# Qingtongxia

Qingtongxia (simplified Chinese: 青铜峡; traditional Chinese: 青銅峽; pinyin: Qīngtóngxiá; Wade–Giles: Ch’ing-t’ong-hsia; lit. 'Bronze Gorge', Xiao'erjing: ٿٍْ‌طْوثِيَا شِ) is a city in north-central Ningxia, China. Administratively, Qingtongxia is a county-level city within the prefecture-level city of Wuzhong. It is located on the left (northwestern) bank of the Yellow River, opposite and a bit upstream of Wuzhong main urban area, and borders Inner Mongolia to the west.
Qingtongxia had 264,717 residents in 2010. Many residents of Qingtongxia are Hui Muslim.

## Places of interest

On the bank of the Yellow River outside the city of Qingtongxia is the site of 108 Buddhist stupas which were constructed during the Western Xia period.

## Economy

Qingtongxia Dam on the Yellow River (37°53′05″N 105°59′25″E﻿ / ﻿37.88472°N 105.99028°E﻿ / 37.88472; 105.99028) is located in Qingtongxia. A major irrigation canal branches off the river near the dam and runs north.

## Administrative divisions

Qingtongxia City has 1 subdistrict, 8 towns and 1 farm.

### 1 subdistrict

* Yumin (裕民街道, ۋِمٍ ڭِيَ‌دَوْ)

### 7 towns

* Xiaoba (小坝镇, ثِيَوْبَا جٍ)
* Chenyuantan (陈袁滩镇, چٍ‌یُوًاتًا جٍ)
* Xiakou (峡口镇, ثِيَاکِوْ جٍ)
* Qujing (瞿靖镇, ٿِيُوِڭٍْ جٍ)
* Yesheng (叶盛镇, يَ‌شٍْ جٍ)
* Qingtongxia (青铜峡镇, ٿٍْ‌طْوثِيًا جٍ)
* Daba (大坝镇, دَابَا جٍ)
* Shaogang (邵岗镇)

### 1 other

* Shuxin Forestry Farm (树新林场, شُ‌ثٍ لٍ‌چَانْ)

## Climate

Climate data for Qingtongxia, elevation 1,126 m (3,694 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) | 12.3 (54.1) | 21.8 (71.2) | 27.4 (81.3) | 35.5 (95.9) | 35.9 (96.6) | 36.5 (97.7) | 37.7 (99.9) | 35.6 (96.1) | 35.3 (95.5) | 28.3 (82.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 37.7 (99.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 0.9 (33.6) | 5.9 (42.6) | 12.9 (55.2) | 20.6 (69.1) | 25.0 (77.0) | 28.7 (83.7) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.4 (83.1) | 23.9 (75.0) | 17.8 (64.0) | 9.3 (48.7) | 2.2 (36.0) | 17.2 (62.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) | −1.7 (28.9) | 5.2 (41.4) | 12.8 (55.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 22.2 (72.0) | 23.9 (75.0) | 22.0 (71.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 2.8 (37.0) | −4.0 (24.8) | 10.2 (50.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −11.4 (11.5) | −7.5 (18.5) | −1.0 (30.2) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.8 (51.4) | 15.6 (60.1) | 18.1 (64.6) | 16.5 (61.7) | 11.2 (52.2) | 4.1 (39.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | −8.7 (16.3) | 4.3 (39.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.0 (−13.0) | −23.7 (−10.7) | −17.9 (−0.2) | −6.5 (20.3) | −4.3 (24.3) | 6.1 (43.0) | 10.4 (50.7) | 6.6 (43.9) | −0.7 (30.7) | −8.7 (16.3) | −14.3 (6.3) | −23.6 (−10.5) | −25.0 (−13.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.06) | 1.7 (0.07) | 4.6 (0.18) | 8.1 (0.32) | 17.9 (0.70) | 26.7 (1.05) | 41.4 (1.63) | 41.4 (1.63) | 28.6 (1.13) | 11.8 (0.46) | 3.8 (0.15) | 0.6 (0.02) | 188 (7.4) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 48 |
| Average snowy days | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 9.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 47 | 41 | 40 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 67 | 58 | 54 | 49 | 52 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 214.8 | 215.8 | 252.6 | 275.2 | 304.3 | 301.1 | 293.4 | 268.9 | 231.6 | 247.7 | 222.7 | 218.1 | 3,046.2 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 70 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 69 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||