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Qilian County

Coordinates: 38°09′N 99°46′E / 38.150°N 99.767°E / 38.150; 99.767
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Qilian County
祁连县 · མདོ་ལ་རྫོང་།
The Qilian Mountains seen from Qilian County
The Qilian Mountains seen from Qilian County
Location of Qilian County (red) within Haibei Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Location of Qilian County (red) within Haibei Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
Qilian County is located in Qinghai
Qilian County
Qilian County
Location in Qinghai
Qilian County is located in China
Qilian County
Qilian County
Qilian County (China)
Coordinates: 38°09′N 99°46′E / 38.150°N 99.767°E / 38.150; 99.767
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHaibei
County seatBabao Town
Area
 • Total13,886 km2 (5,361 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total48,538
 • Density3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitewww.qilian.gov.cn
Qilian County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese祁连县
Traditional Chinese祁連縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQílián Xiàn
Tibetan name
Tibetanམདོ་ལ་རྫོང་།
Transcriptions
Wyliemdo la rdzong
Tibetan PinyinDola Zong

Qilian County (Chinese: 祁连县, Tibetan: མདོ་ལ་རྫོང་།), in Tibetan Dhola County, is a county of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China. The Haibei Qilian Airport is located in the county.

History

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The history of human activity in the Qilian area can be traced back to the Han dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago.[2] The Qilian County area was inhabited by the Qiang people in ancient times, and was adjacent to the Yuezhi people during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, as well as during the Qin dynasty (circa 2200 B.C.-206 A.D.).[2][3]

In the sixth year of the Han dynasty (201 AD), the Yuezhi was attacked and invaded by the Xiongnu kings and some of them moved to the Qilian Mountains. names in history are "Lesser Yuezhi[3]

In the year 121, Huo Qubing went and led his warriors to capture the Qilian Mountains, and the power of the Xiongnu and Yuezhi was greatly reduced in the Qilian Mountains, from then on the Yuezhi in the Qilian Mountains and the Huangshui valley were subservient to the Han. Since then, Han Chinese have also settled in this area.[2]

During the Eastern Han dynasty, the lesser Yuezhi, who lived in the present-day Nongniugoudi area of Qilian County, were influenced to evolve into the "Lushui Hu", and later, due to the influence of Han culture, they gradually integrated into the Han clan during the Northern Wei dynasty.[2]

On October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China was founded and the Chinese People's Liberation Army was stationed in the "Babao" area. Qilian was liberated and on September 13, 1951, the Qinghai Provincial People's Government changed Qilian County into a city under provincial jurisdiction. In 1952, the Qilian Autonomous Region People's Government was established and in 1980, Qilian County was restored to the People's Government and placed under the jurisdiction of Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture until today.[3]

Geographical

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Qilian mountain in Qilian Qinghai

Qilian County covers an area of 15,700 square kilometers, accounting for 2.05% of the total area of Qinghai Province. Qilian County borders Menyuan Hui Autonomous County to the east, Gungca County and Haiyan County to the south, and Tianjun County to the southwest. To the north and northwest, it borders Jiuquan City and Sunan Yugur Autonomous County and Minle County in Gansu Province.[3]

Qilian County contains a total of seven townships, which are Babao, Zhamashen, Yeniugou, Kekeli, Mole, Duolong, Ebao, and Aru. As well as a ranch in Haibei Prefecture Toller Ranch. The town of Babao is the economic and political center of Qilian County.[3]

Qilian County is named after its location in the Qilian Mountains,"Qilian" means "heavenly mountain" in Xiongnu language, and in ancient times it was the place where the Qiang people gathered.[2]

Qilian County is in the middle part of the Qilian Mountains, the average altitude of 3169m, 4000m altitude above the alpine zone of snow all year round.The elevation of the county town is 2787m.[4][5]

The average year-round temperature in the county is 1 degree Celsius, the climate type is highland climate, and the annual precipitation is about 270~600.The climate is typical of a Alpine climate. Due to its geographical location, Qilian County is subject to humid air currents from the southeast monsoon in the summer and high pressure from Mongolia and dry and cold air currents from Siberia in the winter, resulting in large temperature differences and low temperatures.[6]

The total number of rivers in the county is 247, the main rivers are Mole River, Black River, Babao River and Tuole River, with an annual runoff of 2.322 billion cubic meters[7]

