Dulan County
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Dulan County
|native_name = {{mongolUnicode|ᠳᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal}} • {{lang|zh-hans|都兰县}} • {{bo-textonly|ཏུའུ་ལན་རྫོང་}}
|other_name = Dulain, Dêrlam
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|postal_code = 816100
|settlement_type = County
|image_skyline =
|image_map = Location of Dulan within Qinghai (China).png
|map_caption = Dulan County (light red) within Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai
| pushpin_map = Qinghai
| pushpin_label = Dulan
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the county seat in Qinghai
| pushpin_mapsize =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = China
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Qinghai
|subdivision_type2 = Autonomous prefecture
|subdivision_name2 = Haixi
| seat_type = County seat
| seat = Qagan Us
|area_total_km2 = 45270
|population_total = 68273
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates = {{coord|36|18|N|98|05|E|region:CN-63|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m = 3194
|timezone = China Standard
|utc_offset = +8
|website = {{URL|http://www.dulan.gov.cn/}}
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
|mong={{mongolUnicode|ᠳᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal}} |monr=Dulaγan siyan
|tib={{bo-textonly|ཏུའུ་ལན་རྫོང་}} or {{bo-textonly|གཏེར་ལམ་རྫོང་།}} |wylie=tu'u lan rdzong or gter lam rdzong |zwpy=Dulain Zong or Dêrlam Zong
|order=st |s=都兰县 |t=都蘭縣 |p=Dūlán Xiàn |j=dou1laan4 jyun2
}}
Dulan County ({{langx|mn|{{mongolUnicode|ᠳᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal}}}}; {{bo|t=ཏུའུ་ལན་རྫོང་}}; {{zh|s=都兰县}}) is a county of east-central Qinghai province, China. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
Climate
With an elevation of around {{convert|3200|m|sigfig=2}}, Dulan County has a subalpine semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with long, very cold and winters, and warm summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from early/mid October to mid/late April; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, only December and January have an average high that is below freezing. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 60% in July to 81% in November, the county seat is very sunny, receiving 3,092 hours of bright sunshine annually; relative humidity in all months is below 50% and is for seven months below 40%. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from {{convert|−9.6|°C|1}} in January to {{convert|15.2|°C|1}} in July, while the annual mean is {{convert|3.41|°C|1}}. Over 70% of the annual precipitation of {{convert|218|mm|2|abbr=on}} is delivered from May to August.
{{Weather box|width=auto
|location = Dulan County, elevation {{convert|3189|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan high C = -2.0
|Feb high C = 1.6
|Mar high C = 6.1
|Apr high C = 12.0
|May high C = 16.2
|Jun high C = 19.4
|Jul high C = 22.0
|Aug high C = 21.8
|Sep high C = 17.5
|Oct high C = 10.6
|Nov high C = 4.4
|Dec high C = -0.6
|Jan mean C = -9.4
|Feb mean C = -5.5
|Mar mean C = -0.6
|Apr mean C = 5.1
|May mean C = 9.5
|Jun mean C = 13.0
|Jul mean C = 15.3
|Aug mean C = 14.8
|Sep mean C = 10.3
|Oct mean C = 3.3
|Nov mean C = -3.1
|Dec mean C = -8.1
|Jan low C = -14.7
|Feb low C = -11
|Mar low C = -6.1
|Apr low C = -1.1
|May low C = 3.0
|Jun low C = 6.9
|Jul low C = 9.4
|Aug low C = 8.7
|Sep low C = 4.5
|Oct low C = -2.0
|Nov low C = -8.0
|Dec low C = -13.2
|Jan record high C = 11.7 |Jan record low C = -26.4
|Feb record high C = 15.9 |Feb record low C = -22.2
|Mar record high C = 20.0 |Mar record low C = -18.1
|Apr record high C = 27.1 |Apr record low C = -12.6
|May record high C = 28.0 |May record low C = -6.7
|Jun record high C = 28.9 |Jun record low C = -1.3
|Jul record high C = 31.8 |Jul record low C = 0.6
|Aug record high C = 32.2 |Aug record low C = 0.2
|Sep record high C = 30.3 |Sep record low C = -4.8
|Oct record high C = 23.3 |Oct record low C = -12.6
|Nov record high C = 16.1 |Nov record low C = -18.8
|Dec record high C = 11.5 |Dec record low C = -25.7
|year high C = |year low C =
|year high F = |year low F =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 4.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 5.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 7.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 9.1
|May precipitation mm = 31.1
|Jun precipitation mm = 51.7
|Jul precipitation mm = 57.5
|Aug precipitation mm = 29.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 19.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 5.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 5.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 2.5
