Tahe () is a county in the far north of

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province, and is the northernmost

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. It is under the jurisdiction of

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Administrative divisions

Tahe County is divided into 4 towns, 2 townships and 1 ethnic township. ;4 towns ;2 townships * Yisiken () * Kaikukang () ;1 ethnic township * Shibazhan Oroqen ()

Demographics

The population of the district was in 1999. National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, ''in'
China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
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Climate

Tahe County has a subarctic climate (

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''Dwc'') with short, warm, wet summers and long, brutally cold and dry winters.

Monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal osci ...

al influences are strong, as 75% of the annual precipitation occurs from June to September. Although snowfall is extremely light, totalling only a few centimetres during the winter, it does not melt until May. The region is in the

discontinuous permafrost Permafrost is ground that continuously remains below 0 °C (32 °F) for two or more years, located on land or under the ocean. Most common in the Northern Hemisphere, around 15% of the Northern Hemisphere or 11% of the global surface ...

zone, which severely limits land use possibilities since only exposed areas thaw fully during the summer, and fishing is the most important economic activity.

External links

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Government Site
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Notes and references

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