Zoigê County

Governance

Ruo'ergai County Public Security Bureau () is the primary law enforcement agency of Ruo'ergai county. It operates police stations in , and .

On 14 July 2022, the Ruo'ergai County Public Security Bureau began a major operation to crack down on firearms and explosives, seizing a total of 198 firearms, 4,300 rounds of ammunition, 10 hand grenades, 20 kg of explosives and an improvised mortar.

The Ruo'ergai County Fire and Rescue Battalion () provides fire and rescue services in Ruo'ergai county.

Geography

Ruo'ergai County is found in the easternmost sections of the Tibetan Plateau. The county is primarily a highland basin made up of the Zoigê Marsh between the Min Mountains and Amne Machin. The western border of the county, shared with Maqu County in Gansu, is formed by the first major bend of the Yellow River where it changes course nearly 180 degrees and heads back towards Qinghai.

Climate

Ruo'ergai has an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen Dwc), featuring very cold nights even in summertime, and very cold winters with extreme diurnal temperature ranges. Snow can fall any time of the year and usually does not melt until summer due to repeated nightly freezing even when maxima are above 0 C. Therefore, access to Ruo'ergai is heavily restricted during the winter months from late October to early May. Sitting at an altitude of more than 11,000 feet, high-altitude sickness is another common problem for tourists.

| Jan record high C = 13.6 | Jan record low C = -33.6 | Feb record high C = 16.2 | Feb record low C = -31.8 | Mar record high C = 20.2 | Mar record low C = -26.0 | Apr record high C = 23.5 | Apr record low C = -17.2 | May record high C = 23.3 | May record low C = -11.5 | Jun record high C = 25.6 | Jun record low C = -6.6 | Jul record high C = 25.2 | Jul record low C = -3.7 | Aug record high C = 26.5 | Aug record low C = -5.6 | Sep record high C = 25.6 | Sep record low C = -9.6 | Oct record high C = 22.6 | Oct record low C = -15.5 | Nov record high C = 16.2 | Nov record low C = -23.4 | Dec record high C = 13.6 | Dec record low C = -28.0 NOAA{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/5.5/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/China/CSV/RUO_ERGAI_56079.csv | script-title=zh:若尔盖 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 | access-date = 29 November 2022}}

Transport

• China National Highway 213
• China National Highway 248

Administrative divisions

Ruo'ergai County has 7 towns and 6 townships:

National priority protected sites

There are two National Priority protected sites in Ruo'ergai County.

• • added as part of the in 2006
• • added as part of the in 2013

References

• "China Ruoergai" - County Government site

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