Coqên

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Location of the district of Coqên (pink) in the administrative district of Ngari (yellow)

Coqên ( Tibetan མཚོ་ ཆེན་ རྫོང་ , translation after Wylie : mtsho chen rdzong , also Tshochen Dzong ; Chinese  措 勤 县 , Pinyin Cuòqín Xiàn ) is a district in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . It belongs to the administrative area of ​​the administrative district of Ngari .

In 1999 it had 11,495 inhabitants.

The climate in Coqên is very cold, especially in winter, in summer the temperatures in the shade hardly rise above freezing point. In the sun, however, temperatures can rise to over 20 ° C. On average, January is the coldest month, the temperature is around −25 ° C, but can drop to −45 ° C at night. The warmest month is July with an average of around 5 ° C. The annual average temperature in Coqên is around -5 ° C.

Administrative structure

At the community level, the district is composed of one large community and four communities . These are (pinyin / chin.):

  • Greater community Cuoqin 措勤镇

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics from Harvard University

Coordinates: 30 ° 45 '  N , 85 ° 16'  E