Yushu City is located in the southwest of Qinghai Province, the east of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the easternmost part of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, with an average elevation of 4,493.4 meters. The terrain is mainly mountainous plateau, and Tongtianhe, Zhaqu and Baqu flow through Yushu city. The climate is cold, with small annual temperature difference and large daily temperature difference. It is a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral city with animal husbandry as the mainstay and a combination of agriculture and animal husbandry.
In 20 13, Yushu city governed 4 streets, 2 towns and 5 townships, with a total population of 654.38+million, including Tibetans, Han nationality and Hui nationality. Nearly 93% of the population is Tibetan, which is the most densely populated area in Qinghai Province.
1929 Yushu county was established, and the county government was stationed in Jiegu town. 1952, Yushu county was established along the old system. On July 20 13, with the approval of the State Council, it was agreed to cancel Yushu County and set up a county-level Yushu City. The original Yushu county administrative region was the county-level Yushu city administrative region, and the Yushu Municipal People's Government was stationed in Jiegu Town Street. Jiegu Town is an important town of the ancient Tang-Fan Road in history, and also a non-governmental trade distribution center at the junction of Qinghai, Sichuan and Tibet. It is the seat of the state capital and municipal government and the political, economic and cultural center of Yushu Prefecture.
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The terrain of Yushu:
Yushu city is dominated by plateau, with an average elevation of 4493.4 meters. The whole terrain is high in the northwest and middle, low in the southeast and northeast, with complex terrain and towering terrain. The landform is dominated by alpine valleys and mountain plains, and there are many small basins and lake basins. The highest peak, Baojun, is 5752 meters above sea level. East to Jinsha River, with an elevation of 3,350 meters and an average elevation of 4,493.4 meters. There are 9,565,438 peaks above 5,000 meters above sea level in China.
The terrain is adjacent to the mountains of western Sichuan in the east, the northern section of Hengduan Mountains in the south and the main plateau in the west. The terrain is high and complicated. The main terrain is composed of the remaining vein of Tanggula Mountain, Seguigaya-Gera Mountain, which runs through the central part of the county from east to west and twists and turns to form a tree-shaped mountain, which is the watershed of the two major river basins.
Yushu is an important part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, forming a self-contained natural region in the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River all originate here and are known as the source of rivers and water towers in China. To the north of Tongtian River, the city spans the Yangtze River and Lancang River, and the tributaries of the two rivers mesh the whole city. Tongtianhe, Zhaqu and Baqu flow through Yushu City.
Yushu is a typical plateau cold climate. There are no four seasons in the whole year, only cold and warm seasons. The cold season lasts 7-8 months and the warm season lasts 4-5 months. The annual average temperature is 2.9℃, 1 monthly average temperature is -7.5℃, and the July average temperature is 12.5℃. The annual precipitation is 487mm. There are 5,000 hectares of cultivated land, grassland1163,000 hectares and forests of 29,000 hectares.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Yushu