Abag Banner (
Mongolian: ; zh, c=阿巴嘎旗) is a county of
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of China. Its border includes two-thirds of the length of China's China–Mongolia border, border with the country of Mongolia. ...
, China. It is under the administration of
Xilingol League.
Abaga and
Abaganar
The Abaganars are ( Khalkha-Mongolian:Авга нар/Avga nar; ) a Southern Mongolian sub-ethnic group in Abag Banner, Inner Mongolia of China.
Etymology
The ethnonyms "Abaganar" and " Abaga" translated from Mongolian language means patern ...
Mongols
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live here. The local dialect has variously been classified as
Chakhar or
Khalkha.
[Svantesson et al. 2005]
Demographics
Administrative divisions
Abag Banner is divided into 3
towns
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and 4
sums.
Other: Manit Coal Mine (玛尼图煤矿)()
Climate
Abag Banner has a
monsoon
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-influenced,
continental
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semi-arid climate
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(
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''BSk''), with very cold and dry winters, very warm, somewhat humid summers, and strong winds, especially in spring. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from in January to in July, with the annual mean at . The annual precipitation is , with more than half of it falling in July and August alone. There are 3,017 hours of bright sunshine annually, with each of the winter months having over two-thirds of the possible total, and this percentage falling to 60 in July.
References
Bibliography
www.xzqh.org
* Sečenbaγatur, Qasgerel, Tuyaγ-a, B. ǰirannige, U Ying ǰe. 2005. ''Mongγul kelen-ü nutuγ-un ayalγun-u sinǰilel-ün uduridqal''. Kökeqota: ÖMAKQ. .
* Svantesson, Jan-Olof, Anna Tsendina, Anastasia Karlsson, Vivan Franzén. 2005. ''The Phonology of Mongolian''. New York: Oxford University Press. .
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