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Abag Banner

Abag Banner
阿巴嘎旗ᠠᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ
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Abag is located in Inner Mongolia
Abag
Abag
Location in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 43°33′23″N 115°20′42″E / 43.5565°N 115.3450°E / 43.5565; 115.3450Coordinates: 43°33′23″N 115°20′42″E / 43.5565°N 115.3450°E / 43.5565; 115.3450
Country People's Republic of China
Region Inner Mongolia
League Xilin Gol
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Abag Banner (Mongolian: ᠠᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ Аба-а қосиу Abaɣ-a qosiɣu; Chinese: 阿巴嘎旗; pinyin: Ābāgā Qí) is a county of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It is under the administration of Xilin Gol League. Abag Mongols live here. The local dialect has variously been classified as Chakhar or Khalkha.

Abag Banner has a monsoon-influenced, continental semi-arid climate (Köppen 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 −21.2 °C (−6.2 °F) in January to 20.8 °C (69.4 °F) in July, with the annual mean at 1.35 °C (34.4 °F). The annual precipitation is 250 millimetres (9.8 in), 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.


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