# Gonghe County

Gonghe County (Chinese: 共和县; Tibetan: གསེར་ཆེན་རྫོང་།), also known as Kungho, is a county of Qinghai Province, China under the administration of Hainan Prefecture. The seat of Gonghe County is in the town of Qabqa.

## Administrative divisions

Gonghe County is made up of 7 towns and 4 townships:
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Administrative division code |
| Towns ||||||
| Qabqa Town (Qiabuqia) | 恰卜恰镇 | Qiàbǔqià Zhèn | ཆབ་ཆ་གྲོང་བརྡལ། | chab cha grong brdal | 632521100 |
| Rigmoin Town (Daotanghe) | 倒淌河镇 | Dàotǎnghé Zhèn | རིག་སྨོན་གྲོང་རྡལ། | rig smon grong rdal | 632521101 |
| Cai'ngagag Town (Longyangxia) | 龙羊峡镇 | Lóngyángxiá Zhèn | ཚལ་རྔ་འགག་གྲོང་རྡལ། | tshal rnga 'gag grong rdal | 632521102 |
| Tanggarma Town (Tanggemu) | 塘格木镇 | Tánggémù Zhèn | ཐང་དཀར་མ་གྲོང་བརྡལ། | thang dkar ma grong brdal | 632521103 |
| Danagma Town (Heimahe) | 黑马河镇 | Hēimǎhé Zhèn | རྟ་ནག་མ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | rta nag ma grong rdal | 632521104 |
| Sênag Town (Zhênag, Zhiunag, Shinaihai) | 石乃亥镇 | Shínǎihài Zhèn | སྤྲེའུ་ནག་གྲོང་རྡལ། | spre'u nag grong rdal | 632521105 |
| Jangxê Town (Jangsi, Jiangxigou, Jings) | 江西沟镇 | Jiāngxīgōu Zhèn | ཅང་ཤེས་གྲོང་རྡལ། | cang shes grong rdal | 632521106 |
| Townships ||||||
| Sazhubxi Township | 沙珠玉乡 | Shāzhūyù Xiāng | ས་གྲུ་བཞི་ཞང་། | sa gru bzhi zhang | 632521202 |
| Têgê Township (Tiegai, Deegee) | 铁盖乡 | Tiěgài Xiāng | ཐེ་གེ་ཞང་། | the ge zhang | 632521203 |
| Êrdi Township (Niandi, Irt) | 廿地乡 | Niàndì Xiāng | ཨེར་སྟི་ཞང་། | er sti zhang | 632521204 |
| Qoijê Township (Qieji) | 切吉乡 | Qièjí Xiāng | ཆོས་རྗེ་ཞང་། | chos rje zhang | 632521205 |
Others:
* Hainan Prefecture Green Industry Development Park Management Zone Committee (海南州绿色产业发展园区管理区委员会)
* Tanggarma Farm (巴卡台农场)
* Anzhi Farm (安置农场)
* Tiebujia Grassland Improvement Station (铁卜加草改站)

## Demographics

In 2006, 55% of the population were Tibetans, with Han, Hui, Mongolian and Salar minorities.

## Economy

Gonghe is rich in grassland, used for animal husbandry. Crops such as wheat, barley, peas, potatoes, beans, oilseed and oats are also grown.

## Geography

The county is located along Qinghai Lake. Local grasslands have been at risk of desertification, combated by newly planted grassland and forests.

## Climate

Climate data for Gonghe County, elevation 2,835 m (9,301 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.8 (53.2) | 16.3 (61.3) | 23.2 (73.8) | 29.8 (85.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 28.4 (83.1) | 33.7 (92.7) | 32.2 (90.0) | 29.4 (84.9) | 21.5 (70.7) | 15.4 (59.7) | 10.2 (50.4) | 33.7 (92.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) | 4.3 (39.7) | 9.3 (48.7) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 20.7 (69.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 22.5 (72.5) | 18.2 (64.8) | 12.9 (55.2) | 6.9 (44.4) | 1.5 (34.7) | 12.7 (54.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.4 (16.9) | −4.2 (24.4) | 1.3 (34.3) | 7.0 (44.6) | 11.0 (51.8) | 14.3 (57.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 15.7 (60.3) | 11.4 (52.5) | 5.2 (41.4) | −1.9 (28.6) | −7.3 (18.9) | 5.0 (41.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.9 (5.2) | −10.9 (12.4) | −5.3 (22.5) | 0.3 (32.5) | 4.7 (40.5) | 8.5 (47.3) | 10.7 (51.3) | 10.2 (50.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | −0.7 (30.7) | −8.2 (17.2) | −13.6 (7.5) | −1.1 (30.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.9 (−14.6) | −23.4 (−10.1) | −18.9 (−2.0) | −12.6 (9.3) | −5.4 (22.3) | −0.7 (30.7) | 3.1 (37.6) | 1.2 (34.2) | −3.4 (25.9) | −13.0 (8.6) | −23.8 (−10.8) | −24.8 (−12.6) | −25.9 (−14.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.7 (0.07) | 1.8 (0.07) | 5.6 (0.22) | 15.0 (0.59) | 41.2 (1.62) | 57.5 (2.26) | 76.8 (3.02) | 71.3 (2.81) | 48.2 (1.90) | 12.8 (0.50) | 2.3 (0.09) | 1.0 (0.04) | 335.2 (13.19) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 13.0 | 5.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 88.8 |
| Average snowy days | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 23.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 43 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 60 | 61 | 64 | 55 | 44 | 43 | 49 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 229.9 | 224.4 | 255.4 | 261.3 | 259.4 | 236.4 | 246.1 | 250.2 | 216.8 | 243.7 | 240.8 | 234.8 | 2,899.2 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 74 | 72 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 54 | 56 | 61 | 59 | 71 | 79 | 78 | 66 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||