Brief introduction of Lenghu town

Lenghu Town is located in the Gobi Desert at the southern foot of Altun Mountain in northern Qinghai Province, China. Mainly Han, Tibetan and other ethnic groups. 1959 set up the cold lake city working Committee, 1960 set up the cold lake city, 1964 removed the city and changed the town. Directly under the jurisdiction of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Located in the northern margin of Qaidam basin, with an average elevation of 2733 meters. It belongs to plateau continental climate, with an average annual temperature of 2 ~ 3℃ and little precipitation. It is an extremely arid area in China. Natural conditions are harsh. Oil is the main mineral resource, in addition to salt and muscovite. As a new petroleum industrial base in Qinghai Province, it has electric power, machine maintenance, auto repair, oxygen production and small-scale salinization industry. The end of Leng Cha Highway is connected with Dunhuang City, Mangya Town and Golmud City. The sunshine time in Qinghai Cold Lake and Xinjiang Xingxingxia Valley exceeds 3,500 hours, and the sunshine percentage exceeds 80%. They are the sunniest places in Asia, ranking third in the world (after the Sahara Desert and the Andes in South America).