Chindu County (Tibetan: ཁྲི་འདུ་རྫོང་།) or Chenduo County (Chinese: 称多县) is a county of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Sichuan to the east. It is under the administration of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

Administrative divisions

Chindu is divided to 5 towns and 2 townships.

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinTibetanWylieAdministrative division code
Towns
Chiwang Town (Chengwen)称文镇Chēngwén Zhènཁྲི་དབང་གྲོང་བརྡལ།khri dbang grong brdal632723100
Xêwu Town (Xiewu)歇武镇Xiēwǔ Zhènབཞི་དབུས་གྲོང་རྡལ།bzhi dbus grong rdal632723101
Zadoi Town (Zhaduo)扎朵镇Zhāduǒ Zhènརྫ་སྟོད་གྲོང་བརྡལ།rdza stod grong brdal632723102
Domda Town (Qingshuihe)清水河镇Qīngshuǐhé Zhènསྡོམ་མདའ་གྲོང་རྡལ།sdom mda' grong rdal632723103
Chainqên Town (Zhenqin)珍秦镇Zhēnqín Zhènདྲན་ཆེན་གྲོང་བརྡལ།dran chen grong brdal632723104
Townships
Gadoi Township (Gaduo)尕朵乡Gǎduǒ Xiāngསྒ་སྟོད་ཞང་།sga stod zhang632723200
Lab Township (Labu)拉布乡Lābù Xiāngལབ་ཞང་།lab zhang632723201

Climate

Chindu County has an alpine climate (Köppen climate classification ETH). The average annual temperature in Chindu is −4.3 °C (24.3 °F). The average annual rainfall is 519.8 mm (20.46 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 7.0 °C (44.6 °F), and lowest in January, at around −16.6 °C (2.1 °F).

Climate data for Qingshuihe Town, Chindu County, elevation 4,415 m (14,485 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)9.4 (48.9)7.3 (45.1)12.2 (54.0)16.2 (61.2)19.3 (66.7)20.3 (68.5)22.5 (72.5)20.8 (69.4)19.2 (66.6)16.8 (62.2)8.9 (48.0)6.5 (43.7)22.5 (72.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)−5.8 (21.6)−3.2 (26.2)0.5 (32.9)4.8 (40.6)8.6 (47.5)11.7 (53.1)14.1 (57.4)13.9 (57.0)11.1 (52.0)4.8 (40.6)−0.6 (30.9)−4.2 (24.4)4.6 (40.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)−16.3 (2.7)−13.1 (8.4)−8.6 (16.5)−3.0 (26.6)1.3 (34.3)5.1 (41.2)7.4 (45.3)6.7 (44.1)3.6 (38.5)−3.0 (26.6)−10.5 (13.1)−15.3 (4.5)−3.8 (25.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)−25.4 (−13.7)−22.1 (−7.8)−16.8 (1.8)−9.5 (14.9)−4.3 (24.3)0.1 (32.2)1.9 (35.4)1.1 (34.0)−1.3 (29.7)−8.3 (17.1)−18.0 (−0.4)−24.3 (−11.7)−10.6 (13.0)
Record low °C (°F)−41.2 (−42.2)−38.8 (−37.8)−36.6 (−33.9)−24.3 (−11.7)−15.6 (3.9)−10.3 (13.5)−6.6 (20.1)−10.9 (12.4)−14.7 (5.5)−29.5 (−21.1)−35.8 (−32.4)−41.9 (−43.4)−41.9 (−43.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches)8.3 (0.33)8.6 (0.34)14.2 (0.56)23.9 (0.94)57.9 (2.28)100.9 (3.97)102.2 (4.02)92.3 (3.63)76.3 (3.00)34.2 (1.35)6.2 (0.24)3.3 (0.13)528.3 (20.79)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)7.08.211.813.919.522.720.318.920.514.75.64.4167.5
Average snowy days9.110.114.916.420.811.43.43.712.517.17.66.1133.1
Average relative humidity (%)58565761687474747672635666
Mean monthly sunshine hours205.6188.7221.3232.9225.4185.2210.6203.8180.7211.7224.5221.42,511.8
Percentage possible sunshine65605959524348504961737258
Source: China Meteorological Administration