	−20.1 (−4.2)	−8.08
Precipitation mm (inches)	3.2 (0.126)	3.3 (0.13)	3.6 (0.142)	11.2 (0.441)	28.5 (1.122)	83.8 (3.299)	103.1 (4.059)	91.5 (3.602)	75.2 (2.961)	20.4 (0.803)	3.8 (0.15)	2.6 (0.102)	430.2 (16.937)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	4.0	4.1	3.9	6.8	13.2	18.8	20.1	19.3	18.8	8.1	3.0	2.8	122.9
Source: Weather.com.cn [1]

Transport

• China National Highway 317 runs from Chengdu in Sichuan province to Nagqu County.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "那曲城市介绍" (in Simplified Chinese). Weather.com.cn. http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101140601.shtml. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 

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