Yitunbulake

Yitunbulake Town (also Yetimbulak or Qilanbulak) is a town in Ruoqiang County, Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in southeastern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.

Location
The town lies at an altitude of 3193 m, South of the Altyn-Tagh mountain range and close to the Qinghai Province border.

The China National Highway 315, linking Ruoqiang Town (256 km) and Mangnai, passes Northeast of town, and other smaller roads lead to Tömürlük Township (to the Southeast) and Qimantag Township (320 km to the South), as well as pastoral areas.

Climate
Yitumbulak has a cold semi-arid climate, characterised by an extreme aridity. Spring is usually dry and windy, summer sees the majority of rainfall, autumn is mild and cool and winter is dry and cold, with little snow.


 * Average annual temperature: 12.8 °C
 * Average temperature in January: -8.6 °C
 * Average temperature in July: 26.7 °C
 * Average annual frost-free period: 150 days
 * Average annual sunshine hours: 2647.6 hours
 * Total annual radiation: 127.4 kcal/cm2
 * Average annual precipitation: 50.3 mm

History
In 1958, as the surrounding area developed mines of coal, lead, zinc and copper, and especially asbestos, a new mining town was created, and on November 5, 1983, the town of Yitunbulake (meaning "lonely spring" in Uyghur) was officially established.

Administrative divisions
Yitunbulake Town has under its jurisdiction the communities of Yitunbulake (依吞布拉克社区居民委员会) and Arjin (阿尔金社区居民委员会).