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Qabqa

Coordinates: 36°16′N 100°37′E / 36.267°N 100.617°E / 36.267; 100.617
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Qabqa
恰卜恰镇 · ཆབ་ཆ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
Chabcha
Qabqa is located in Qinghai
Qabqa
Qabqa
Location of the city centre in Qinghai
Coordinates: 36°16′N 100°37′E / 36.267°N 100.617°E / 36.267; 100.617
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHainan
CountyGonghe
Area
 • Total
7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Elevation
2,835 m (9,301 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
46,907
 • Density6,400/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)

Qabqa or Chabcha[2] (Tibetan: ཆབ་ཆ་གྲོང་རྡལ།; Chinese: 恰卜恰; pinyin: Qiàbǔqià) is a town in Gonghe County, Qinghai, China. It is the seat of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the seat of Gonghe County. Qabqa has an altitude of 2835 m.[3] The average annual temperature is 3.4 °C (38.1 °F), and the average annual precipitation is 321.4 mm (12.65 in).[4]

Qabqa had a population of 46,907 as of 2010.[4] Qabqa is the political, economical, and cultural center of the Hainan Prefecture.[5] China National Highway 214 passes through Qabqa.

References

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  1. ^ "青海海南藏族自治州".
  2. ^ Committee, Canada Tibet. "Canada Tibet Committee | Library | WTN | Archive | Old". www.tibet.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  3. ^ "青海省气象台站建站以来站址变迁记载" by 刘蓓 and 阎萍
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2013-04-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ http://www.qhgh.gov.cn/html/1792/206066.html [dead link]