Mainling County
Geography
Mainling is located in the central-west of the Nyingtri Prefecture, at the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, and between the Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains and the Himalayan Mountains. It de jure covers an area of 9,490 square kilometres, including the area claimed but de facto under control of the Arunachal Pradesh, India. The average altitude is 3,700 metres above sea level.
Climate
| Climate data for Mainling, elevation 2,950 m (9,680 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) | 19.1 (66.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.1 (75.4) |
25.8 (78.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
29.7 (85.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.9 (82.2) |
24.6 (76.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.7 (62.1) |
29.7 (85.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.8 (60.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 0.5 (32.9) |
2.6 (36.7) |
5.6 (42.1) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.7 (53.1) |
15.1 (59.2) |
16.3 (61.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
14.3 (57.7) |
10.1 (50.2) |
5.3 (41.5) |
1.6 (34.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
1.1 (34.0) |
4.0 (39.2) |
7.3 (45.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
10.5 (50.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
4.4 (40.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −15.8 (3.6) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
6.1 (43.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
0.5 (32.9) |
−6.9 (19.6) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.8 (0.19) |
10.9 (0.43) |
31.4 (1.24) |
57.0 (2.24) |
85.7 (3.37) |
121.0 (4.76) |
143.4 (5.65) |
116.4 (4.58) |
84.5 (3.33) |
39.1 (1.54) |
4.6 (0.18) |
2.6 (0.10) |
701.4 (27.61) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.8 | 8.3 | 14.8 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 23.3 | 24.1 | 22.3 | 19.8 | 14.8 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 179.4 |
| Average snowy days | 11.0 | 13.4 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 6.6 | 41.9 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 60 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 60 | 69 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 159.4 | 126.8 | 134.8 | 133.5 | 130.5 | 104.4 | 114.3 | 124.9 | 113.3 | 138.9 | 168.3 | 178.8 | 1,627.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 49 | 40 | 36 | 34 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 40 | 53 | 56 | 38 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||
Economy
The mine resources of the city are gold dust, plaster, limestone, chromium and iron, etc.
The main economy style in Mainling is farming and forest industry. The main species of the trees are fir, spruce, pine, oak, and cypress, etc. The total cumulation volume of woods is 40 million cubic metres. The special fruit productions are apples, apple pears, walnuts and peaches.
Nyingchi Mainling Airport is located in Mainling.
Demography
In 1999 the city had a population of 17347 inhabitants.
The city is home to the Lhoba people.
Administrative divisions
Mainling contains 3 towns, 4 townships, and 1 ethnic township.
| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||||
| Mainling Town | 米林镇 | Mǐlín zhèn | སྨན་གླིང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | sman gling grong rdal | |||
| Pé Town | 派镇 | Pài zhèn | ཕད་གྲོང་རྡལ། | phad grong rdal | |||
| Orong Town | 卧龙镇 | Wòlóng zhèn | ཨོ་རོང་གྲོང་རྡལ། | o rong grong rdal | |||
| Townships | |||||||
| Tamnyen Township | 丹娘乡 | Dānniáng xiāng | གཏམ་སྙན་ཤང་། | gtan snyan shang | |||
| Tashi Rabten Township | 扎西绕登乡 | Zhāxīràodēng xiāng | བཀྲིས་རབ་བརྟན་ཤང་། | bkra shis rab brtan shang | |||
| Nelung Township | 里龙乡 | Lǐlóng xiāng | གནས་ལུང་ཤང་། | gnas lung shang | |||
| Chanak Township | 羌纳乡 | Qiāngnà xiāng | ཆ་ནག་ཤང་། | chu nag shang | |||
| Ethnic township | |||||||
| Naiyü Lhoba Ethnic Township | 南伊珞巴族乡 | Nányī Luòbāzú xiāng | གནས་ཡུལ་ལྷོ་པ་མི་རིགས་ཤང་། | gnas yul lho pa mi rigs shang | |||
* includes areas claimed but currently under control of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. | |||||||