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{{Infobox settlement |name = Gangca County |native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|刚察县}} • {{bo-textonly|རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང}}}}}} |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 812300 |area_code = 0970 |settlement_type = County |image_skyline = |image_map = Location of Gangca within Qinghai (China).png |map_caption = Gangca County (light red) within Haibei Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = China |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Qinghai |subdivision_type2 = Autonomous prefecture |subdivision_name2 = Haibei |subdivision_type3 = Township-level divisions |subdivision_name3 = {{ublist|2 towns|3 townships}} |seat_type = County seat |seat = Shaliuhe |area_total_km2 = 9575.91 |population_total = 40720 |population_as_of = 2020 |population_density_km2 = auto | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url = http://tjj.haibei.gov.cn/gqdc/8414001.html |title = 海北州第七次全国人口普查公报（第一、二、三、四、五、六号） |publisher = Government of Haibei Prefecture |language = zh |date = 2022-12-02 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |pushpin_map = Qinghai |pushpin_label = Gangca |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Qinghai |coordinates = {{coord|37|19|N|100|09|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-63|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = 3309 |timezone = China Standard |utc_offset = +8 |website = {{URL|http://www.gangcha.gov.cn/}} }} {{Infobox Chinese |tib = {{bo-textonly|རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང}} |wylie = rkang tsha rdzong |zwpy = Gangca Zong
|s=刚察县 |t=剛察縣 |p=Gāngchá Xiàn |j=gong<sup>1</sup>caat<sup>3</sup> jyun<sup>2</sup> |order=st }} '''Gangca County''' ({{bo|t=རྐང་ཚ་རྫོང}}; {{lang-zh|s=刚察县}}) is a county of northeastern Qinghai province, China, on the northern shore of Qinghai Lake. It is under the administration of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
==Administrative divisions== Gangca County is made up of 2 towns and 3 townships:
{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="width:50%; border="1" |- ! Name ! Simplified Chinese ! Hanyu Pinyin ! Tibetan ! Wylie ! Administrative division code |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|'''Towns''' |---------- | Shaliuhe Town<br>(Omqu Town) | {{lang|zh-hans|沙柳河镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Shāliǔhé Zhèn}} | {{bo-textonly|འོམ་ཆུ་གྲོང་རྡལ།}} | {{Transliteration|bo|'om chu grong rdal}} | 632224100 |- | Hairgi Town<br>(Baigê Town, Ha'ergai Town) | {{lang|zh-hans|哈尔盖镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Hā'ěrgài Zhèn}} | {{bo-textonly|དཔལ་དགེ་གྲོང་རྡལ།}} | {{Transliteration|bo|dpal dge grong rdal}} | 632224101 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|'''Townships''' |---------- | Ih Ulan Township<br>(Yugar'omlung Township, Yikewulan Township) | {{lang|zh-hans|伊克乌兰乡}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Yīkèwūlán Xiāng}} | {{bo-textonly|གཡུ་དཀར་འོམ་ལུང་ཞང་།}} | {{Transliteration|bo|g.yu dkar ʼom lung zhang}} | 632224200 |- | Qonj Township<br>(Kyoinkyi Township, Quanji Township) | {{lang|zh-hans|泉吉乡}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Quánjí Xiāng}} | {{bo-textonly|ཁྱོན་འཁྱིལ་ཞང་།}} | {{Transliteration|bo|khyon 'khyil zhang}} | 632224201 |- | Jirmeng Township<br>(Gyimoin Township, Ji'ermeng Township) | {{lang|zh-hans|吉尔孟乡}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Jí'ěrmèng Xiāng}} | {{bo-textonly|སྐྱིད་སྨོན་ཞང་།}} | {{Transliteration|bo|skyid smon zhang}} | 632224202 |- |}
==Geography and climate== With an elevation of around {{convert|3300|m|sigfig=3}}, Gangca County has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen ''Dwc''), with long, very cold, dry, and sunny winters, and short, rainy, mild summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from late September to mid May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, the average high is above freezing from March to November inclusive. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 55% of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 56% in June to 83% in November, the county seat receives 3,012 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|−13.5|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|10.9|°C|1}} in July, while the annual mean is {{convert|−0.32|°C|1}}. Over 80% of the annual precipitation of {{convert|379|mm|1|abbr=on}} is delivered from June to September.
