Erbao Township (Uyghur: قارغوجا, Chinese: 二堡乡), is a township-level division located in the oasis city of Turpan, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the China.
Erbao Township
二堡乡 قارغوجا | |
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  Erbao Township Location of Erbao Township in Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates (Turpan government): 42°52′30″N 89°32′30″E / 42.87500°N 89.54167°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Turpan |
| District | Gaochang District |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 12,417 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 838000 |
| Area code | 0995 |
Erbao Township formerly held the highest recorded temperature in Mainland China, at 50.5 °C (122.9 °F) on 10 July 2017 until it was beaten by Sanbao Township, Xinjiang which recorded a temperature of 52.2 °C (126.0 °F), on 16 July 2023.[2][3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Citypopulation.de Estadísticas del Xinjiang. Consultado el 7 February 2020.
- ^ "China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records". Reuters. 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ Salam, Erum; Abdul, Geneva; Jones, Sam; Ratcliffe, Rebecca; Wind, Emily (2023-07-17). "China confirms a record temperature of 52.5C [sic] over weekend". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
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