Mangnai

Mangnai
Mangnai
Chinese name
Chinese	茫崖市
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Mángyá Shì
Tibetan name
Tibetan	མང་ནེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Wylie
Transcriptions
Wylie	mang ne grong khyer
Tibetan Pinyin	Mangnê Chongkyêr
Mongolian name
Mongolian script	ᠮᠠᠨᠭᠨᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
SASM/GNC
Transcriptions
SASM/GNC	Mangnai hot

Mangnai

茫崖市 · ᠮᠠᠨᠭᠨᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ · མང་ནེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Mang'ai, Mangya
Mangnai 茫崖市 · ᠮᠠᠨᠭᠨᠠᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ · མང་ནེ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར། Mang'ai, Mangya
County-level city
	Surroundings of the asbestos mines.
	Mangnai (light red) within Haixi Prefecture (yellow) and Qinghai.
	Mangnai
	Coordinates: 38°15′00″N 90°51′25″E / 38.250°N 90.857°E / 38.250; 90.857
Country	China
Province	Qinghai
Autonomous prefecture	Haixi
Seat	Huatugou
Area
• Total	49,900 km2 (19,300 sq mi)
Elevation	3,000 m (10,000 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	18,856
• Density	0.38/km2 (0.98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.mangya.gov.cn

Mangnai, also known as Mang'ai or Mangya, is a county-level city in the northwest of Qinghai Province, China, bordering Xinjiang to the north and west. It is under the administration of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is one of the most remote cities in China, the closest other city, Ruoqiang, is located 350 kilometres (220 mi) away.^[3] In 2020 it had a population of 18856.^[4] The name Mangnai is based on the Mongolian word for 'forehead'.^[5]

It was formed in 2018 when the Mangnai and Lenghu administrative zones merged to establish the county-level city of Mangnai.^[5]

Economy

Mangnai had a large asbestos mine, it was the largest in China, it also holds around half of China's serpentine reserves.^[6]^[7]^[8] It also produces oil, natural gas, celestite, and sodium sulfate.^[5]

Administrative divisions

Mangnai is divided into 3 towns. The administrative center is the Huatugou Town.^[5]

Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Tibetan	Wylie	Mongolian (traditional script)	Mongolian (Cyrillic)	Administrative division code
Towns
Huatugou Town	花土沟镇	Huātǔgōu Zhèn	ཧྭ་ཐུའུ་ཀུའུ་གྲོང་རྡལ།	hwa thu'u ku'u grong rdal	ᠡᠩᠭᠡᠷᠲᠦ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤᠨ	Энгэрт балгас	632803100
Mangnai Town	茫崖镇	Mángyá Zhèn	མང་ནེ་གྲོང་རྡལ།	mang ne grong rdal	ᠮᠠᠩᠨᠠᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤᠨ	Магнай балгас	632803101
Lenghu Town	冷湖镇	Lěnghú Zhèn	ལེན་ཧུའུ་གྲོང་རྡལ།	len hu'u grong rdal	ᠬᠦᠢᠲᠡᠨ ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤᠨ	Хүйтэн нуур балгас	632803102

Demographics

17 different ethnic groups live in the city, including the Han Chinese, Mongols, Tibetans, the Hui, Salars, Monguors, Manchus, Dongxiangs, and Uighurs.^[4]

Climate

Climate data for Mangnai (1991–2020 normals)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−3.2 (26.2)	2.2 (36.0)	8.1 (46.6)	14.0 (57.2)	17.9 (64.2)	21.6 (70.9)	24.1 (75.4)	23.8 (74.8)	19.1 (66.4)	11.9 (53.4)	4.2 (39.6)	−2.3 (27.9)	11.8 (53.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−10.7 (12.7)	−5.8 (21.6)	0.1 (32.2)	6.0 (42.8)	10.5 (50.9)	14.7 (58.5)	17.1 (62.8)	16.5 (61.7)	11.6 (52.9)	3.9 (39.0)	−3.7 (25.3)	−9.6 (14.7)	4.2 (39.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−17.4 (0.7)	−13.1 (8.4)	−7.5 (18.5)	−1.8 (28.8)	3.2 (37.8)	8.0 (46.4)	10.8 (51.4)	9.9 (49.8)	4.7 (40.5)	−3.4 (25.9)	−10.6 (12.9)	−16.0 (3.2)	−2.8 (27.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	0.8 (0.03)	0.6 (0.02)	0.8 (0.03)	1.5 (0.06)	6.1 (0.24)	11.5 (0.45)	13.6 (0.54)	7.8 (0.31)	4.5 (0.18)	0.8 (0.03)	0.1 (0.00)	0.3 (0.01)	48.4 (1.9)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	0.9	0.8	1.0	1.4	3.0	5.9	7.3	4.1	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.5	27.9
Average snowy days	1.6	1.5	2.0	2.3	1.8	0.2	0	0	0.1	1.2	0.6	1.3	12.6
Average relative humidity (%)	36	28	24	23	26	32	36	32	30	28	30	37	30
Mean monthly sunshine hours	227.3	224.8	263.2	275.2	285.9	261.4	263.9	270.2	270.0	282.3	239.7	223.5	3,087.4
Percent possible sunshine	74	73	70	69	64	59	59	65	74	83	80	76	71
Source: China Meteorological Administration^[9]^[10]

