Hezuo


Hezuo City is the administrative seat of the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southern Gansu province in Western China. It is home to the Gêndên Qöling and its Milaraiba Tower, the Langshangmaio Temple, and a mosque. There is a breed of pig, the Zoi Swine, from here and the whole Gannan TAP also.

Name

The Tibetan name "Zö" is pronounced Dzoi in Standard Tibetan and pronounced Hdzoi/Hdzu in local dialect.
The Chinese name before the 1950s is "Heicuo", a transliteration of the Tibetan name. In 1956, the name was changed to the similar-sounding "Hezuo", meaning "cooperation".

History

Originally a rare populated wetland, mass city-construction began in the 1950s.

Geography and climate

With an elevation of nearly, Hezuo has an alpine subarctic climate, with long, very cold, dry winters, and short, mild summers. The monthly daily mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is, while the same figure for July, the warmest month, is ; the annual mean is. Most of the annual precipitation is delivered from May to September. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 44% in June and September to 71% in December, the city receives 2,370 hours of bright sunshine annually.

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