Climate

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Climate data for Qilian, elevation 2,787 m (9,144 ft), (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −2.4
(27.7)
2.0
(35.6)
7.0
(44.6)
12.5
(54.5)
16.2
(61.2)
19.5
(67.1)
21.7
(71.1)
20.9
(69.6)
17.1
(62.8)
11.5
(52.7)
4.9
(40.8)
−1.3
(29.7)
10.8
(51.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.4
(9.7)
−8.2
(17.2)
−2.6
(27.3)
3.7
(38.7)
8.0
(46.4)
11.8
(53.2)
13.9
(57.0)
12.9
(55.2)
8.7
(47.7)
2.2
(36.0)
−5.2
(22.6)
−11.3
(11.7)
1.8
(35.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −19.7
(−3.5)
−16.0
(3.2)
−10.0
(14.0)
−3.4
(25.9)
1.2
(34.2)
5.3
(41.5)
7.7
(45.9)
6.8
(44.2)
2.9
(37.2)
−4.2
(24.4)
−12.2
(10.0)
−18.3
(−0.9)
−5.0
(23.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.3
(0.05)
1.4
(0.06)
7.3
(0.29)
17.2
(0.68)
51
(2.0)
72.2
(2.84)
100
(3.9)
96.3
(3.79)
66.7
(2.63)
15.2
(0.60)
2.3
(0.09)
0.4
(0.02)
431.3
(16.95)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.2 2.8 6.4 7.8 13.3 17.2 18.3 18.4 14.8 7.1 2.0 0.7 111
Average snowy days 3.4 4.8 9.5 9.1 5.0 0.3 0 0.1 0.8 6.0 3.2 2.0 44.2
Average relative humidity (%) 45 42 44 47 53 59 64 67 65 57 48 47 53
Mean monthly sunshine hours 218.9 208.0 235.9 246.2 254.7 238.8 241.4 236.8 220.5 245.4 232.2 220.0 2,798.8
Percent possible sunshine 71 68 63 62 58 54 54 57 60 72 78 75 64
Source: China Meteorological Administration[8][9]
Climate data for Tuolei, Qilian, elevation 3,367 m (11,047 ft), (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −5.9
(21.4)
−1.7
(28.9)
3.2
(37.8)
8.9
(48.0)
12.5
(54.5)
16.1
(61.0)
18.5
(65.3)
18.1
(64.6)
14.2
(57.6)
7.7
(45.9)
0.8
(33.4)
−4.7
(23.5)
7.3
(45.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −16.8
(1.8)
−12.2
(10.0)
−6.6
(20.1)
0.0
(32.0)
4.7
(40.5)
8.9
(48.0)
11.4
(52.5)
10.6
(51.1)
5.7
(42.3)
−1.8
(28.8)
−9.6
(14.7)
−15.6
(3.9)
−1.8
(28.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −25.4
(−13.7)
−21.3
(−6.3)
−15.2
(4.6)
−7.9
(17.8)
−2.6
(27.3)
2.2
(36.0)
5.2
(41.4)
4.2
(39.6)
−0.9
(30.4)
−9.0
(15.8)
−17.4
(0.7)
−23.7
(−10.7)
−9.3
(15.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.4
(0.06)
1.2
(0.05)
3.2
(0.13)
8.9
(0.35)
36.9
(1.45)
66.4
(2.61)
93.3
(3.67)
66.5
(2.62)
34.2
(1.35)
8.5
(0.33)
1.4
(0.06)
0.7
(0.03)
322.6
(12.71)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 2.3 1.7 3.7 5.8 10.0 15.0 17.4 14.8 9.8 4.0 1.8 1.0 87.3
Average snowy days 3.1 2.8 5.0 7.9 9.4 2.8 0.5 0.5 2.8 5.1 2.4 1.5 43.8
Average relative humidity (%) 45 40 40 44 51 59 64 64 62 53 49 46 51
Mean monthly sunshine hours 225.4 214.4 248.0 262.4 276.6 257.4 256.5 256.8 247.8 263.9 236.2 223.4 2,968.8
Percent possible sunshine 74 70 66 66 62 58 57 62 67 77 79 77 68
Source: China Meteorological Administration[8][9]
Climate data for Yeniugou, Qilian, elevation 3,314 m (10,873 ft), (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −5.1
(22.8)
−1.3
(29.7)
3.3
(37.9)
8.5
(47.3)
11.8
(53.2)
15.1
(59.2)
17.4
(63.3)
16.9
(62.4)
13.3
(55.9)
7.4
(45.3)
1.2
(34.2)
−3.7
(25.3)
7.1
(44.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) −16.3
(2.7)
−12.4
(9.7)
−6.9
(19.6)
−0.7
(30.7)
3.7
(38.7)
7.7
(45.9)
10.2
(50.4)
9.3
(48.7)
5.1
(41.2)
−2.0
(28.4)
−9.8
(14.4)
−15.3
(4.5)
−2.3
(27.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −24.8
(−12.6)
−21.6
(−6.9)
−15.4
(4.3)
−8.1
(17.4)
−2.9
(26.8)
1.4
(34.5)
4.2
(39.6)
3.5
(38.3)
−0.6
(30.9)
−8.7
(16.3)
−17.7
(0.1)
−23.4
(−10.1)
−9.5
(14.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 1.9
(0.07)
2.8
(0.11)
9.0
(0.35)
16.9
(0.67)
44.7
(1.76)
74.5
(2.93)
114.8
(4.52)
98.4
(3.87)
59.8
(2.35)
15.5
(0.61)
2.9
(0.11)
0.8
(0.03)
442
(17.38)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 3.2 3.9 7.5 9.1 14.3 17.5 20.4 19.5 14.8 7.0 3.0 1.7 121.9
Average snowy days 4.6 5.8 10.0 11.5 12.4 2.8 0.8 0.7 5.1 8.6 3.9 2.3 68.5
Average relative humidity (%) 50 47 48 52 59 66 71 73 71 63 54 50 59
Mean monthly sunshine hours 209.1 206.4 229.9 238.4 239.4 216.6 218.8 220.2 203.4 240.2 222.8 207.4 2,652.6
Percent possible sunshine 68 67 62 60 54 49 49 53 55 71 75 71 61
Source: China Meteorological Administration[8][9]

