Genhe
| Genhe 根河市 • ᢉᢉᠠᠠᠭᠣᠤᠯᠬᠣᠲᠠ | |
|---|---|
| County-level city | |
 Location of Genhe in Hulunbuir City | |
  Genhe Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates: 50°47′N 121°31′E / 50.783°N 121.517°ECoordinates: 50°47′N 121°31′E / 50.783°N 121.517°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Inner Mongolia |
| Prefecture-level city | Hulunbuir |
| Municipal seat | Hexi Subdistrict (河西街道) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19,659 km2 (7,590 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 714 m (2,343 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 110,400 |
| • Density | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 022300 |
| Area code(s) | 0470 |
Genhe (Gegengol) (Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (Гэгээнгол хот) Gegen Gôûl Hôt; Chinese: 根河; pinyin: Gēnhé), formerly Ergun Left Banner or Ergun Zuoqi (simplified Chinese: 额尔古纳左旗; traditional Chinese: 額爾古納左旗; pinyin: É'ěrgǔnà Zuǒ Qí), is a city in the far northeast of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is administratively a county-level city of Hulunbuir City.
Geography and climate
Genhe has a monsoon-influenced subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), and is the coldest officially-designated city in China, with an average annual temperature at the town of Tulihe, 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the south-southeast, of −4.4 °C (24.1 °F). Winters are long, severely cold, and very dry in terms of total precipitation, while summers are short and warm. At Tulihe, the monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −28.7 °C (−19.7 °F) in January to 16.6 °C (61.9 °F) in July.
| Climate data for Tulihe, Inner Mongolia (1971−2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −19.6 (−3.3) |
−13.1 (8.4) |
−3.9 (25) |
7.2 (45) |
16.5 (61.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−17.7 (0.1) |
4.2 (39.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −36 (−33) |
−33.3 (−27.9) |
−23.9 (−11) |
−8.9 (16) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.3 (45.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−32.6 (−26.7) |
−12.4 (9.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.3 (0.169) |
4.0 (0.157) |
6.3 (0.248) |
19.7 (0.776) |
28.2 (1.11) |
82.1 (3.232) |
127.8 (5.031) |
108.8 (4.283) |
48.6 (1.913) |
19.4 (0.764) |
8.3 (0.327) |
6.4 (0.252) |
463.9 (18.262) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 10.4 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 11.8 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 136.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 52 | 72 | 81 | 84 | 75 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 71.8 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 163.2 | 199.2 | 258.4 | 240.9 | 270.7 | 247.5 | 221.7 | 212.5 | 194.2 | 199.2 | 155.4 | 133.7 | 2,496.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 62 | 71 | 71 | 59 | 57 | 51 | 45 | 47 | 51 | 60 | 58 | 54 | 56 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
References
- www.xzqh.org (Chinese)