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Kailu County 开鲁县 •ᠺᠠᠶᠢᠯᠦ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ K'ai-lu | |
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 Kailu in Tongliao | |
.svg) Tongliao in Inner Mongolia | |
  Kailu Location in Inner Mongolia Show map of Inner Mongolia Kailu Kailu (China) Show map of China | |
| Coordinates:43°36′04″N121°19′08″E / 43.601°N 121.319°E /43.601; 121.319 | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Inner Mongolia |
| Prefecture-level city | Tongliao |
| County seat | Kailu Town |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,353.2 km2 (1,680.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 313,364 |
| • Density | 71.985/km2 (186.44/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Website | kailu |
| Kailu County | |||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 开鲁县 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 開魯縣 | ||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Кайлу шянь | ||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠺᠠᠶᠢᠯᠦ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ | ||||||
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Kailu County (Mongolian:ᠺᠠᠶᠢᠯᠦ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ;Chinese:开鲁县) is a county in the east ofInner Mongolia, China. It is under the administration ofTongliao City, 76 kilometres (47 mi) to the east, andChina National Highway 303 passes through it.
As the traditional seat of Ar Khorchin, East Jaruud and West Jaruud, the 3 areas are abbreviated in Chinese as the 3 R's since each contains the word R transcribed as "LU" in Chinese. The 3 R's was then known as the 3 Lu's as well. In 1905, with the slogan of developing the 3 R's (開發三魯), the city took the name of such abbreviation and was named 開魯 (KAI LU).
Kailu County is made up of 10towns.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Mongolian (Hudum Script) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code |
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| Towns | |||||
| Kailu Town | 开鲁镇 | Kāilǔ Zhèn | ᠺᠠᠢᠯᠦ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Кайл балгас | 150523100 |
| Dayushu Town | 大榆树镇 | Dàyúshù Zhèn | ᠳ᠋ᠠ ᠢᠦᠢ ᠱᠦ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Да юй шуу балгас | 150523101 |
| Heilongba Town | 黑龙坝镇 | Hēilóngbà Zhèn | ᠾᠧᠢ ᠯᠦᠩ ᠪᠠ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Гей лүн ба балгас | 150523102 |
| Maixin Town | 麦新镇 | Màixīn Zhèn | ᠮᠠᠢᠰᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Майшин балгас | 150523103 |
| Ih Tal Town | 义和塔拉镇 | Yìhétǎlā Zhèn | ᠶᠡᠬᠡᠲᠠᠯᠠ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Ихдэлээ балгас | 150523104 |
| Jianhua Town | 建华镇 | Jiànhuá Zhèn | ᠵᠢᠶᠠᠨᠬᠤᠸᠠ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Жаанхуа балгас | 150523105 |
| Xiaojieji Town | 小街基镇 | Xiǎojiējī Zhèn | ᠰᠢᠶᠣᠤ ᠵᠢᠶᠧ ᠵᠢᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Шяо жье жий балгас | 150523106 |
| Dongfeng Town | 东风镇 | Dōngfēng Zhèn | ᠳ᠋ᠦᠩ ᠹᠧᠩ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Дүн фен балгас | 150523107 |
| Jargalangt Town | 吉日嘎郎吐镇 | Jírìgālángtǔ Zhèn | ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠠᠯᠠᠩᠲᠤ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Жаргалант балгас | 150523108 |
| Donglai Town | 东来镇 | Dōnglái Zhèn | ᠳ᠋ᠦᠩ ᠯᠠᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Дүн лай балгас | 150523109 |
Others:
Kailu County features a coldsemi-arid climate (KöppenBSk), marked by long, very cold and dry winters, hot, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. The monthly daily mean temperature in January, the coldest month, is −13.0 °C (8.6 °F), and in July, the warmest month, 24.2 °C (75.6 °F), with the annual mean at 7.0 °C (44.6 °F). The annual precipitation is 327.4 millimetres (12.9 in), with nearly half of it falling in July and August alone.
| Climate data for Kailu, elevation 241 m (791 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 19.6 (67.3) | 28.5 (83.3) | 33.2 (91.8) | 41.7 (107.1) | 41.7 (107.1) | 38.9 (102.0) | 38.2 (100.8) | 34.7 (94.5) | 30.3 (86.5) | 22.7 (72.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 41.7 (107.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) | −0.8 (30.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 24.2 (75.6) | 28.5 (83.3) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.8 (83.8) | 24.1 (75.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 3.7 (38.7) | −4.6 (23.7) | 13.9 (57.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.7 (9.1) | −8.1 (17.4) | −0.1 (31.8) | 9.7 (49.5) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.4 (72.3) | 24.6 (76.3) | 22.9 (73.2) | 17.0 (62.6) | 8.3 (46.9) | −2.7 (27.1) | −10.8 (12.6) | 7.3 (45.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.9 (−0.2) | −14.1 (6.6) | −6.6 (20.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.3 (61.3) | 19.4 (66.9) | 17.5 (63.5) | 10.6 (51.1) | 2.2 (36.0) | −7.7 (18.1) | −15.7 (3.7) | 1.5 (34.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.6 (−28.5) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −24.6 (−12.3) | −9.8 (14.4) | −2.1 (28.2) | 3.9 (39.0) | 10.9 (51.6) | 5.2 (41.4) | −1.7 (28.9) | −11.3 (11.7) | −22.6 (−8.7) | −29.0 (−20.2) | −33.6 (−28.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 1.4 (0.06) | 1.8 (0.07) | 5.3 (0.21) | 12.4 (0.49) | 34.6 (1.36) | 67.4 (2.65) | 85.3 (3.36) | 68.6 (2.70) | 28.2 (1.11) | 15.1 (0.59) | 6.1 (0.24) | 2.1 (0.08) | 328.3 (12.92) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 61.8 |
| Average snowy days | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 17.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 51 | 42 | 38 | 36 | 41 | 55 | 68 | 68 | 57 | 49 | 50 | 53 | 51 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 227.4 | 235.6 | 279.8 | 273.8 | 296.0 | 282.5 | 273.4 | 279.1 | 271.1 | 251.7 | 211.3 | 208.7 | 3,090.4 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 78 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 65 | 61 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 71 |
| Source 1:China Meteorological Administration[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Weather China[4] | |||||||||||||