Kangle County is located in the south-central part of Gansu Province. It belongs to Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, the southeast end of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, with Lintao County in the east, Weiyuan County and Lintan County in the south, Hezheng County in the west and Guanghe County in the north. Lekang county has a total area of 1083 square kilometers and governs 5 towns 10 townships. By the end of 2022, the resident population of Kangle County was 257,800.
Kangle County is 0/08km away from Lanzhou, the provincial capital, and belongs to Lanzhou one-hour economic circle. National Highway 3 10 (Lin Kang and Class II Highway), National Highway 248 (Kangye Class II Highway) and Provincial Highway 3 1 1 322 run through the whole territory, and county and township highways extend in all directions. Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, China has set up Lanchuan, Anle, Changle, Shuichi and Dangchuan counties. Historically, it belongs to Longxi, Didao, Tao Min, Hezhou and other counties. There are Silk South Road, Tang-Fan Ancient Road and Tea-Horse Ancient Road which run through the east and west.
Terrain of Kangle county
Kangle County is located in the transition zone from the Loess Plateau to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average elevation of 2000 meters and gentle terrain, with a total area of 1093 square kilometers. Kangle County is 56 kilometers long from north to south and 39 kilometers wide from east to west. The southwest boundary is the western extension of Qinling Mountains, with an altitude of 1988m-3908m. There are Lianhua Mountain, Taizi Mountain and Baishi Mountain at an altitude of more than 3000 meters in the southwest, and their branches extend inland in a claw shape.
Kangle County has high altitude and abnormal climate change, with cold and humid towns in the south and drought and water shortage in the north. In 202 1 year, the average temperature in Kangle county was 7.5℃, and the annual sunshine hours were 2 132.8 hours, which was 296 hours more than that in 2020. The annual precipitation is 443.6 mm, which is less than that in 2020195 mm. The frost-free period is 22 1 day, 47 days more than in 2020.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Kangle County.