User:Steven Yu058/Qilian County

Lead：Geographical
Article body：Qilian County covers an area of 15,700 square kilometers, accounting for 2.05% of the total area of Qinghai Province. Qilian County borders Menyuan Hui Autonomous County to the east, Gungca County and Haiyan County to the south, and Tianjun County to the southwest. To the north and northwest, it borders Jiuquan City and Sunan Yugu Autonomous County and Minle County in Gansu Province.

Qilian County contains a total of seven townships, which are Babao, Zhamashen, Yeniugou, Kekeli, Mole, Duolong, Ebao, and Aru. As well as a ranch in Haibei Prefecture Toller Ranch. The town of Babao is the economic and political center of Qilian County.

Qilian County is named after its location in the Qilian Mountains，"Qilian" means "heavenly mountain" in Xiongnu language, and in ancient times it was the place where the Qiang people gathered.

Qilian County is in the middle part of the Qilian Mountains, the average altitude of 3169m, 4000m altitude above the alpine zone of snow all year round.The elevation of the county town is 2787m.

The average year-round temperature in the county is 1 degree Celsius, the climate type is highland climate, and the annual precipitation is about 270～600.The climate is typical of a Alpine climate. Due to its geographical location, Qilian County is subject to humid air currents from the southeast monsoon in the summer and high pressure from Mongolia and dry and cold air currents from Siberia in the winter, resulting in large temperature differences and low temperatures.

The total number of rivers in the county is 247, the main rivers are Mole River, Black River, Babao River and Tuole River, with an annual runoff of 2.322 billion cubic meters

Lead：Natural resources
Article body：There are 41 kinds of mineral resources in Qilian County, among which the main minerals are coal, asbestos, alluvial gold, etc.

Lead: Animal
Aricle body:There are more than 20 species of wild animals found in Qilian County, and according to statistics, there are about 20,000 of them, mainly classified as rare and protected animals, ornamental animals, meat animals, and fur animals, and wild animals are mainly found in Yeniugou, kekeli, yoroulongwa, jiadao, etc.

History and culture
Aricle body: The Qilian County area was inhabited by the Qiang people in ancient times, and was adjacent to the Yuezhi people during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, as well as during the Qin dynasty (circa 2200 B.C.-206 A.D.).

In the sixth year of the Han Dynasty (201 AD), the Yuezhi was attacked and invaded by the Xiongnu kings and some of them moved to the Qilian Mountains. names in history are "Lesser Yuezhi“

In the year 121, Huo Qubing went and led his warriors to capture the Qilian Mountains, and the power of the Xiongnu and Yuezhi was greatly reduced in the Qilian Mountains, from then on the Yuezhi in the Qilian Mountains and the Huangshui valley were subservient to the Han.Since then, Han Chinese have also settled in this area.

population
Aricle body：Qilian County has a total population of 43,700 people, Qilian County is inhabited by ethnic minorities, with about 15 ethnic groups living here, mainly Tibetan, Hui, Han, Monguor, Gaoshan people, Zhuang and Korean.