Chindu County () or Chenduo County () is a county of

Qinghai Province Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest pop ...

, China, bordering

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to the east. It is under the administration of

Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (, , retranscribed into Tibetan as ), also transliterated as Yüxü or Yulshul, is an autonomous prefecture Autonomous prefectures () are one type of autonomous administrative divisions of China, existing ...

Administrative divisions

Chindu County (Chenduo County) is divided to 5 towns and 2 townships. ;Towns ;Townships * Gaduo Township () * Labu Township ()

Climate

Chindu County has a

alpine climate Alpine climate is the typical weather (climate) for elevations above the tree line, where trees fail to grow due to cold. This climate is also referred to as a mountain climate or highland climate. Definition There are multiple definitions of ...

(

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''ETH''). The average annual temperature in Chindu is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around .

References

County-level divisions of Qinghai Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture {{Qinghai-geo-stub