Arxan (Mongolian: ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ lit. "Hot Springs") is a county-level city in the Hinggan League of northeastern Inner Mongolia, China.
Arxan
阿尔山市 • ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | |
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 Location of Arxan City jurisdiction in the Hinggan League | |
  Arxan Location in Inner Mongolia  Arxan Arxan (China) | |
| Coordinates: 47°11′N 119°57′E / 47.183°N 119.950°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
| League | Hinggan |
| County-level city established | June 1996 |
| Municipal seat | Wenquan Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • County-level city | 7,408.7 km2 (2,860.5 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 15.40 km2 (5.95 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,003 m (3,291 ft) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • County-level city | 32,301 |
| • Density | 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47,800 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 137800 |
| Area code | 0482 |
| Website | www |
| Arxan | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阿尔山 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 阿爾山 | ||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Рашаан хот | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠷᠠᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ | ||||||
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Geography and climate
editArxan is located in the northwest of Hinggan League, with latitude ranging from 46° 39' to 47° 39' N and longitude ranging from 119° 28' to 121° 23' E; the maximal north–south extent is 118 km (73 mi), while the maximal east–west width is 142 km (88 mi). It spans part of the southwest of the Greater Khingan Range.
Due to the upper-mid latitude and elevation of around 1,000 m (3,280 ft), the climate of Arxan is a subarctic (Köppen Dwc), with strong monsoonal influence, severely cold winters and warm, rainy summers, and low temperatures averaging below freezing for eight calendar months; the monthly 24-hour average temperature stays below freezing for six calendar months. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −24.8 °C or −12.6 °F in January to 17.1 °C or 62.8 °F in July, and the annual mean is −2.31 °C or 27.8 °F. For much of the year, diurnal temperature variation is large and frequently in excess of 15 °C or 27 °F. Nearly three-fourths of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September; however, precipitation is frequent year-round, with both frequency and relative humidity peaking in summer and there being a secondary humidity peak during the winter.
| Climate data for Arxan, elevation 997 m (3,271 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 0.4 (32.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
18.8 (65.8) |
27.2 (81.0) |
31.7 (89.1) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.5 (95.9) |
30.9 (87.6) |
25.3 (77.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
36.0 (96.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −17.1 (1.2) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
7.9 (46.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
16.9 (62.4) |
7.2 (45.0) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
5.4 (41.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −24.4 (−11.9) |
−20.3 (−4.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
1.0 (33.8) |
9.3 (48.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.8 (64.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
8.8 (47.8) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −30.1 (−22.2) |
−27.0 (−16.6) |
−18.3 (−0.9) |
−6.1 (21.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
11.4 (52.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−27.3 (−17.1) |
−8.6 (16.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −45.3 (−49.5) |
−45.0 (−49.0) |
−37.6 (−35.7) |
−27.6 (−17.7) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−5.4 (22.3) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−12.7 (9.1) |
−26.2 (−15.2) |
−36.9 (−34.4) |
−41.1 (−42.0) |
−45.3 (−49.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 5.4 (0.21) |
5.1 (0.20) |
9.9 (0.39) |
21.8 (0.86) |
40.6 (1.60) |
78.4 (3.09) |
118.9 (4.68) |
94.1 (3.70) |
47.2 (1.86) |
26.3 (1.04) |
11.9 (0.47) |
8.8 (0.35) |
468.4 (18.45) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 13.4 | 9.6 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 14.7 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 12.9 | 16.0 | 144.5 |
| Average snowy days | 19.6 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 10.5 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 9.8 | 17.7 | 21.4 | 114.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 50 | 67 | 75 | 76 | 68 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 67 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 183.7 | 210.0 | 262.3 | 254.3 | 269.2 | 251.4 | 242.6 | 242.8 | 229.2 | 207.3 | 162.9 | 155.6 | 2,671.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 66 | 72 | 71 | 62 | 57 | 53 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 63 | 59 | 59 | 61 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4][5] | |||||||||||||
Administrative divisions
editArxan is divided into 4 subdistricts and 4 towns.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Mongolian (Hudum Script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
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| Subdistricts | |||||
| Linhai Subdistrict | 林海街道 | Línhǎi Jiēdào | ᠯᠢᠨ ᠬᠠᠢ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | Лин хай зээл гудамж | 152202001 |
| Xincheng Subdistrict | 新城街道 | Xīnchéng Jiēdào | ᠰᠢᠨᠡ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | Шинэ хот зээл гудамж | 152202002 |
| Wenquan Subdistrict | 温泉街道 | Wēnquán Jiēdào | ᠸᠧᠨ ᠴᠢᠦᠸᠠᠨ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | Вен чиован зээл гудамж | 152202003 |
| Irbes Subdistrict | 伊尔施街道 | Yī'ěrshī Jiēdào | ᠢᠷᠪᠢᠰ ᠵᠡᠭᠡᠯᠢ ᠭᠤᠳᠤᠮᠵᠢ | Ирвэс зээл гудамж | 152202004 |
| Towns | |||||
| Tianchi Town | 天池镇 | Tiānchí Zhèn | ᠲᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᡂᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Даяан циг балгас | 152202100 |
| Bailang Town | 白狼镇 | Báiláng Zhèn | ᠪᠠᠢ ᠯᠠᠩ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Бай лан балгас | 152202101 |
| Wuchagou Town | 五岔沟镇 | Wǔchàgōu Zhèn | ᠡᠦ ᠴᠠ ᠭᠧᠦ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Үү ца гүү балгас | 152202102 |
| Mingshuihe Town | 明水河镇 | Míngshuǐhé Zhèn | ᠮᠢᠩ ᠱᠦᠢ ᠾᠧ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Мин шүй ге балгас | 152202103 |
Tourism
editArxan National Forest Park is located in Arxan. The park attracts tourists drawn by its landscape of solidified lava formations, crater lakes and dense forests.[6]
Transportation
editArxan is served by the Arxan Yi'ershi Airport.
References
edit- ^ a b Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, ed. (2019). China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook 2017. Beijing: China Statistics Press. p. 48. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Inner Mongolia: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ Yang, Feiyue (July 2, 2019). "Five trips to get children out and about". China Daily.
External links
edit
- (in Chinese) Official site
- (in Chinese) Website of administrative boundaries
- (in Mongolian) Official site