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Yiwu County


FieldValue
nameYiwu County
native_namezh-hans
ug-Arab
kk-Arab
other_nameAratürük
settlement_typeCounty
image_mapLocation of Yiwu within Xinjiang (China).png
map_captionLocation of Yiwu County (red) within Hami City (yellow) and Xinjiang
pushpin_mapXinjiang#China
pushpin_labelYiwu
pushpin_map_captionLocation of the seat in Xinjiang
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameChina
subdivision_type1Autonomous region
subdivision_name1Xinjiang
subdivision_type2Prefecture-level city
subdivision_name2Hami
seat_typeCounty seat
seatAratürük Town (Yiwu)
area_total_km219,450
population_total38,464
population_as_of2020
population_footnotes
population_density_km2auto
population_density_urban_km2auto
timezoneChina Standard
utc_offset+8
website

ug-Arab kk-Arab

Аратұрық ауданы Aratūryq audany

Yiwu County () as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Aratürük County (; ), is a county in the northeast of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hami City. It contains an area of 19511 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 20,000.

Yiwu was the site of the final battle in mainland China of the Chinese Civil War. There is a monument in Yiwu to a horse who greatly aided the People's Liberation Army during the battle.

Subdivisions

Yiwu County is divided into 3 towns, 3 townships, 1 ethnic township.

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinUyghur (UEY)Uyghur Latin (ULY)Other nameAdministrative division code
Towns
Aratürük Town
(Yiwu Town)伊吾镇zhug650522100
Nom Town
(Naomaohu Town)淖毛湖镇zhug650522101
Tuzköl Town
(Yanchi Town)盐池镇zhug650522102
Townships
Adakh Township
(Weizixia Township)苇子峡乡zhug650522201
Bay Township
(Xiamaya Township)下马崖乡zhug650522202
Tuhulu Township吐葫芦乡zhug650522204
Ethnic township
Nerinkir Kazakh Ethnic Township前山哈萨克民族乡zhug(Kazakh)
Нарынкыр қазақ ауылы650522205

Demographics

Geography

The Yiwu County is located in the northeastern part of the prefecture, between the Qarliq Shan mountain range (along which it borders on Hami City) and the border with Mongolia's Govi-Altai Province. Outside of the mountain range, most of the county is within the Gobi Desert.

Some of the county important populated places are located in the oases irrigated by the intermittent Yiwu River, which flows north from the mountains, eventually disappearing in the desert. These include, from south to north, Yiwu Town (伊吾镇, the county seat), Weizi Xia Township (苇子峡乡) and Laomao Hu Town (淖毛湖镇).

As of the 1920s, the area of today's Yiwu town was referred to as "Tuhulu" (吐葫芦) and that name is still retained by the Tuhulu Township (吐葫芦乡) adjacent to today's Yiwu town. At the time, it was the first place with an actual river and some agriculture that weary travellers from the east would reach after crossing several hundreds of kilometers of desert (since crossing Edsin Gol, a River in Inner Mongolia).

Other places in the county include Qianshan Kazakh Township (前山哈萨克族乡), Yanchi Township (盐池乡) and Xiamaya Township (下马崖乡).

Climate

|Jan record high C = 10.6 |Jan record low C = -29.8 |Feb record high C = 14.3 |Feb record low C = -28.1 |Mar record high C = 19.8 |Mar record low C = -25.6 |Apr record high C = 27.9 |Apr record low C = -15.0 |May record high C = 29.0 |May record low C = -6.4 |Jun record high C = 33.0 |Jun record low C = 1.2 |Jul record high C = 33.2 |Jul record low C = 1.9 |Aug record high C = 32.5 |Aug record low C = 0.4 |Sep record high C = 29.2 |Sep record low C = -8.4 |Oct record high C = 23.7 |Oct record low C = -15.0 |Nov record high C = 18.9 |Nov record low C = -28.0 |Dec record high C = 14.2 |Dec record low C = -30.7

|Jan record high C = 7.7 |Jan record low C = -29.5 |Feb record high C = 16.7 |Feb record low C = -24.6 |Mar record high C = 26.9 |Mar record low C = -16.9 |Apr record high C = 37.3 |Apr record low C = -8.1 |May record high C = 40.0 |May record low C = 0.6 |Jun record high C = 44.2 |Jun record low C = 10.4 |Jul record high C = 45.1 |Jul record low C = 13.8 |Aug record high C = 44.3 |Aug record low C = 6.6 |Sep record high C = 39.4 |Sep record low C = 1.1 |Oct record high C = 32.7 |Oct record low C = -9.9 |Nov record high C = 19.8 |Nov record low C = -23.3 |Dec record high C = 10.3 |Dec record low C = -33.9

Notes

References

References

  1. [https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/xinjiang/admin/ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties]
  2. (2020-06-10). "". link. Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  3. [[Owen Lattimore]], ''The Desert Road to Turkestan''. 1929.
  4. link. [[China Meteorological Administration]]
  5. link. [[China Meteorological Administration]]
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