|Jan humidity = 41
|Feb humidity = 36
|Mar humidity = 33
|Apr humidity = 30
|May humidity = 37
|Jun humidity = 48
|Jul humidity = 51
|Aug humidity = 47
|Sep humidity = 45
|Oct humidity = 37
|Nov humidity = 37
|Dec humidity = 38
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 4.3
|Feb precipitation days = 3.8
|Mar precipitation days = 4.5
|Apr precipitation days = 3.9
|May precipitation days = 7.4
|Jun precipitation days = 10.6
|Jul precipitation days = 11.4
|Aug precipitation days = 8.6
|Sep precipitation days = 6.1
|Oct precipitation days = 2.8
|Nov precipitation days = 2.6
|Dec precipitation days = 3.2
|year precipitation days =
|Jan sun = 225.1
|Feb sun = 213.5
|Mar sun = 247.1
|Apr sun = 268.5
|May sun = 269.6
|Jun sun = 246.8
|Jul sun = 254.9
|Aug sun = 258.6
|Sep sun = 242.4
|Oct sun = 264.7
|Nov sun = 238.8
|Dec sun = 227.6
|year sun =
| Jan percentsun = 72
| Feb percentsun = 69
| Mar percentsun = 66
| Apr percentsun = 68
| May percentsun = 62
| Jun percentsun = 57
| Jul percentsun = 58
| Aug percentsun = 62
| Sep percentsun = 66
| Oct percentsun = 77
| Nov percentsun = 79
| Dec percentsun = 76
| year percentsun =
|Jan snow days = 5.6
|Feb snow days = 5.4
|Mar snow days = 6.4
|Apr snow days = 4.9
|May snow days = 3.8
|Jun snow days = 0.6
|Jul snow days = 0.1
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0.3
|Oct snow days = 2.9
|Nov snow days = 3.6
|Dec snow days = 4.3
|year snow days =
|source 1 = China Meteorological Administration{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=27 August 2023}}
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{{Weather box|width=auto
|location = Nuomuhong, Dulan (1991–2020 normals)
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan high C = -0.5
|Feb high C = 4.5
|Mar high C = 9.8
|Apr high C = 15.9
|May high C = 20.5
|Jun high C = 24.1
|Jul high C = 26.5
|Aug high C = 25.9
|Sep high C = 21.5
|Oct high C = 14.3
|Nov high C = 6.5
|Dec high C = 0.4
|Jan mean C = -8.9
|Feb mean C = -4.1
|Mar mean C = 1.6
|Apr mean C = 7.8
|May mean C = 12.6
|Jun mean C = 16.4
|Jul mean C = 18.5
|Aug mean C = 17.5
|Sep mean C = 12.9
|Oct mean C = 5.3
|Nov mean C = -2.4
|Dec mean C = -8.0
|Jan low C = -15.4
|Feb low C = -11.1
|Mar low C = -5.6
|Apr low C = 0.3
|May low C = 5.2
|Jun low C = 9.5
|Jul low C = 11.8
|Aug low C = 10.9
|Sep low C = 6.4
|Oct low C = -1.5
|Nov low C = -8.9
|Dec low C = -14.4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 1.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 0.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 0.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 1.4
|May precipitation mm = 7.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 14.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 12.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 7.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 4.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 0.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 0.3
|Dec precipitation mm = 0.5
|Jan humidity = 39
|Feb humidity = 30
|Mar humidity = 26
|Apr humidity = 24
|May humidity = 29
|Jun humidity = 39
|Jul humidity = 44
|Aug humidity = 41
|Sep humidity = 39
|Oct humidity = 33
|Nov humidity = 34
|Dec humidity = 38
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 1.9
|Feb precipitation days = 0.8
|Mar precipitation days = 1.2
|Apr precipitation days = 0.9
|May precipitation days = 2.9
|Jun precipitation days = 5.3
|Jul precipitation days = 6.3
|Aug precipitation days = 4.5
|Sep precipitation days = 3.2
|Oct precipitation days = 0.7
|Nov precipitation days = 0.7
|Dec precipitation days = 0.8
|year precipitation days =
|Jan sun = 223.8
|Feb sun = 220.3
|Mar sun = 264.6
|Apr sun = 284.0
|May sun = 288.3
|Jun sun = 262.7
|Jul sun = 267.3
|Aug sun = 264.7
|Sep sun = 244.4
|Oct sun = 259.3
|Nov sun = 243.9
|Dec sun = 227.1
|year sun =
| Jan percentsun = 72
| Feb percentsun = 71
| Mar percentsun = 71
| Apr percentsun = 72
| May percentsun = 66
| Jun percentsun = 60
| Jul percentsun = 61
| Aug percentsun = 64
| Sep percentsun = 67
| Oct percentsun = 76
| Nov percentsun = 81
| Dec percentsun = 76
| year percentsun =
|Jan snow days = 2.8
|Feb snow days = 1.9
|Mar snow days = 2.6
|Apr snow days = 1.3
|May snow days = 0.7
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0
|Oct snow days = 0.6
|Nov snow days = 1.4
|Dec snow days = 1.3
|year snow days =
|source 1 = China Meteorological Administration{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=27 September 2023}}
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Administrative divisions
Dulan County is divided into 4 towns and 4 townships.