{{Weather box | width = auto | metric first = y | single line = y | collapsed = Y | location = Gangca, elevation {{convert|3302|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | Jan high C = -4.5 | Feb high C = -1.0 | Mar high C = 3.7 | Apr high C = 8.9 | May high C = 12.3 | Jun high C = 15.0 | Jul high C = 17.4 | Aug high C = 17.1 | Sep high C = 13.4 | Oct high C = 8.3 | Nov high C = 2.7 | Dec high C = -2.1 | Jan mean C = -12.8 | Feb mean C = -9.3 | Mar mean C = -4.2 | Apr mean C = 1.8 | May mean C = 5.8 | Jun mean C = 9.2 | Jul mean C = 11.7 | Aug mean C = 11.1 | Sep mean C = 7.0 | Oct mean C = 0.8 | Nov mean C = -5.6 | Dec mean C = -10.6 | Jan low C = -19.1 | Feb low C = -15.9 | Mar low C = -10.6 | Apr low C = -4.5 | May low C = 0.1 | Jun low C = 4.0 | Jul low C = 6.7 | Aug low C = 6.2 | Sep low C = 2.4 | Oct low C = -4.4 | Nov low C = -11.5 | Dec low C = -16.7 | Jan record high C = 4.6 | Jan record low C = -31.3 | Feb record high C = 7.9 | Feb record low C = -29.5 | Mar record high C = 13.2 | Mar record low C = -23.3 | Apr record high C = 23.4 | Apr record low C = -15.4 | May record high C = 21.5 | May record low C = -11.1 | Jun record high C = 22.1 | Jun record low C = -6.6 | Jul record high C = 27.5 | Jul record low C = -1.6 | Aug record high C = 25.1 | Aug record low C = -3.2 | Sep record high C = 21.6 | Sep record low C = -7.1 | Oct record high C = 17.9 | Oct record low C = -17.4 | Nov record high C = 9.4 | Nov record low C = -23.6 | Dec record high C = 6.6 | Dec record low C = -29.3 | year high C = | year low C = | year high F = | year low F = | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 1.4 | Feb precipitation mm = 2.3 | Mar precipitation mm = 6.0 | Apr precipitation mm = 13.1 | May precipitation mm = 39.8 | Jun precipitation mm = 74.7 | Jul precipitation mm = 95.0 | Aug precipitation mm = 105.0 | Sep precipitation mm = 55.8 | Oct precipitation mm = 13.4 | Nov precipitation mm = 2.2 | Dec precipitation mm = 0.6 | Jan humidity = 46 | Feb humidity = 43 | Mar humidity = 43 | Apr humidity = 47 | May humidity = 55 | Jun humidity = 63 | Jul humidity = 67 | Aug humidity = 69 | Sep humidity = 69 | Oct humidity = 57 | Nov humidity = 45 | Dec humidity = 44 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 2.5 | Feb precipitation days = 2.8 | Mar precipitation days = 4.5 | Apr precipitation days = 6.9 | May precipitation days = 11.6 | Jun precipitation days = 17.5 | Jul precipitation days = 18.0 | Aug precipitation days = 17.4 | Sep precipitation days = 14.3 | Oct precipitation days = 6.1 | Nov precipitation days = 1.6 | Dec precipitation days = 1.1 | year precipitation days = | Jan sun = 238.4 | Feb sun = 230.3 | Mar sun = 259.2 | Apr sun = 256.6 | May sun = 256.5 | Jun sun = 227.1 | Jul sun = 240.3 | Aug sun = 238.3 | Sep sun = 218.3 | Oct sun = 255.7 | Nov sun = 247.4 | Dec sun = 240.7 | year sun = | Jan percentsun = 77 | Feb percentsun = 75 | Mar percentsun = 69 | Apr percentsun = 65 | May percentsun = 58 | Jun percentsun = 52 | Jul percentsun = 54 | Aug percentsun = 57 | Sep percentsun = 59 | Oct percentsun = 75 | Nov percentsun = 82 | Dec percentsun = 81 | year percentsun = | Jan snow days = 3.7 | Feb snow days = 3.7 | Mar snow days = 6.9 | Apr snow days = 9.4 | May snow days = 8.3 | Jun snow days = 1.4 | Jul snow days = 0.3 | Aug snow days = 0.5 | Sep snow days = 2.6 | Oct snow days = 7.1 | Nov snow days = 2.7 | Dec snow days = 2.2 | year snow days = | source 1 = China Meteorological Administration<ref name="cma graphical">{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=27 September 2023}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://experience.arcgis.com/template/e724038fda394e9d9b7921f10fd1aa55/page/%E7%BA%AF%E8%A1%A8%E6%A0%BC%E7%BB%9F%E8%AE%A1-(%E5%AF%B9%E6%AF%948110%E5%8F%98%E5%8C%96)/?org=UQmaps |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网|publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans | access-date =27 September 2023}}</ref> all-time extreme temperature<ref name = Mherrera>{{cite web |url= http://www.mherrera.org/temp.htm |title= Extreme Temperatures Around the World |access-date= 2024-10-23 }}</ref> | source 2 = Weather China<ref name = Clim>{{cite web | url = http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101150806.shtml | script-title=zh:刚察 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 | publisher = Weather China | language = zh | access-date = 27 September 2023}}</ref> | source = }}
==Transport== *China National Highway 315
==See also== * List of administrative divisions of Qinghai
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{County-level divisions of Qinghai}} {{authority control}}
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