Maralbexi County

History

In 1913, Maralbexi County was established.

In September 1937, two regiments of Soviet Kirghiz troops and one regiment of Russian troops equipped with forty airplanes and twenty tanks entered Sinkiang from Atushe and attacked Maralbexi, dividing Ma Hushan's 36th Corps into two sections.

In February 2002, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake killed 267 people in Maralbexi County and Payzawat County.

On February 24, 2003, the 2003 Bachu earthquake occurred.

In April 2013, twenty-one died in an incident in Seriqbuya.

In October 2014, twenty-two died in an incident at a farmer's market in the county.

Administrative divisions

Maralbexi County includes 4 towns (بازىرى / 镇), 8 townships (يېزىسى / 乡):

Transportation

Bachu is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway and G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway.

Economy

Agricultural products include corn, cotton, wheat and others as well as sword-leaf dogbane. The central and eastern parts of the county have old desert poplar forests. Animal herding is prominent and rock salt and phosphate fertilizer are produced in the county. Industries include food processing, plastics, rug making, electricity and construction.

, there was about 30,600 acres (202,728 mu) of cultivated land in Maralbexi.

Demographics

|2000|375883 |2010|336274 |}}

As of 2015, 363,488 of the 382,186 residents of the county were Uyghur, 17,816 were Han Chinese and 882 were from other ethnic groups.

, the population of Maralbexi County was 95.13% Uyghur.

As of 1999, 83.12% of the population of Maralbexi (Bachu) County was Uyghur and 16.41% of the population was Han Chinese.

Geography

Climate

|Jan record high C = 17.7 |Jan record low C = -21.5 |Feb record high C = 20.6 |Feb record low C = -18.9 |Mar record high C = 27.4 |Mar record low C = -9.1 |Apr record high C = 35.4 |Apr record low C = -2.5 |May record high C = 37.7 |May record low C = 3.0 |Jun record high C = 40.0 |Jun record low C = 6.6 |Jul record high C = 41.5 |Jul record low C = 11.7 |Aug record high C = 42.6 |Aug record low C = 10.3 |Sep record high C = 36.3 |Sep record low C = 4.3 |Oct record high C = 30.0 |Oct record low C = -3.7 |Nov record high C = 23.7 |Nov record low C = -13.2 |Dec record high C = 16.3 |Dec record low C = -22.5

Notable persons

• He Jing (TV presenter)

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Maralbexi: File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-44-3rd-ed.jpg|Map including Maralbexi (labeled as PA-CH'U (MARAL BASHI)) (USATC, 1971) File:NJ-44-1 Maral Bashi, China.jpg|Map including Maralbexi (labeled as PA-CH'U (MARAL BASHI)) (ATC, 1971) File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg|From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Maralbexi (labeled as BACHU (PA-CH'U)) (DMA, 1980) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7a.jpg|Map including Maralbexi (labeled as BACHU (PA-CH'U)) (DMA, 1984)

Notes

References

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