Tourism

The main touristic sites in Mangnai are:^[5]

Emerald Lake (Chinese: 翡翠湖)
Qianfo cliffs (Chinese: 千佛崖; lit. 'thousand Buddha cliffs')
Gasi Lake (Chinese: 尕斯湖)
Yingxiongling Danxia Landform (Chinese: 丹霞地貌英雄岭)
Alar Wetland (Chinese: 阿拉尔湿地)
Yardang landform (Chinese: 雅丹地貌)

In 2019, a camp meant to simulate conditions on the planet Mars opened in the town of Lenghu, which is primarily geared towards tourists.^[11]

Transport

Mangnai is located strategically on one of the main transport corridors between Gansu and Xinjiang. The Haixi Huatugou Airport serves Mangnai and the city is served by the Golmud–Korla railway and is located along China National Highway 315.^[3]

Notes

^ In Central Plains Mandarin it is pronounced Mang-ngai, a transcription of Oirat Mongolian Mangnai. In Standard Mandarin, ngai develops into two different readings with ya the most common one and ai used almost exclusively here. There's a tendency to pronounce it as ya in this situation as well.

References

^ "海西州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——各市县、行委常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Haixi Prefecture. 2021-07-02.
^ "Mangya government". Archived from the original on 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
^ a b "最"寂寞"的城市，成立仅3年人口不到7万，就在我国西部".
^ a b 茫崖市人口数据 [Mangnai Population Data]. www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). 2021-08-22. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^ a b c d e 茫崖市简介 [Mangnai Overview]. www.mangya.gov.cn (in Chinese). Mangnai Municipal People's Government. 2019-02-28. Archived from the original on 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
^ New China Quarterly. New China News Limited. 1987.
^ Mineral Deposits of China. Geological Publishing House. 1990. ISBN 978-7-116-02077-1.
^ Wu, Lan’er (2021). Comprehensive Utilization of Magnesium Slag by Pidgeon Process. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-981-16-2171-0.
^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
^ Chen, Laurie (2019-03-04). "China opens 'Mars camp' for tourists, plans to send rover to red planet". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

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[a-3] In Central Plains Mandarin it is pronounced Mang-ngai, a transcription of Oirat Mongolian Mangnai. In Standard Mandarin, ngai develops into two different readings with ya the most common one and ai used almost exclusively here. There's a tendency to pronounce it as ya in this situation as well.

[1] "海西州第七次全国人口普查公报（第二号）——各市县、行委常住人口情况" (in Chinese). Government of Haixi Prefecture. 2021-07-02.

[2] "Mangya government". Archived from the original on 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

[:0-4] "最"寂寞"的城市，成立仅3年人口不到7万，就在我国西部".

[:2-5] 茫崖市人口数据 [Mangnai Population Data]. www.hongheiku.com (in Chinese). 2021-08-22. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

[:1-6] 茫崖市简介 [Mangnai Overview]. www.mangya.gov.cn (in Chinese). Mangnai Municipal People's Government. 2019-02-28. Archived from the original on 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2021-10-19.

[7] New China Quarterly. New China News Limited. 1987.

[8] Mineral Deposits of China. Geological Publishing House. 1990. ISBN 978-7-116-02077-1.

[9] Wu, Lan’er (2021). Comprehensive Utilization of Magnesium Slag by Pidgeon Process. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-981-16-2171-0.

[cma_graphical-10] 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[11] 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 27 September 2023.

[12] Chen, Laurie (2019-03-04). "China opens 'Mars camp' for tourists, plans to send rover to red planet". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-10-19.