Otog Front Banner
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Otog Front Banner (Mongolian: ᠣᠲᠣᠭ ᠤᠨ ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡᠳᠦ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ; Chinese: 鄂托克前旗) is a banner of southwestern Inner Mongolia, China, bordering Ningxia to the southwest and Shaanxi province to the southeast. It is under the administration of Ordos City.
Administrative divisions
Otog Front Banner is made up of 4 towns.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Mongolian (Hudum Script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||
| Oljoq Town | 敖勒召其镇 | Áolèzhàoqí Zhèn | ᠣᠯᠵᠠᠴᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Олзч балгас | 150623100 |
| Shanghaimiao Town | 上海庙镇 | Shànghǎimiào Zhèn | ᠱᠠᠩᠬᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠦᠮᠡ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Шанхайн сүм балгас | 150623101 |
| Chengchuan Town | 城川镇 | Chéngchuān Zhèn | ᠪᠣᠷᠣᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Борбалгас балгас | 150623102 |
| Nangsu Town | 昂素镇 | Ángsù Zhèn | ᠨᠠᠩᠰᠤ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Нанс балгас | 150623103 |
- Other: Shanghaimiao Economic Development Zone (上海庙经济开发区)
Climate
| Climate data for Otog Front Banner, elevation 1,333 m (4,373 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 15.3 (59.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 27.2 (81.0) | 34.1 (93.4) | 34.9 (94.8) | 37.1 (98.8) | 37.7 (99.9) | 35.6 (96.1) | 35.1 (95.2) | 28.5 (83.3) | 23.5 (74.3) | 16.9 (62.4) | 37.7 (99.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.2 (31.6) | 4.4 (39.9) | 11.1 (52.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 23.9 (75.0) | 28.3 (82.9) | 29.9 (85.8) | 27.8 (82.0) | 22.6 (72.7) | 16.4 (61.5) | 8.6 (47.5) | 1.3 (34.3) | 16.1 (60.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) | −4.3 (24.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 23.4 (74.1) | 21.2 (70.2) | 15.6 (60.1) | 8.4 (47.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | −7.2 (19.0) | 8.4 (47.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.1 (3.0) | −11.6 (11.1) | −4.2 (24.4) | 3.0 (37.4) | 9.2 (48.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 16.8 (62.2) | 15.1 (59.2) | 9.3 (48.7) | 1.8 (35.2) | −6.2 (20.8) | −14.0 (6.8) | 1.4 (34.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.4 (−24.5) | −30.3 (−22.5) | −22.3 (−8.1) | −10.7 (12.7) | −5.7 (21.7) | 0.9 (33.6) | 7.8 (46.0) | 5.7 (42.3) | −3.5 (25.7) | −15.9 (3.4) | −23.4 (−10.1) | −30.2 (−22.4) | −31.4 (−24.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 2.3 (0.09) | 3.3 (0.13) | 6.6 (0.26) | 12.1 (0.48) | 26.3 (1.04) | 31.0 (1.22) | 54.3 (2.14) | 62.2 (2.45) | 42.0 (1.65) | 14.2 (0.56) | 8.1 (0.32) | 1.5 (0.06) | 263.9 (10.4) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.5 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 60.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 16.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 52 | 46 | 39 | 35 | 38 | 44 | 56 | 62 | 63 | 56 | 53 | 52 | 50 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 216.2 | 213.6 | 247.0 | 267.6 | 298.1 | 297.4 | 292.3 | 266.4 | 231.7 | 243.4 | 222.2 | 214.0 | 3,009.9 |
| Percentage possible sunshine | 71 | 70 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration |
- 2013-07-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)