Erbao Township
Erbao Township
二堡乡 قارغوجا | |
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  Erbao Township Location of Erbao Township in Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates (Turpan government): 42°52′30″N 89°32′30″E / 42.87500°N 89.54167°E / 42.87500; 89.54167 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Turpan |
| District | Gaochang District |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,417 |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 838000 |
| Area code | 0995 |
Erbao Township (Uyghur: قارغوجا, Chinese: 二堡乡), is a township-level division located in the oasis city of Turpan, in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the China.
Erbao Township formerly held the highest recorded temperature in Mainland China, at 50.5 °C (122.9 °F) on 10 July 2017 until it was beaten by Sanbao Township, Xinjiang which recorded a temperature of 52.2 °C (126.0 °F), on 16 July 2023.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Estadísticas del Xinjiang. Consultado el 7 February 2020.
- ^ "China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records". Reuters. 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ^ Salam, Erum; Abdul, Geneva; Jones, Sam; Ratcliffe, Rebecca; Wind, Emily (2023-07-17). "China confirms a record temperature of 52.5C [sic] over weekend". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
