Xinyuan County
Appearance
Künas County
新源县 · كۈنەس ناھىيىسى · ᡍᡈᡊᡎᡉᠰ ᠱᡅᡕᠠᠨ | |
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Coordinates: 43°26′02″N 83°13′58″E / 43.4339°N 83.2328°E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Xinyuan | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 新源县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 新源縣 | ||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 巩乃斯县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鞏乃斯縣 | ||||||||||
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Mongolian name | |||||||||||
Mongolian script | ᡍᡈᡊᡎᡉᠰ ᠱᡅᡕᠠᠨ | ||||||||||
Uyghur name | |||||||||||
Uyghur | كۈنەس ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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Xinyuan County (Chinese: 新源县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Künas County (Template:Ug; Chinese: 巩乃斯县), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 7,581 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 290,000. The county is served by Xinyuan Nalati Airport.
Name
The county's original name Künes was changed into Xinyuan in 1946 after the county established its seat on the Künes River upstream. "Xinyuan" means "New Headstream" in Chinese.[1]
Administrative divisions
Xinyuan County is divided into 9 towns and 2 townships.
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Number of communities | Population (thousand) | Land area (km2) |
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Towns | |||||||
Kunes Town | 新源镇 | Xīnyuán Zhèn | كۈنەس بازىرى | künes baziri | 10 | 51.5 | 270 |
Zekti Town | 则克台镇 | Zékètái Zhèn | زېكتى بازىرى | zëkti baziri | 6 | 24.6 | 503 |
Araltope Town | 阿热勒托别镇 | Ārèlètuōbié Zhèn | ئارالتۆپە بازىرى | Araltöpe baziri | 7 | 27 | 897.7 |
Taldi Town | 塔勒德镇 | Tǎlèdé Zhèn | تالدى بازىرى | taldi baziri | 11 | 23.4 | 1,164.3 |
Narat Town | 那拉提镇 | Nàlātí Zhèn | نارات بازىرى | narat baziri | 9 | 27.6 | 1,984 |
Shorbulaq Town | 肖尔布拉克镇 | Xiào'ěrbùlākè Zhèn | شوربۇلاق بازىرى | shorbulaq baziri | 8 | 9.3 | 268 |
Qarabora Town | 喀拉布拉镇 | Kālābùlā Zhèn | قارابورا بازىرى | qarabora baziri | 8 | 20.6 | 633.3 |
Almali Town | 阿勒玛勒镇 | Ālèmǎlè Zhèn | ئالمالى بازىرى | Almali baziri | 5 | 16 | 72 |
Kengsu Town | 坎苏镇 | Kǎnsū Zhèn | كەڭسۇ بازىرى | kengsu baziri | 5 | 10.9 | 374.3 |
Townships | |||||||
Beshtope Township | 别斯托别乡 | Biésītuōbié Xiāng | بەشتۆپە يېزىسى | beshtöpe yëzisi | 15 | 28.9 | 783 |
Turgen Township | 吐尔根乡 | Tǔ'ěrgēn Xiāng | تۈرگېن يېزىسى | türgën yëzisi | 3 | 11.5 | 200 |
Note:
- 1. On October 21, 2014, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Almali Township to Almali Town.[2]
- 2. On July 13, 2016, with the approval of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Government, it was renamed the original Kansu Township to Kansu Town.[3]
- 3. On March 30, 2012, with the approval of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the original Karabora Township was renamed Karabora Town.
Climate
Climate data for Xinyuan (1981−2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
1.6 (34.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
29.2 (84.6) |
29.4 (84.9) |
25.2 (77.4) |
17.3 (63.1) |
8.7 (47.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −9.8 (14.4) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
6.1 (43.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
14.5 (58.1) |
10.5 (50.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
4.1 (39.4) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18.7 (0.74) |
18.7 (0.74) |
38.7 (1.52) |
65.3 (2.57) |
76.6 (3.02) |
65.5 (2.58) |
58.7 (2.31) |
39.5 (1.56) |
35.3 (1.39) |
44.8 (1.76) |
39.2 (1.54) |
25.2 (0.99) |
526.2 (20.72) |
Source: National Meteorological Center of CMA[4] |
References
- ^ "新源县历史沿革_区划地名网".
- ^ ش ئۇ ئا ر خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقنامىسى(ئالمالى بازىرى)
- ^ ش ئۇ ئا ر خەلق ھۆكۈمىتىنىڭ تەستىقنامىسى(كەڭسۇ بازىرى)
- ^ 1981年-2010年(新源)月平均气温和降水 (in Simplified Chinese). National Meteorological Center of CMA. Retrieved 26 November 2022.