Shuanghu County

Shuanghu is a circle of the district of Nagqu in the northeast of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People 's Republic of China. Chinese or Tibetan Shuanghu Tshonyi means " two lakes ". The county has about 8,000 inhabitants. In November 2012, the former Special District (特别 区) Shuanghu was converted into a circle.

Geography and climate

Shuanghu has an area of ​​116,637 km ² and is on average at 4800 m altitude. The highest mountain is the Zaqungngomar with 6304 m. There are numerous lakes, including the Dogaicoring Qangco with an area of 256 km ² to 4788 m altitude and the Yaggain Co at 4978 m altitude.

The climate is extremely stormy, cold and dry, the air is not very well oxygenated and the winters are very long. Since 1999 there is a weather station in the northwest of the circle. The deepest, there recorded temperature is -62.4 ° C in January 2006 ., There a new maximum temperature was 2.3 ° C in July 2000 noted. Usually the temperatures are -45 to -5 ° C. There are an average of 2628 hours of sunshine and 150 mm of precipitation per year.

Administrative Divisions

At the community level, the circle from a large village and six municipalities is composed. These are (official spelling / Chinese):

• Greater community Cozhêlhoma措 折 罗玛 镇
• Community Xibdê协 德 乡
• Community Yagqu雅 曲 乡
• Community garco嘎 措 乡
• Community Cozhêdangma措 折 强 玛 乡
• Community Domar多 玛 乡
• Community Parling巴 岭乡