# Abag Banner

Abag Banner (Mongolian: ᠠᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ; Chinese: 阿巴嘎旗) is a county of Inner Mongolia, China. It is under the administration of Xilingol League. Abaga and Abaganar Mongols live here. The local dialect has variously been classified as Chakhar or Khalkha.

## Demographics

The proportion of nationalities in Abag Banner (2020)
Nationality
Percentage
Mongols
54.6%
Han
43.9%
Manchus
0.9%
Hui People
0.3%
Daur
0.1%
Miao (Hmong)
0.1%
Others
0.1%
Source of the population statistics : :

## Administrative divisions

Abag Banner is divided into 3 towns and 4 sums.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Mongolian (Hudum Script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
| Towns ||||||
| Biligtai Town | 别力古台镇 | Biélìgǔtái Zhèn | ᠪᠡᠯᠭᠦᠳᠡᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Бэлгүтэй балгас | 152522100 |
| Honggor Gol Town | 洪格尔高勒镇 | Hónggé'ěrgāolè Zhèn | ᠬᠣᠩᠭᠣᠷᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Хонгоргол балгас | 152522101 |
| Qagan Nur Town | 查干淖尔镇 | Chágànnào'ěr Zhèn | ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Цагааннуур балгас | 152522102 |
| Sums ||||||
| Naran Bulag Sum | 那仁宝拉格苏木 | Nàrénbǎolāgé Sūmù | ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭ ᠰᠤᠮᠤ | Наранбулаг сум | 152522200 |
| Ih Gol Sum | 伊和高勒苏木 | Yīhégāolè Sūmù | ᠶᠡᠬᠡᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠰᠤᠮᠤ | Ихгол сум | 152522201 |
| Jargalangt Sum | 吉尔嘎郎图苏木 | Jí'ěrgālángtú Sūmù | ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯᠠᠩᠲᠤ ᠰᠤᠮᠤ | Жаргалант сум | 152522202 |
| Bayan Tug Sum | 巴彦图嘎苏木 | Bāyàntúgā Sūmù | ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠲᠤᠭ ᠰᠤᠮᠤ | Баянтуг сум | 152522203 |
Other: Manit Coal Mine (玛尼图煤矿)(ᠮᠠᠨᠢᠲᠤ ᠨᠡᠭᠦᠷᠡᠰᠦᠨ ᠠᠭᠤᠷᠬᠠᠢ)

## Climate

Abag Banner has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk), with very cold and dry winters, very warm, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −20.9 °C (−5.6 °F) in January to 21.3 °C (70.3 °F) in July, with the annual mean at 1.93 °C (35.5 °F). The annual precipitation is 238 mm (9.4 in), with more than half of it falling in July and August alone. There are 3,017 hours of bright sunshine annually, with each of the winter months having over two-thirds of the possible total, and this percentage falling to 60 in July.
Climate data for Abag Banner, elevation 1,148 m (3,766 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971-present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 2.7 (36.9) | 12.6 (54.7) | 21.5 (70.7) | 31.0 (87.8) | 34.4 (93.9) | 36.9 (98.4) | 39.7 (103.5) | 36.7 (98.1) | 35.1 (95.2) | 25.9 (78.6) | 17.7 (63.9) | 6.1 (43.0) | 39.7 (103.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) | −7.5 (18.5) | 2.4 (36.3) | 12.8 (55.0) | 20.4 (68.7) | 25.5 (77.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 26.5 (79.7) | 20.6 (69.1) | 10.8 (51.4) | −1.1 (30.0) | −11.4 (11.5) | 9.5 (49.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −15.1 (4.8) | −5.0 (23.0) | 5.3 (41.5) | 13.2 (55.8) | 19.0 (66.2) | 21.9 (71.4) | 19.9 (67.8) | 13.3 (55.9) | 3.3 (37.9) | −8.0 (17.6) | −17.5 (0.5) | 2.5 (36.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −25.4 (−13.7) | −21.1 (−6.0) | −11.3 (11.7) | −1.7 (28.9) | 5.8 (42.4) | 12.3 (54.1) | 15.8 (60.4) | 13.7 (56.7) | 6.7 (44.1) | −2.7 (27.1) | −13.2 (8.2) | −22.4 (−8.3) | −3.6 (25.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −39.2 (−38.6) | −36.5 (−33.7) | −28.6 (−19.5) | −18.6 (−1.5) | −7.8 (18.0) | −0.6 (30.9) | 7.0 (44.6) | 2.5 (36.5) | −6.4 (20.5) | −20.5 (−4.9) | −34.3 (−29.7) | −36.9 (−34.4) | −39.2 (−38.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.06) | 1.7 (0.07) | 4.2 (0.17) | 9.2 (0.36) | 22.3 (0.88) | 43.8 (1.72) | 66.1 (2.60) | 50.7 (2.00) | 20.8 (0.82) | 12.1 (0.48) | 4.8 (0.19) | 3.0 (0.12) | 240.1 (9.47) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 71.9 |
| Average snowy days | 9.2 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 8.4 | 10.1 | 51.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 66 | 52 | 37 | 37 | 47 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 55 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 200.1 | 218.2 | 267.6 | 270.7 | 293.1 | 281.3 | 281.2 | 284.5 | 262.6 | 236.0 | 197.4 | 183.0 | 2,975.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 69 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 64 | 61 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 68 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administrationall-time extreme temperature ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Naran Bulag Sum (Narenbaolage Sumu), Abag Banner, elevation 1,182 m (3,878 ft), (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −14.2 (6.4) | −8.5 (16.7) | 1.2 (34.2) | 11.9 (53.4) | 19.8 (67.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 27.6 (81.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 19.8 (67.6) | 9.8 (49.6) | −2.4 (27.7) | −12.4 (9.7) | 8.6 (47.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −20.6 (−5.1) | −15.8 (3.6) | −6.1 (21.0) | 4.4 (39.9) | 12.4 (54.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 19.2 (66.6) | 12.3 (54.1) | 2.3 (36.1) | −9.4 (15.1) | −18.4 (−1.1) | 1.7 (35.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −26.0 (−14.8) | −21.8 (−7.2) | −12.5 (9.5) | −2.8 (27.0) | 4.7 (40.5) | 11.5 (52.7) | 14.8 (58.6) | 12.7 (54.9) | 5.5 (41.9) | −3.9 (25.0) | −14.9 (5.2) | −23.6 (−10.5) | −4.7 (23.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.3 (0.05) | 2.0 (0.08) | 3.3 (0.13) | 7.5 (0.30) | 19.6 (0.77) | 41.6 (1.64) | 57.7 (2.27) | 49.9 (1.96) | 20.7 (0.81) | 9.4 (0.37) | 4.3 (0.17) | 2.6 (0.10) | 219.9 (8.65) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 8.6 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 66.5 |
| Average snowy days | 6.2 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 38.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 67 | 54 | 38 | 38 | 48 | 55 | 55 | 51 | 53 | 65 | 72 | 56 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 209.0 | 221.8 | 270.6 | 277.8 | 290.4 | 275.8 | 280.6 | 280.7 | 261.3 | 240.2 | 202.3 | 191.2 | 3,001.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 73 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 63 | 59 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 68 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||