Qiemo County

Name

It has been suggested that the name "Cherchen" may have been derived from Shanshan, the kingdom that once ruled the area. A number of different names have been used for the town, Lionel Giles has recorded the following names for Ruoqiang Town (with his Wade-Giles forms of the Chinese names converted to pinyin): :Jumo Han :Zuomo (左末) Song Yun :Jumo Jun [Sui] :Zhemotuona (折摩馱那) Xuanzang :Boxian Zhen (播仙鎭) [Tang, after A.D. 674] :Jurjān [Mīrzā Haidar, sixteenth century] :Charchan [modern name]

It was called Calmadana in Kharosthi documents found in the region.

History

Several mummies were found in Cherchen including the Cherchen Man.

The modern county is based on the ancient kingdom of Qiemo (且末) mentioned in the Hanshu and the Hou Hanshu. According to the Hanshu, Qiemo/Cherchen had "230 households, 1,610 individuals and 320 persons able to bear arms."

The ancient Qiemo may have been located on the east of the Cherchen (Charchan / Qarqan) river, across from the modern Cherchen. Qiemo became part of Loulan Kingdom after it was under Chinese control during the Han dynasty and renamed Shanshan. Later in 442 CE, after an attack by Juqu Anzhou, King Bilong of Shanshan fled to Qiemo together with half of his countrymen so Shanshan came to be ruled by Qiemo.

The Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang passed through this region in 644 on his return from India to China, visited a town called Nafubo (納縛波, thought to be Charklik) of Krořän (Loulan), and wrote of Ziemo (Qiemo), "A fortress exists, but not a trace of man".

Marco Polo who passed through Cherchen mentioned it as a province with a town of the same name as its chief city. Its inhabitants were described as Muslims.

In August 2014, local authorities in Cherchen County (Qiemo County) announced, "Incentive Measures Encouraging Uighur-Chinese Intermarriage," including a 10,000 CNY (1,450 USD) cash reward per annum for the first five years to such intermarried couples as well as preferential treatment in employment and housing plus free education for the couples, their parents and offspring. County CCP Secretary Zhu Xin remarked:

Geography

From the south to the north, the lands of the county run from the main range of the Kunlun Mountains (which forms the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region) to the middle of the Taklamakan Desert. The southernmost area of the county includes the northern side of part of the Ulugh Muztagh range (the main range of the Kunlun), and a section of the Altyn-Tagh range which runs roughly parallel to the main range of the Kunlun. Most of the county population lives in the northern foothills of the mountains, in the oases watered by snow-fed rivers.

The Qiemo River (Qarqan River) near the town of Ziemo (Qiemo) is frozen for two to three months in the winter. From the foot of the mountains to the oasis of Ziemo (Qiemo), it has a faIl of nearly 4000 feet.

Climate

Typically for Xinjiang, Qiemo has a harsh cool arid climate (Köppen BWk). It is one of the very driest places in this dry autonomous region, receiving an average of less than 25 mm of rainfall equivalent every year. Summer days are hot, although nights are fairly pleasant, whilst winters are chilly although less severe than in more northerly parts of Xinjiang, with average maxima above freezing except in January.

|Jan record high C = 17.5 |Feb record high C = 18.4 |Mar record high C = 31.1 |Apr record high C = 36.9 |May record high C = 38.2 |Jun record high C = 40.6 |Jul record high C = 41.6 |Aug record high C = 41.5 |Sep record high C = 36.6 |Oct record high C = 33.2 |Nov record high C = 24.4 |Dec record high C = 21.5 |Jan record low C = -27.3 |Feb record low C = -26.7 |Mar record low C = -12.7 |Apr record low C = -5.2 |May record low C = -0.1 |Jun record low C = 6.4 |Jul record low C = 10.9 |Aug record low C = 6.3 |Sep record low C = -0.1 |Oct record low C = -8.3 |Nov record low C = -16.3 |Dec record low C = -23.0

|Jan record high C = 16.3 |Jan record low C = -32.6 |Feb record high C = 17.2 |Feb record low C = -32.7 |Mar record high C = 32.7 |Mar record low C = -12.3 |Apr record high C = 37.0 |Apr record low C = -8.3 |May record high C = 38.2 |May record low C = 1.2 |Jun record high C = 41.6 |Jun record low C = 7.2 |Jul record high C = 45.6 |Jul record low C = 11.1 |Aug record high C = 42.7 |Aug record low C = 6.8 |Sep record high C = 39.5 |Sep record low C = 0.6 |Oct record high C = 31.9 |Oct record low C = -8.4 |Nov record high C = 24.7 |Nov record low C = -18.0 |Dec record high C = 16.7 |Dec record low C = -24.7

Administrative divisions

Qiemo (Qarqan) County includes 6 towns and 7 townships:

Economy

The economy of the county is primarily based on agriculture and animal husbandry. Agricultural products of the county include wheat, corn, cotton and rapeseed. Lynx and fox hunting in the county produces valuable animal skins. Mining in the county includes coal, jade and asbestos. Industries in the county include mining, leather making, and grain and oil processing.

Demographics

As of 2015, 50,754 (73.06%) of the 69,464 residents of the county were Uyghur, 18,365 (26.44%) were Han Chinese and 345 were from other ethnic groups.

As of 1999, 77.5% of the population of the county was Uyghur and 22.31% of the population was Han Chinese.

Transportation

• Qiemo Yudu Airport
• China National Highway 315
• Qiemo railway station on Hotan–Ruoqiang railway

Notable persons

• Mihrigul Tursun, Xinjiang re-education camp detainee
• Cherchen Man, one of the Tarim mummies

Historical maps

File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-45-3rd-ed.jpg|Map of Qiemo (labeled as Ch'ieh-mo) and surrounding area (1975) File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg|Map including Qiemo (labeled as QIEMO (CH'IEH-MO)) and surrounding region (DMA, 1980) File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-45-2nd-ed.jpg|Map including Qarqan (labeled as CH'IEH-MO (CHERCHEN) (CH'E-ERH-CH'ENG)) (USATC, 1971)

Notes

References

• Giles, Lionel (1930–1932). "A Chinese Geographical Text of the Ninth Century." BSOS VI, pp. 825–846.
• Hill, John E. (2015). Through the Jade Gate - China to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes 1st to 2nd Centuries CE. Second Edition. Vols. I-II. CreateSpace. North Charleston, South Carolina.

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