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Erbao Township

Coordinates: 42°52′30″N 89°32′30″E / 42.87500°N 89.54167°E / 42.87500; 89.54167
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Erbao Township
二堡乡
قارغوجا
Erbao Township is located in Bayingolin
Erbao Township
Erbao Township
Location of Erbao Township in Xinjiang
Coordinates (Turpan government): 42°52′30″N 89°32′30″E / 42.87500°N 89.54167°E / 42.87500; 89.54167
CountryPeople's Republic of China
RegionXinjiang
Prefecture-level cityTurpan
DistrictGaochang District
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total12,417
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
838000
Area code0995

Erbao Township (Uyghur: قارغوجا, Chinese: 二堡乡), is a township-level division located in the oasis city of Turpan, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the China.

Erbao Township formerly held the highest recorded temperature in Mainland China, at 50.5 °C (122.9 °F) on 10 July 2017 until it was beaten by Sanbao Township, Xinjiang which recorded a temperature of 52.2 °C (126.0 °F), on 16 July 2023.[2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Estadísticas del Xinjiang. Consultado el 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ "China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records". Reuters. 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
  3. ^ Salam, Erum; Abdul, Geneva; Jones, Sam; Ratcliffe, Rebecca; Wind, Emily (2023-07-17). "China confirms a record temperature of 52.5C [sic] over weekend". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-17.