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Zêkog County

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Country
  
China

County seat
  
Chak Qu Town

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
6,494 km²

Province
  
Qinghai

Autonomous prefecture
  
Huangnan

Elevation
  
3,660 m (12,010 ft)

Postal code
  
811400

Population
  
69,416 (2010)

Area code
  
0973

Zêkog County (Standard Tibetan: རྩེ་ཁོག་, Wylie: rtse khog; Chinese: 泽库县 ; pinyin : Zékù Xiàn) is the second largest administrative subdivision by area within Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, China. The county has an area of 6658 square kilometres and a population of ~50,000 (2001), mainly Tibetan. The county seat is the town of Chak Qu, the elevation of Zekog is 3700 meter above sea level.

Contents

Map of Zekog, Huangnan, Qinghai, China

Climate

Zêkog County has a alpine climate (Köppen ET) due to very high elevation.

References

Zêkog County Wikipedia