Administrative divisions

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Qilian County is made up of 3 towns and 4 townships:

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Tibetan Wylie Administrative division code
Towns
Babao Town
(Zünmoxong Town)
八宝镇 Bābǎo Zhèn བཙུན་མོ་གཞོང་གྲོང་རྡལ། btsun mo gzhong grong rdal 632222100
Obo Town
(Karmar Town, Ebao Town)
峨堡镇 Ébǎo Zhèn མཁར་དམར་གྲོང་རྡལ། mkhar dmar grong rdal 632222101
Muri Town
(Mole Town)
默勒镇 Mòlè Zhèn མུ་རི་གྲོང་རྡལ། mu ri grong rdal 632222102
Townships
Zhamashi Township
(Zamar Township)
扎麻什乡 Zhāmáshí Xiāng རྫ་དམར་ཞང་། rdza dmar zhang 632222200
Arig Township
(Arou Township, or Aruk Township)
阿柔乡 Āróu Xiāng ཨ་རིག་ཞང་། a rig zhang 632222201
Yeniugou Township
(Zhonglung Township, or Dronglong Village)
野牛沟乡 Yěniúgōu Xiāng འབྲོང་ལུང་ཞང་། 'brong lung zhang 632222202
Yanglung Township
(Yanglong Township)
央隆乡 Yānglóng Xiāng གཡང་ལུང་ཡུལ་ཚོ། g.yang lung yul tsho 632222203

Population

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Tibetan people

Qilian County has a total population of 43,700 people, Qilian County is inhabited by ethnic minorities, with about 15 ethnic groups living here, mainly Tibetan, Hui, Han, Monguor, Gaoshan people, Zhuang and Korean.The main religions spread in Qilian area are Tibetan Buddhism and Islam, Tibetans are mainly concentrated in arou, ebao, yeniugou, kekeli, Mongolians mainly live in mole and duolong, Hui are concentrated in Babaoxiang and the county.[3]

Animal

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There are more than 20 species of wild animals found in Qilian County, and according to statistics, there are about 20,000 of them, mainly classified as rare and protected animals, ornamental animals, meat animals, and fur animals, and wild animals are mainly found in Yeniugou, Kokoli yoroulongwa, jiadao, etc.[3][2]

Moschus
Moschus Mammals, deer family, secrete musk, musk is a spice, Moschus does not live in herds, herbivores, feed on moss, weeds, or grasses, It can produce a secretion called musk, which is a valuable herb in Chinese medicine.
Gymnocypris chilianensis Produced in the Mole River, Babao River, Black River, mainly, to feed on aquatic insects, is a cold water freshwater fish.
Pseudois nayaur It is a phytophagous mountain mammal, belonging to the bovine family, Good at jumping, quick to move, Pseudois nayaur edible.
Ovis ammon Brownish-gray in color, with powerful limbs, it is found in the foothills of the highlands, migrating with the seasons, living and feeding in the grasslands and valleys in winter, and inhabiting the mountains in summer.
Grus nigricollis A large wading bird with silvery gray plumage, it is one of the most recently discovered cranes in the world and is a protected species,Eat fish and shrimp in the water.
Aquila rapax nipalensis Fierce, preys on small animals and birds, active during the day, inhabits plains and mountain forests

Qilian Deer Farm

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Qilian Deer Farm is the largest semi-wild deer breeding base in Asia,Qilian Deer Farm covers an area of about 60,000 acres, with an average altitude of 3,500 meters, Qilian Deer Farm is located in the Oil Gourd Wildlife Nature Reserve, 40 kilometers from Qilian County, a local tourist attraction, established in 1958, at the beginning of the establishment, the deer farm only local Cervus elaphus and white-lipped deer, in 1964 the introduction of the Cervus nippon.[2]

