Arxan
Arxan
阿尔山市 • ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨᠬᠣᠲᠠ | |
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 Location of Arxan City jurisdiction in the Hinggan League | |
  Arxan Location in Inner Mongolia | |
| Coordinates: 47°11′N 119°57′E / 47.183°N 119.950°ECoordinates: 47°11′N 119°57′E / 47.183°N 119.950°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Inner Mongolia |
| League | Hinggan |
| Township-level divisions | 3 subdistricts 4 towns |
| County-level city established | June 1996 |
| Municipal seat | (温泉街道) |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 7,408.7 km2 (2,860.5 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 15.40 km2 (5.95 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,003 m (3,291 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • County-level city | 68,300 |
| • Estimate (2017) | 67,000 |
| • Urban | 47,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 137800 |
| Area code(s) | 0482 |
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 阿爾山 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阿尔山 | ||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Рашаан хот | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ||||||
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Arxan (Mongolian for "Hot Springs") is a county-level city in the Hinggan League of northeastern Inner Mongolia in the People's Republic of China.
Geography and climate[]
Arxan is located in the northwest of Hinggan League, with latitude ranging from 46° 39' to 47° 39' N and longitude ranging from 119° 28' to 121° 23' E; the maximal north-south extent is 118 km (73 mi), while the maximal east-west width is 142 km (88 mi). It spans part of the southwest of the Greater Khingan Range.
Due to the upper-mid latitude and elevation of around 1,000 m (3,280 ft), the climate of Arxan is a subarctic (Köppen Dwc), with strong monsoonal influence, severely cold winters and warm, rainy summers, and low temperatures averaging below freezing for eight calendar months; the monthly 24-hour average temperature stays below freezing for six calendar months. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −24.8 °C or −12.6 °F in January to 17.1 °C or 62.8 °F in July, and the annual mean is −2.31 °C or 27.8 °F. For much of the year, diurnal temperature variation is large and frequently in excess of 15 °C or 27 °F. Nearly three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September; however, precipitation is frequent year-round, with both frequency and relative humidity peaking in summer and there being a secondary humidity peak during the winter.
| Climate data for Arxan (1981−2010 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −17.6 (0.3) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
7.6 (45.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
21.5 (70.7) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.0 (71.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −24.8 (−12.6) |
−20.9 (−5.6) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
0.7 (33.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
14.3 (57.7) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
8.2 (46.8) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−21.2 (−6.2) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −30.7 (−23.3) |
−27.6 (−17.7) |
−19.1 (−2.4) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
0.2 (32.4) |
6.5 (43.7) |
10.8 (51.4) |
8.7 (47.7) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−18.6 (−1.5) |
−27.1 (−16.8) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.2 (0.24) |
5.4 (0.21) |
10.1 (0.40) |
20.5 (0.81) |
35.1 (1.38) |
76.2 (3.00) |
116.3 (4.58) |
83.7 (3.30) |
46.1 (1.81) |
22.7 (0.89) |
10.0 (0.39) |
9.1 (0.36) |
441.4 (17.37) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 16.0 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 15.5 | 17.9 | 14.9 | 11.7 | 9.6 | 13.6 | 17.7 | 159.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 76 | 74 | 68 | 55 | 51 | 67 | 77 | 78 | 69 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 69 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 172.8 | 199.4 | 249.2 | 236.5 | 261.9 | 230.5 | 216.9 | 222.9 | 202.4 | 198.8 | 160.9 | 145.3 | 2,497.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 63 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 57 | 49 | 45 | 51 | 54 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 56 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration (precipitation days and sunshine 1971–2000)[2][3] | |||||||||||||
Tourism[]
Arxan National Forest Park is located in Arxan. The park attracts tourists drawn by its landscape of solidified lava formations, crater lakes and dense forests.[4]
Transportation[]
Arxan is served by the Arxan Yi'ershi Airport.
References[]
- ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 48. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 - WeatherBk Data (in Chinese (China)). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 2020-04-15.
- ^ 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ Yang, Feiyue (July 2, 2019). "Five trips to get children out and about". China Daily.
External links[]
- (in Chinese) Official site
- (in Chinese) Website of administrative boundaries
- (in Mongolian) Official site
- County-level divisions of Inner Mongolia
- Cities in Inner Mongolia