Qabqa
Town in Qinghai, China
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Qabqa or Chabcha[2] (Tibetan: ཆབ་ཆ་གྲོང་རྡལ།; Chinese: 恰卜恰; pinyin: Qiàbǔqià) is a town in Gonghe County, Qinghai, China. It is the seat of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the seat of Gonghe County. Qabqa has an altitude of 2835 m.[3] The average annual temperature is 3.4 °C (38.1 °F), and the average annual precipitation is 321.4 mm (12.65 in).[4]
Qabqa
恰卜恰镇 · ཆབ་ཆ་གྲོང་རྡལ། Chabcha | |
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  Qabqa Location of the city centre in Qinghai | |
| Coordinates: 36°16′N 100°37′E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Qinghai |
| Autonomous prefecture | Hainan |
| County | Gonghe |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.3 km2 (2.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,835 m (9,301 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 46,907 |
| • Density | 6,400/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Qabqa had a population of 46,907 as of 2010.[4] Qabqa is the political, economical, and cultural center of the Hainan Prefecture.[5] China National Highway 214 passes through Qabqa.