Qabqa

Town in Qinghai, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Qabqa or Chabcha[2] (Tibetan: ཆབ་ཆ་གྲོང་རྡལ།; Chinese: 恰卜恰; pinyin: Qiàbǔqià) is a town in Gonghe County, Qinghai, China. It is the seat of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the seat of Gonghe County. Qabqa has an altitude of 2835 m.[3] The average annual temperature is 3.4 °C (38.1 °F), and the average annual precipitation is 321.4 mm (12.65 in).[4]

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Location of the city centre in Qinghai
Coordinates: 36°16′N 100°37′E
CountryChina
ProvinceQinghai
Autonomous prefectureHainan
CountyGonghe
Area
  Total
7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Elevation
2,835 m (9,301 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
46,907
  Density6,400/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
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Qabqa had a population of 46,907 as of 2010.[4] Qabqa is the political, economical, and cultural center of the Hainan Prefecture.[5] China National Highway 214 passes through Qabqa.

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