Genhe

Genhe 根河市 • ᢉᢉᠠᠠᠭᠣᠤᠯᠬᠣᠲᠠ
County-level city
Location of Genhe in Hulunbuir City
Genhe Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates:
Country	People's Republic of China
Region	Inner Mongolia
Prefecture-level city	Hulunbuir
Municipal seat	Hexi Subdistrict (河西街道)
Area
• Total	19,659 km2 (7,590 sq mi)
Elevation	714 m (2,343 ft)
Population (2010)
• Total	110,400
• Density	5.6/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	022300
Area code(s)	0470

Genhe (Gegengol) (Mongolian: ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠭᠣᠤᠯ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (Гэгээнгол хот) Gegen Gôûl Hôt; Chinese: 根河; pinyin: Gēnhé), formerly Ergun Left Banner or Ergun Zuoqi (simplified Chinese: 额尔古纳左旗; traditional Chinese: 額爾古納左旗; pinyin: É'ěrgǔnà Zuǒ Qí), is a city in the far northeast of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is administratively a county-level city of Hulunbuir City.

Geography and climate

Genhe has a monsoon-influenced subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), and is the coldest officially-designated city in China, with an average annual temperature at the town of Tulihe, 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the south-southeast, of −4.4 °C (24.1 °F). Winters are long, severely cold, and very dry in terms of total precipitation, while summers are short and warm. At Tulihe, the monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −28.7 °C (−19.7 °F) in January to 16.6 °C (61.9 °F) in July.

Climate data for Tulihe, Inner Mongolia (1971−2000)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	−19.6 (−3.3)	−13.1 (8.4)	−3.9 (25)	7.2 (45)	16.5 (61.7)	22.1 (71.8)	23.8 (74.8)	21.6 (70.9)	15.6 (60.1)	5.5 (41.9)	−7.9 (17.8)	−17.7 (0.1)	4.2 (39.5)
Average low °C (°F)	−36 (−33)	−33.3 (−27.9)	−23.9 (−11)	−8.9 (16)	−1.9 (28.6)	4.8 (40.6)	9.5 (49.1)	7.3 (45.1)	−0.5 (31.1)	−10.2 (13.6)	−23.5 (−10.3)	−32.6 (−26.7)	−12.4 (9.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	4.3 (0.169)	4.0 (0.157)	6.3 (0.248)	19.7 (0.776)	28.2 (1.11)	82.1 (3.232)	127.8 (5.031)	108.8 (4.283)	48.6 (1.913)	19.4 (0.764)	8.3 (0.327)	6.4 (0.252)	463.9 (18.262)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	10.4	7.4	8.1	8.7	9.3	15.8	17.6	16.1	11.8	8.4	10.6	12.5	136.7
Average relative humidity (%)	77	73	67	57	52	72	81	84	75	68	76	79	71.8
Mean monthly sunshine hours	163.2	199.2	258.4	240.9	270.7	247.5	221.7	212.5	194.2	199.2	155.4	133.7	2,496.6
Percent possible sunshine	62	71	71	59	57	51	45	47	51	60	58	54	56
Source: China Meteorological Administration

References

• www.xzqh.org (Chinese)