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Gertse County[8] (Tibetan: སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།), Gêrzê County[7][9][10][11] or Gaize County (Chinese: 改则县)[12] is a county located in Ngari Prefecture in the northwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China, bordering Xinjiang to the north.[3]
Gertse County
སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་། • 改则县 Gêrzê, Gaize, Kai-tse | |
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![]() Map showing Gêrzê County (purple, upper right) in Ngari Prefecture | |
![]() Location of Gêrzê County (red) within Ngari Prefecture (yellow) and the Tibet A.R. | |
Coordinates: 33°45′53″N 84°07′22″E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Tibet |
Prefecture | Ngari |
Established date[1][2][3][4] | October 1960 |
County seat | Gêrzê[3] |
Township-level divisions[1] | 1 town, 6 townships |
Area | |
• Total | 135,025 km2 (52,133 sq mi) |
Elevation | over 4,500 m (over 14,800 ft) |
Population (2020)[6] | |
• Total | 25,327 |
• Density | 0.19/km2 (0.49/sq mi) |
Ethnic groups | |
• Major ethnic groups | Tibetan[4] |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Postal code | 859200[7] |
Website | gz |
Gertse County | |||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 改则县 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 改則縣 | ||||||||
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Tibetan name | |||||||||
Tibetan | སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་། | ||||||||
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Gêrzê is the Tibetan word for a special type of local-style dwelling built on the peak of a mountain.[1]
The area was originally inhabited by nomadic tribes.[3]
In the aftermath of the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China in the early 1950s, People's Liberation Army troops were stationed in Gêrzê.[13]
On May 3, 1960, the Gêrzê County Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was established. On October 1, 1960, the Gêrzê County government was established.[1][2][3][4]
At 2:01 AM on February 21, 2020, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck in Gêrzê County (epicenter: 34.56°N 85.68°E).[14]
At 2:12 AM on March 10, 2020, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck in Gêrzê County (epicenter: 32.84°N 85.52°E) followed by a 3.7 magnitude and a 3.4 magnitude aftershock. No casualties were reported.[5]
On May 8, 2020, eight suspects were arrested and eighty-nine antelope skins were confiscated in connection with reported Tibetan antelope poaching in the county.[15]
Gêrzê County is bordered to the north by Keriya County (Yutian) in Hotan Prefecture (Hetian), Xinjiang and to the west by Rutog County.[16] There are numerous lakes in Gêrzê County including Tong Tso. Thermal springs in Gêrzê County include Lugu[10] (70 °C; 33°24′24″N 84°08′12″E; altitude 4,528 m (14,856 ft)), Nagezhong (60 °C; 32°18′N 84°12′E; altitude 4,550 m (14,930 ft)) and Yarlhaingari (60 °C; 33°00′48″N 86°01′36″E; altitude 4,880 m (16,010 ft)).[17]
Gêrzê County has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk), with strong dry-winter subarctic climate tendencies (Köppen: Dwc).
Climate data for Gêrzê, elevation 4,279 m (14,039 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 8.3 (46.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.5 (58.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
22.0 (71.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
27.6 (81.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.9 (55.2) |
8.3 (46.9) |
27.6 (81.7) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −2.7 (27.1) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
3.8 (38.8) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.0 (55.4) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
16.2 (61.2) |
8.6 (47.5) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
8.9 (48.1) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.1 (12.0) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
0.7 (33.3) |
5.2 (41.4) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
11.9 (53.4) |
9.1 (48.4) |
0.6 (33.1) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−9.9 (14.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −20.3 (−4.5) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
3.1 (37.6) |
6.7 (44.1) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−7.5 (18.5) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−19.2 (−2.6) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −44.0 (−47.2) |
−42.4 (−44.3) |
−32.1 (−25.8) |
−20.0 (−4.0) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−23.5 (−10.3) |
−34.9 (−30.8) |
−44.6 (−48.3) |
−44.6 (−48.3) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.9 (0.04) |
0.6 (0.02) |
1.1 (0.04) |
2.2 (0.09) |
8.3 (0.33) |
25.1 (0.99) |
61.8 (2.43) |
71.6 (2.82) |
21.5 (0.85) |
3.7 (0.15) |
0.7 (0.03) |
0.2 (0.01) |
197.7 (7.8) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 7.3 | 13.6 | 15.4 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 55.6 |
Average snowy days | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 37.4 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 77 | 85 | 84 | 81 | 73 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 232.4 | 222.9 | 258.2 | 271.1 | 305.2 | 303.0 | 284.1 | 257.4 | 280.4 | 295.7 | 260.1 | 253.0 | 3,223.5 |
Percent possible sunshine | 72 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 77 | 85 | 84 | 81 | 73 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[18][19] |
Gêrzê county is divided into 1 town and 6 townships:[4][20][2]
Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie |
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Town | ||||
Gêrzê Town | 改则镇 | Gǎizé zhèn | སྒེར་རྩེ་གྲོང་རྡལ། | sger rtse grong rdal |
Townships | ||||
Oma Township[10] | 物玛乡 | Wùmǎ xiāng | འོ་མ་ཤང་། | 'o ma shang |
Shenchen Township | 先遣乡 | Xiānqiǎn xiāng | ཤན་ཆེན་ཤང་། | shan chen shang |
Marmê Township | 麻米乡 | Mámǐ xiāng | མར་མེ་ཤང་། | mar me shang |
Dongco Township | 洞措乡 | Dòngcuò xiāng | སྟོང་མཚོ་ཤང་། | stong mtsho shang |
Gomo Township[10] | 古姆乡 | Gǔmǔ xiāng | ཁྲ་མདོངས་ཤང་། | kra mdongs shang |
Chabug Township | 察布乡 | Chábù xiāng | བྲག་པོ་ཤང་། | brag po shang |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2000 | 17,502 | — |
2010 | 22,177 | +2.40% |
[4] |
As of 1996[update], the residents of the county were Tibetan.[4] In 1999, the population of the county was 16,623.[21]
The main economic activity in Gêrzê County is animal husbandry[5] which includes the raising of yak, dzo, sheep, goats, and horses. The county also has wild yak, wild donkeys, wild sheep, bears and Tibetan antelope.[3]
Historical maps including Gêrzê:
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