Natural resources

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There are 41 kinds of mineral resources in Qilian County, among which the main minerals are coal, asbestos, alluvial gold, etc.[3]

There are 369 species of plants in Qilian County, including those with medicinal value, such as Saussurea involucrata, cordyceps, rhubarb, bupleurum, astragalus,[7]

Altitude/m plant cover[3]
2769~2849 Hordeum vulgareBrassicaca mpestrisStipa purpureaKobresia myosuroides Descurainia sophiaRanunculus tanguticusDracocephalum heterophyl-lumPedicularis verticillataTaraxacum GueldenstaedtiaMedicago.
2946~ 2997 Agropyron cristatum, Poa annua, Dracocephalum heterophyl‐ lum, Ajuga lupulina, Ranunculus tanguticus.
3062~3168 Potentilla fruticosa,Myricaria paniculata,Polygo‐ num viviparum Polygonum macrophyllum Urtica hyperborea
3435~3889 Urtica hyperborea,Polygonum macrophyllumPolygo‐ num viviparum,Myricaria paniculata,Salix cupularisPotentilla fruticosa,Sibiraea angustata,Caragana jubata,Oxyt‐ ropis
2931~3009 Sabina przewalskii,Picea crassifolia,Dracocephalum heterophyl‐ lum,Taraxacum mongolicum,Agropyron cristatum

See also

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Sources

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1:Qilian Xian zhi = Annals of Qi Lian country. Qilian xian zhi bian zuan wei yuan hui, 祁连县志编纂委员会. Lanzhou: Gansu ren min chu ban she. 1993. ISBN 7-226-01176-X.[3]

2:Li, Jingzhong; Liu, Yongmei; Mo, Chonghui; Wang, Lei; Pang, Guowei; Cao, Mingming (2016-02-16). "IKONOS Image-Based Extraction of the Distribution Area of Stellera chamaejasme L. in Qilian County of Qinghai Province, China". Remote Sensing. 8 (2): 148. doi:10.3390/rs8020148. ISSN 2072-4292.[10]

3:刘, 宗广; 戴, 国华; 陈, 立同; 冯, 晓娟; 朱, 珊珊; 贺, 金生 (2016-06-01). "青藏高原高寒草地土壤中脂肪酸的分布特征". SCIENTIA SINICA Terrae. 46 (6): 756–767. doi:10.1360/07sces-2015-0122. ISSN 1674-7240.[6]

4:Li, Leilei (2019). "The Community Characteristics and Monthly Variation Patterns of Butterfly Species in Qilian County, Qinghai Province, China". Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment. doi:10.19741/j.issn.1673-4831.2018.0130.[5]

5:天境祁连- 祁连具导游词 (in Chinese). Zhong Guo wen lian chu ban she. 2007. ISBN 978-7-5059-5537-0.[11]

7:Suonanduojie; 索南多杰 (2007). Li shi de hen ji : Qilian Xian di ming wen hua shi yi (Di 1 ban ed.). Beijing. ISBN 978-7-80057-916-5. OCLC 1031377836.[2]

8:YANG, Cheng-De; CHEN, Xiu-Rong; LONG, Rui-Jun; Xue, Li; ZHANG, Zhen-Fen (2009-12-25). "Distribution characteristics of soil carbon during forage greening in different alpine grasslands of Eastern Qilian Mountains". Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture. 17 (6): 1111–1116. doi:10.3724/sp.j.1011.2009.01111. ISSN 1671-3990.[12]

9:Li, Shuo; Zhe, hao Jiang; gang Zhang, De; nan Nie, Zhong; gang Chen, Jian; zhen Hu, Xin; Chen, Lu; ru Yuan, Zi; Ren, Ling (2016-08-20). "Distribution characteristics of soil organic carbon in northern slope of alpine meadow steppe in Qilian mountains in Qilian County, Qinghai Province". Pratacultural Science. doi:10.11829/j.issn.1001-0629.2015-0586.[13]

10:Zhao, yuanshun (2018-02-05). "祁连县生态文化旅游的发展" The development of ecological and cultural tourism in Qilian County. QUN WEN TIAN DI.[7]

References

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  13. ^ Li, Shuo; Zhe, hao Jiang; gang Zhang, De; nan Nie, Zhong; gang Chen, Jian; zhen Hu, Xin; Chen, Lu; ru Yuan, Zi; Ren, Ling (2016-08-20). "Distribution characteristics of soil organic carbon in northern slope of alpine meadow steppe in Qilian mountains in Qilian County, Qinghai Province". Pratacultural Science. doi:10.11829/j.issn.1001-0629.2015-0586.
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