Tongde County
Tongde County is a county of Qinghai province, China. It is under the administration of Hainan [Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture].
Administrative divisions
Tongde County is made up of 2 towns and 3 Townships of the [People's Republic of China|townships]:
Tongde County has an alpine subarctic climate, with long, very cold and dry winters, and short, rainy, mild summers. Average low temperatures are below freezing from mid/late September to mid May; however, due to the wide diurnal temperature variation, only January has an average high that is below freezing. Despite frequent rain during summer, when a majority of days sees rain, no month has less than 50% of possible sunshine; with monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 51% in June to 81% in November, the county seat receives 2,806 hours of bright sunshine annually. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, while the annual mean is. Over 70% of the annual precipitation of is delivered from June to September.