Ledu District (Chinese: 乐都区; Tibetan: གྲོ་ཚང) is a district of the city of Haidong, Qinghai province, China. Nearby are Ping'an District and the city of Xining. Ledu used to be named Nianbo county before 1929. The county dates back to 1724.[1] On 8 February 2013 Ledu was upgraded from a county into a district.
Ledu
乐都区 | |
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 Qutan Si Monastery | |
 Location of Ledu District (red) in Haidong City (yellow) and Qinghai province | |
| Coordinates: 36°31′N 102°25′E / 36.517°N 102.417°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Prefecture-level city | Haidong |
| Seat | Nianbo Subdistrict |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,050 km2 (1,180 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 240,949 |
| • Density | 79/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | www |
| Ledu, Haidong | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乐都区 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 樂都區 | ||||||
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| Tibetan name | |||||||
| Tibetan | གྲོ་ཚང་ཁུལ། | ||||||
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Ledu District is served by the G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway.
Subdivisions
editLedu District is divided into 2 subdistricts, 6 towns, 9 townships, and 3 ethnic townships:
- Nianbo Subdistrict (碾伯街道)
- Ganggou Subdistrict (岗沟街道)
- Yurun Town (雨润镇)
- Shoule Town (寿乐镇)
- Gaomiao Town (高庙镇)
- Hongshui Town (洪水镇)
- Gaodian Town (高店镇)
- Qutan Town (瞿昙镇)
- Gonghe Township (共和乡)
- Zhongling Township (中岭乡)
- Lijia Township (李家乡)
- Luhua Township (芦花乡)
- Maying Township (马营乡)
- Machang Township (马厂乡)
- Putai Township (蒲台乡)
- Fengdui Township (峰堆乡)
- Chengtai Township (城台乡)
- Zongtar Tibetan Ethnic Township (下营乡, ཙོང་ཐར་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།)
- Zhungba Tibetan Ethnic Township (中坝乡, ཀྲུང་པ་བོད་རིགས་ཞང་།)
- Dara Tu Ethnic Township (达拉乡)
Climate
edit| Climate data for Ledu, Haidong, elevation 2,021 m (6,631 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
12.2 (54.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.0 (71.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
27.1 (80.8) |
25.9 (78.6) |
21.0 (69.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.4 (57.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.9 (66.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
8.4 (47.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.6 (11.1) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
3.6 (38.5) |
7.9 (46.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
2.4 (36.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.2 (0.05) |
1.8 (0.07) |
7.1 (0.28) |
15.0 (0.59) |
42.3 (1.67) |
50.3 (1.98) |
69.5 (2.74) |
71.2 (2.80) |
52.1 (2.05) |
20.7 (0.81) |
2.9 (0.11) |
0.8 (0.03) |
334.9 (13.18) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.4 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 88.1 |
| Average snowy days | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 25 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 47 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 64 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 51 | 54 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 190.5 | 194.9 | 225.8 | 236.8 | 242.7 | 228.7 | 231.7 | 221.3 | 185.6 | 195.3 | 195.7 | 194.2 | 2,543.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 61 | 63 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 54 | 51 | 57 | 65 | 65 | 58 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ger Postiglione (1999). China's National Minority Education: Culture, Schooling, and Development. Vol. 42 of Garland reference library of social science: Reference books in international education. Psychology Press. p. 380. ISBN 0815322232. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
External links
edit- Map of Ledu, Qinghai, China from Multimap
- Liuwan Tombs, the largest tombs of primitive China
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