Poskam County, Xinjiang

History

In 1921, Poskam County was established.

After the Communist takeover, Poskam (Zepu) County was part of Yarkant Prefecture (莎車專區), which was dissolved and became part of Kashgar Prefecture in June 1956.

In 1990, 'unauthorized' mosque construction in Poskam (Zepu) County was reported in the Xinjiang Daily.

Chinese state media reported that in the early morning of October 24, 1999, two died, two were injured and major property damage was sustained at the Seyli (Saili) Township police office in a terrorist attack.

On the morning of March 4, 2004, a fire broke out in the Kalatuzi coal mine killing at least six people.

On March 12, 2005, several Uyghur students and their teachers were arrested after a fight with Han Chinese outside Poskam Petroleum No.1 Middle School.

As reported by Radio Free Asia, on August 23, 2013, at least six Uyghurs (possibly twelve) were killed and twenty wounded in a raid carried out by about seventy to eighty armed security personnel on a place in Jigdejay village (Jigedaijiayi; جىگدەجاي كەنتى / {{linktext|吉格代加依|村}} ), Kuybagh (Kuiyibage) township near the edge of the desert thought to be a 'terrorist' or separatist training camp and munitions center.

On August 27, 2018, Tong'an Township was established. (See also: Kosrap)

In 2018, Poskam County was among ten counties in Xinjiang named by the Ministry of Commerce as a model rural e-commerce county. The county was also listed as the only county in Kashgar Prefecture reaching the standard for a national-level public sanitation county.

In 2019, China National Petroleum Corp announced plans to close Taxinan refinery (塔西南勘探开发公司).

Geography

The county is between 1215 and 1490 meters above sea level. The land is flat and soil is fertile. Rainfall amounts are low.

Climate

|Jan record high C = 19.5 |Jan record low C = -23.3 |Feb record high C = 18.7 |Feb record low C = -23.0 |Mar record high C = 30.1 |Mar record low C = -7.2 |Apr record high C = 34.4 |Apr record low C = 0.0 |May record high C = 36.1 |May record low C = 4.5 |Jun record high C = 41.0 |Jun record low C = 8.7 |Jul record high C = 38.5 |Jul record low C = 10.9 |Aug record high C = 38.6 |Aug record low C = 9.7 |Sep record high C = 34.0 |Sep record low C = 4.3 |Oct record high C = 29.4 |Oct record low C = -2.6 |Nov record high C = 25.4 |Nov record low C = -11.5 |Dec record high C = 19.5 |Dec record low C = -20.2

Administrative divisions

The county includes 2 towns, 10 townships, 1 ethnic township, and 2 township-level divisions:

Economy

Irrigation is well-developed in the county, and the county is an important producer of wheat, rice, corn and cotton in southern Xinjiang. Grapes are a local speciality. Industries include mining, machinery, construction and cotton-spinning. As of 2017, Poskam County had 42,405.25 hectares of arable land. On January 14–15, 2020, Kashgar Prefecture officials carried out fourteen lectures in Poskam County on scientific methods of agriculture attended by more than 12,000 persons.

Tourism

A tourist attraction located in the county is Jinhuyang National Forest Park, rated as a AAAAA Tourist Attractions of China according to the official classification for tourist sights.

Demographics

|2000|181721 |2010|206936 |}} As of the end of 2016, 175,686 (84.1%) of the 208,950 residents of the county were Uyghur, 27,131 (13%) were Han Chinese, 4,463 (2.1%) were Mountain Tajik (China), and 1,670 (0.8%) were from other ethnic groups.

As of 2015, 181,256 of the 223,694 residents of the county were Uyghur, 35,950 were Han Chinese, 4,452 were Mountain Tajik (China) and 2,036 were from other ethnic groups.

As of the 2000 Census, ethnic minorities made up 79.38% of the population of Poskam County.

As of 1999, 75.29% of the population of Poskam (Zepu) County was Uyghur and 20.76% of the population was Han Chinese.

Transportation

Poskam is served by China National Highway 315 and the Kashgar-Hotan Railway.

Historical maps

File:STANFORD(1917) p61 PLATE19. SINKIANG (14597194848).jpg|Map including Poskam (labeled as Posgambasar) (1917) File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-43-5th-ed.jpg|Map including Zepu (labeled as TSE-P'U (POSGAM)) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (AMS, 1966) File:NJ-43-8 Shache, China.jpg|Map including Poskam (labeled as ZEPU TSE-P'U) (DMA, 1980) File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg|From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Poskam (labeled as Zepu (Tse-p'u)) (DMA, 1980) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7a.jpg|Map including Poskam (labeled as Zepu (Tse-p'u)) (DMA, 1984)

Notes

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