Jigin

Jigin[1][5][6] Township (جىغىن يېزىسى / جىعىن ايىلى / Jigen[7] Chinese: 吉根乡; pinyin: Jígēn Xiāng) is considered to be the westernmost township of China located in Ulugqat County (Wuqia), Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The township covers an area of 1,452 square kilometers. It has four villages under its jurisdiction and its seat is at Saz Village (萨孜村).[3]

Jigin
جىغىن يېزىسى
جىعىن ايىلى
吉根乡
Jigen
Township
Jigin is located in Southern Xinjiang
Jigin
Jigin
Location of the township
Coordinates: 39.8196419001°N 74.106865192°E / 39.8196419001; 74.106865192
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureKizilsu
CountyUlugqat (Wuqia)
SeatSaz Village (Sazi; 萨孜村)[1][2]
Area
[3]
 • Total1,452 km2 (561 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[3]
 • Total2,467
 • Density1.7/km2 (4.4/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsKyrgyz[4]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Websitewww.xjwqx.gov.cn/sitemap.htm

History
Map including Jigin (labeled as Jigen) (below 14³) (DMA, 1989)

The word Jigin comes from the Kyrgyz language, which means "get-together".[2] It was part of the 4th Township of the 2nd district of Wuqia County in 1950 and part of Ulugqat Commune (乌鲁克恰提公社) in 1958.[1]

Jigin Commune (吉根公社) was formed from Ulugqat Commune in 1962. In 1968 during the Cultural Revolution, the commune was renamed Fanxiu Commune (反修公社). The original name was restored in 1980.[1]

In 1984, the commune was reorganized as a township.[1]

Geography

Jigin Township is located 120 kilometers west of the county seat Wuqia Town and 25 kilometers away east of Arkaxtam Port on the China–Kyrgyzstan border. It is adjacent to Ulugqat Township in the east and Oksalur Township in the south, and borders with the Kyrgyz Republic in the northwest with a boundary line of 108 kilometers.[3]

Jigen is located between 2,700 and 5,700 meters above sea level, with an average annual temperature of 6.2 degrees and an annual precipitation of 2.2 ml. The township has 253 hectares of cultivated grassland, 870 square kilometers of natural grassland, 2,667 hectares of natural forest. There are 18 mountain passes in the township.[3]

Politics and Government

Settlements

The township has 4 administration villages[8] and 4 unincorporated villages under its jurisdiction.[1][4]

  • Saz[1] Village (Sazi; 萨孜村)
  • Simhana[1][9] Village (Simuhana;[10] 斯木哈纳村) 39°42′46″N 073°57′49″E
    Simhana is Kyrgyz for 'phone room' (电话房). Simhana is 113 km (70 mi) west of the Ulugqat (Wuqia) county seat on the southern bank of the Kezi River. Simhama is considered to be the westernmost village of China, located near Erkeshtam, Kyrgyzstan.[9][11]
  • Sahal Village (Sahale; 萨哈勒村)
  • Hanaterak (Halatielieke; 哈拉铁列克村)

CCP Party Secretaries
  • Zhong Zi'ou (钟梓欧), 2017[12]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20002,069—    
20102,090+0.10%
[13]

As of 1997, the population of Jigin was 99.6% Kyrgyz.[4]

Notable people
  • Burumahan Maoleduo (布茹玛汗·毛勒朵), wife in a herding family and on-foot border guard of fifty years[3][7]

See also

References
  1. 乌恰县行政区划和居民地名称 (in Simplified Chinese). xjwqx.gov.cn. 2018-06-04. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 2019-10-19 – via Google Cache, Internet Archive.
  2. Zhong Xingqi 钟兴麒, ed. (July 2008). 西域地名考录 (in Simplified Chinese). Beijing: 国家图书馆出版社. p. 448. ISBN 978-7-5013-3628-9.
  3. 吉根乡简介 (in Simplified Chinese). xjwqx.gov.cn. 2018-05-29. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 2019-10-20 – via Google Cache, Internet Archive.
  4. 1997年乌恰县行政区划 [1997 Ulugqat County Administrative Divisions] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2020. 吉根乡　位于县城西94.5千米。是中国最西部的一个乡。西北与吉尔吉斯斯坦接壤。面积3270.3平方千米，人口0.2万，柯尔克孜族占99.6%。未设行政村，只有3个村民小组。属纯牧业乡。"吉根"系柯尔克孜语译音，意为"聚会"。1950年设立吉根乡，1962年建反修公社，1984年复改吉根乡。克孜勒苏河穿境而过。
  5. Li Yan (2016-08-15). "Herdsmen transfer sheep to autumn pastures in Xinjiang". China News Service. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020. Herdsmen transfer their sheep to autumn pastures in Jigin County in Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Kizilsu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 14, 2016. (Note: Jigin is not a county.)
  6. Eset Sulaiman, Roseanne Gerin (12 April 2017). "Authorities Urge Kyrgyz Herdsmen to Spy on Uyghurs in China's Xinjiang". Radio Free Asia. Translated by Mamatjan Juma. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020. Herdsmen transfer their sheep to autumn pastures in Jigin county, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Aug. 14, 2016. Xinhua (Note: Jigin is not a county.)
  7. "Recognizing the heroes of 70 years of the PRC". China Daily. 2019-08-31. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020. Jigen township in Wuqia county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region,
  8. 2018年乌恰县吉根乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2019-10-20.
  9. Xie Yuzhong 解玉忠 (2003). 地名中的新疆 (in Simplified Chinese). Ürümqi: 新疆人民出版社. p. 196. ISBN 7-228-08004-1. 斯木哈纳 Simhana
  10. Simuhana (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  11. Wen Hao 文昊, ed. (January 2007). 新疆地名与传说故事. 走进新疆丛书 (in Simplified Chinese). Ürümqi: 新疆美术摄影出版社, 新疆电子音像出版社. p. 46. ISBN 978-7-80744-012-3. 斯木哈纳 我国最西部村庄。
  12. 从未名湖畔到帕米尔云端——记新疆乌恰县吉根乡党委书记钟梓欧. Xinhua News Agency (in Simplified Chinese). 2017-07-04. Archived from the original on 11 June 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  13. 乌恰县历史沿革. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020. 2000年第五次人口普查，乌恰县常住总人口42002人，其中：{...}吉根乡2069人、{...}2010年第六次人口普查，乌恰县常住总人口47261人，其中：{...}吉根乡2090人，{...}
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