| Native name | 天峻县 · · |
|---|---|
| Other name | Têmqên |
| Coordinates | 37°55′N 98°39′E |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Haixi |
| County seat | Xinyuan |
| Area total | 25989 km² |
| Population total | 23203 |
| Population as of | 2020 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | www.tianjun.gov.cn |
| Order | st |
|---|---|
| S | 天峻县 |
| T | 天峻縣 |
| P | Tiānjùn Xiàn |
| Wylie | them chen rdzong |
| Zwpy | Têmqên Zong |
Tianjun County, alternately romanized from Tibetan as Themchen, is a county of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Gansu Province to the north. It is under the administration of the Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The county seat in Xinyuan Town.
Administrative divisions
Tianjun County is divided into 3 towns and 7 townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Tibetan | Wylie | Mongolian (traditional script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||||
| Xinyuan Town (Xêyoin) | 新源镇 | Xīnyuán Zhèn | shes yon grong rdal | 632823100 | |||
| Muri Town (Muli, Mêri) | 木里镇 | Mùlǐ Zhèn | me ri grong rdal | 632823101 | |||
| Jianghe Town (Jongqu) | 江河镇 | Jiānghé Zhèn | cong chu grong rdal | 632823102 | |||
| Townships | |||||||
| Karmar Township (Kuai'erma) | 快尔玛乡 | Kuài'ěrmǎ Xiāng | mkhar dmar yul tsho | 632823200 | |||
| Zhugkyung Township (Zhouqun) | 舟群乡 | Zhōuqún Xiāng | 'brug khyung shang | 632823201 | |||
| Chagmar Township (Zhihema) | 织合玛乡 | Zhīhémǎ Xiāng | brag dmar shang | 632823202 | |||
| Sur Township (Suru, Suli) | 苏里乡 | Sūlǐ Xiāng | su ru yul tsho | 632823203 | |||
| Sênggê Township (Sengge, Shengge) | 生格乡 | Shēnggé Xiāng | seng ge shang | 632823204 | |||
| Yangkêng Township (Yangkang) | 阳康乡 | Yángkāng Xiāng | g.yang khengs shang | 632823205 | |||
| Lungmar Township (Longmen) | 龙门乡 | Lóngmén Xiāng | lung dmar yul tsho | 632823206 | |||
Climate
Tianjun County has a dry-winter subalpine climate (Köppen Dwc), in common with many parts of the Tibetan Plateau. It features pleasant, rainy summers with chilly mornings, and frigid, clear, extremely dry winters with large diurnal temperature swings.
Economy
The county is served by the Qinghai–Tibet Railway; its Tianjun railway station is located near the county seat, Xinyuan Town.
Large coalfields are worked near Muli Town in the northern part of the county, at the elevation around 4,000 m above the sea level.[1] The Muli coal fields are connected with the Ha'ergai railway station on the Qinghai–Tibet Railway by a 195 km (121 mi) long branch railway, whose two sections are known as the Tsaidar Railway (柴达尔铁路) and the Tsaidar-Muli Railway (柴木铁路).