Jeminay County
Jeminay County
Jimunai | |
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.png) Location of Jeminay County (red) within Altay Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Jeminay Location of the county town in Xinjiang  Jeminay Jeminay (Xinjiang)  Jeminay Jeminay (China) | |
| Coordinates: 47°26′35″N 85°52′26″E / 47.443°N 85.874°E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Altay |
| County seat | Topterek |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,145.8 km2 (2,759.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 34,336 |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
| Website | www |
| Jeminay County | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吉木乃县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吉木乃縣 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | جېمىنەي ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Kazakh name | |||||||||||
| Kazakh | جەمەنەي اۋدانى
Kazakh Cyrillic: Жеменей ауданы Kazakh Latin alphabet: Jemeneı aýdany | ||||||||||
Jeminay County or Jimunai County, is a county situated in the north of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Altay Prefecture.
A road border crossing into Kazakhstan is located in Jeminay town. The Kazakh settlement across the border is Maykapshagay near Zaysan in East Kazakhstan Region.
Administrative divisions[edit]
Jeminay County is divided into 4 towns, 3 townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kazakh (Arabic script) | Kazakh (Cyrillic script) | Administrative division code | Notes | |
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| Towns | |||||||||
| Topterek Town | 托普铁热克镇 | Tuōpǔtiěrèkè Zhèn | توپتېرەك بازىرى | toptërek baziri | توپتەرەك قالاشىعى | 654326100 | |||
| Jeminay Town | 吉木乃镇 | Jímùnǎi Zhèn | جېمىنەي بازىرى | jëminey baziri | جەمەنەي قالاشىعى | 654326101 | |||
| Qarjaw Town (Kaerjiao Town) |
喀尔交镇 | Kā'ěrjiāo Zhèn | قارجاۋ بازىرى | qarjaw baziri | قارجاۋ قالاشىعى | 654326102 | Formerly Qarjaw Township (喀尔交乡) | ||
| Ulastay Town | 乌拉斯特镇 | Wūlāsītè Zhèn | ئۇلاستاي بازىرى | Ulastay baziri | ۇلاستى قالاشىعى | 654326103 | Formerly Topterek Township (托普铁热克乡) | ||
| Townships | |||||||||
| Tost Township | 托斯特乡 | Tuōsītè Xiāng | توست يېزىسى | tost yëzisi | توستى اۋىلى | 654326201 | |||
| Xalxikay Township | 恰勒什海乡 | Qiàlèshíhǎi Xiāng | شالشىقاي يېزىسى | shalshiqay yëzisi | شالشىقاي اۋىلى | 654326202 | |||
| Besterek Township | 别斯铁热克乡 | Biésītiěrèkè Xiāng | بېستېرەك يېزىسى | bëstërek yëzisi | بەستەرەك اۋىلى | 654326204 | |||
- Others
- XPCC 186th Regiment (兵团一八六团, 186-تۇەن مەيدانى)
Demographics[edit]
Population[edit]
Amongst the county's total population of 37,733, 19,090 of them were men while 18,643 were women. 13,209 people were Han Chinese while 24,524 belonged to the county's fifteen different ethnic minority groups. The Non-agricultural population has a total figure of 18,530 while the Farming population is 19,203; The Urban population accounts for 10,121 people. According to the 2005 census, the native ethnic Kazaks, accounted for more than sixty percent of the county's total population figure.
Climate[edit]
| Climate data for Jeminay (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −6.7 (19.9) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
2.4 (36.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
25.0 (77.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
11.0 (51.8) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) |
−10.0 (14.0) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
13.7 (56.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
19.6 (67.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
5.3 (41.5) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−10.2 (13.6) |
5.0 (40.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.8 (1.8) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
2.3 (36.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
14.7 (58.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
0.3 (32.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.8 (0.50) |
8.5 (0.33) |
13.9 (0.55) |
17.6 (0.69) |
25.9 (1.02) |
23.1 (0.91) |
29.2 (1.15) |
23.0 (0.91) |
20.5 (0.81) |
19.8 (0.78) |
24.5 (0.96) |
14.9 (0.59) |
233.7 (9.2) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 105.6 |
| Average snowy days | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 65.8 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 67 | 68 | 66 | 52 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 45 | 47 | 58 | 70 | 70 | 57 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 157.4 | 177.8 | 242.8 | 262.8 | 309.6 | 306.6 | 305.3 | 305.4 | 260.0 | 206.5 | 146.2 | 130.7 | 2,811.1 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 56 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 54 | 50 | 62 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Locals in Xinjiang frequently observe UTC+6 (Xinjiang Time), 2 hours behind Beijing.
References[edit]
- ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- ^ 3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 [3-7 Population by Nationality by Prefecture, State, City and County (City)]. tjj.xinjiang.gov.cn (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
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