Tahe County

Tahe County 塔河县
County
Tahe County (red) in Daxing'anling Prefecture (yellow) and Heilongjiang
Tahe Location of the county seat in Heilongjiang
Coordinates: 52°20′02″N 124°42′36″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Heilongjiang
Prefecture	Daxing'anling
Area
• Total	14,103 km^2 (5,445 sq mi)
Population
• Total	92,473
• Density	6.6/km^2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Tahe (Chinese: 塔河; pinyin: Tǎhé) is a county in the far north of Heilongjiang province, and is the northernmost Chinese county. It is under the jurisdiction of Daxing'anling Prefecture.

Administrative divisions

Tahe County is divided into 4 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township.^[1]

4 towns

Tahe (塔河镇) Walagan (瓦拉干镇)

Pangu (盘古镇) Guyi (古驿镇)

2 townships

• Yisiken (依西肯乡)
• Kaikukang (开库康乡)

1 ethnic township

• Shibazhan Oroqen (十八站鄂伦春族乡)

Demographics

Yixiken River (labelled as I-hsi-k'en Ho 依西肯河) (1951)

The population of the district was 106,732 in 1999.^[2]

Climate

Tahe County has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc) with short, warm, wet summers and long, brutally cold and dry winters. Monsoonal influences are strong, as 75% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. Although snowfall is extremely light, totalling only a few centimetres during the winter, it does not melt until May. The region is in the discontinuous permafrost zone, which severely limits land use possibilities since only exposed areas thaw fully during the summer, and fishing is the most important economic activity.

Climate data for Tahe, elevation 362 m (1,188 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	−0.2 (31.6)	6.3 (43.3)	17.9 (64.2)	26.9 (80.4)	34.7 (94.5)	38.0 (100.4)	37.3 (99.1)	36.5 (97.7)	31.6 (88.9)	27.7 (81.9)	10.5 (50.9)	0.8 (33.4)	38.0 (100.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−16.1 (3.0)	−10.1 (13.8)	−1.8 (28.8)	8.9 (48.0)	18.0 (64.4)	24.3 (75.7)	26.1 (79.0)	23.7 (74.7)	17.4 (63.3)	6.6 (43.9)	−7.6 (18.3)	−16.9 (1.6)	6.0 (42.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−24.9 (−12.8)	−20.6 (−5.1)	−10.4 (13.3)	1.6 (34.9)	10.0 (50.0)	16.4 (61.5)	19.2 (66.6)	16.4 (61.5)	9.0 (48.2)	−0.9 (30.4)	−15.6 (3.9)	−24.3 (−11.7)	−2.0 (28.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−31.5 (−24.7)	−29.0 (−20.2)	−19.1 (−2.4)	−5.8 (21.6)	1.6 (34.9)	8.3 (46.9)	12.7 (54.9)	10.2 (50.4)	2.1 (35.8)	−7.6 (18.3)	−22.3 (−8.1)	−30.4 (−22.7)	−9.2 (15.4)
Record low °C (°F)	−47.9 (−54.2)	−44.9 (−48.8)	−37.1 (−34.8)	−23.7 (−10.7)	−11.8 (10.8)	−4.3 (24.3)	0.4 (32.7)	−0.7 (30.7)	−10.3 (13.5)	−28.7 (−19.7)	−39.6 (−39.3)	−45.3 (−49.5)	−47.9 (−54.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	5.3 (0.21)	3.8 (0.15)	5.9 (0.23)	16.3 (0.64)	52.5 (2.07)	85.1 (3.35)	133.0 (5.24)	92.1 (3.63)	54.3 (2.14)	22.5 (0.89)	11.2 (0.44)	7.1 (0.28)	489.1 (19.27)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	7.6	5.7	4.9	6.9	11.0	14.1	15.9	14.5	11.3	7.6	8.1	9.2	116.8
Average snowy days	9.4	7.3	6.9	7.1	1.6	0.1	0	0	0.6	7.7	10.4	11.3	62.4
Average relative humidity (%)	68	64	57	52	56	71	79	81	73	64	69	69	67
Mean monthly sunshine hours	149.0	191.1	254.3	234.6	216.9	232.2	200.3	194.7	190.3	183.8	156.4	131.4	2,335
Percent possible sunshine	58	68	68	56	44	47	40	44	51	57	61	55	54
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]
Source 2: Weather China[5]

External links

• (in Chinese) Government Site - Google translation

Notes and references

1. "国家统计局" (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
2. (in English) National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
3. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
4. "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
5. 枣阳 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 22 August 2022.