Qabqa

Qabqa
恰卜恰镇 · ཆབ་ཆ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
Town
Qabqa

Location of the city centre in Qinghai

Coordinates: 36°16′N 100°37′E / 36.267°N 100.617°E / 36.267; 100.617Coordinates: 36°16′N 100°37′E / 36.267°N 100.617°E / 36.267; 100.617
Country People's Republic of China
Province Qinghai
Elevation 2,835 m (9,301 ft)
Population (2010)
  Total 46,907
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Qabqa (Tibetan: ཆབ་ཆ་རྫོང་། Chinese: 恰卜恰 Qiàbǔqià) is a town in Gonghe County, Qinghai, China. It is the seat of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the seat of Gonghe County. Qabqa has an altitude of 2835 m.[1] The average annual temperature is 3.4°C, and the average annual precipitation is 321.4 mm.[2]

Qabqa had a population of 46,907 as of 2010.[2] Qabqa is the political, economical, and cultural center of the Hainan Prefecture.[3] China National Highway 214 passes through Qabqa.

References

  1. "青海省气象台站建站以来站址变迁记载" by 刘蓓 and 阎萍
  2. 1 2 http://www.qhgh.gov.cn/html/5003/262711.html
  3. http://www.qhgh.gov.cn/html/1792/206066.html
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