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Name
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colspan="8" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Towns |
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| Qagan Us Town | {{lang|zh-hans|察汉乌苏镇}} | {{transl|zh|Cháhànwūsū Zhèn}} | {{bo-textonly|ཚ་ཧན་བུའུ་སུའུ་གྲོང་རྡལ།}} | {{transl|bo|tsha han bu'u su'u grong rdal}} | {{MongolUnicode|ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ᠋ᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal}} | {{lang|mn|Цагааносон балгас}} | 632822100 |
Xangdê Town (Xiangride, Dorboljin) | {{lang|zh-hans|香日德镇}} | {{transl|zh|Xiāngrìdé Zhèn}} | {{bo-textonly|ཤངས་སྡེ་གྲོང་རྡལ།}} | {{transl|bo|shangs sde grong rdal}} | {{MongolUnicode|ᠳᠥᠷᠪᠡᠯᠵᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal}} | {{lang|mn|Дөрвөлжин балгас}} | 632822101 |
Xarag Town (Xaruha, Xarrika, Xiariha) | {{lang|zh-hans|夏日哈镇}} | {{transl|zh|Xiàrìhā Zhèn}} | {{bo-textonly|ཤ་རུ་ཧ་གྲོང་རྡལ།}} | {{transl|bo|sha ru ha grong rdal}} | | | 632822102 |- | Zongja Town | {{lang|zh-hans|宗加镇}} | {{transl|zh|Zōngjiā Zhèn}} | {{bo-textonly|ཙོང་ཇ་གྲོང་རྡལ།}} | {{transl|bo|tsong ja grong rdal}} | {{MongolUnicode|ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal}} | {{lang|mn|Зүүн балгас}} | 632822103 |- | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Townships |---------- | Qukoi Township | {{lang|zh-hans|热水乡}} | {{transl|zh|Rèshuǐ Xiāng}} | {{bo-textonly|ཆུ་ཁོལ་ཞང་།}} | {{transl|bo|chu khol zhang}} | | | 632822200 |- | Xang Township | {{lang|zh-hans|香加乡}} | {{transl|zh|Xiāngjiā Xiāng}} | | | {{MongolUnicode|ᠱᠠᠩ ᠰᠤᠮᠤ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal}} | {{lang|mn|Шан сум}} | 632822201 |- | Guru Township | {{lang|zh-hans|沟里乡}} | {{transl|zh|Gōulǐ Xiāng}} | {{bo-textonly|རྒུ་རུ་ཞང་།}} | {{transl|bo|rgu ru zhang}} | | | 632822202 |- | Barun Township | {{lang|zh-hans|巴隆乡}} | {{transl|zh|Bālóng Xiāng}} | {{bo-textonly|པ་ལུང་ཞང་།}} | {{transl|bo|pa lung zhang}} | {{MongolUnicode|ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠰᠤᠮᠤ|style=max-height:2em;word-wrap:normal}} | {{lang|mn|Баруун сум}} | 632822203 |- |} TransportReferences{{Reflist}} External links{{County-level divisions of Qinghai}} {{authority control}} |