Jinghe County
Jinghe County (Chinese: 精河县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Jing County (Uyghur: جىڭ ناھىيىسى), is a county of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 11,181 square kilometres (4,317 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 120,000.
Jinghe County
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.png.webp) Jinghe County (red) within Bortala Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Jinghe Location in Xinjiang  Jinghe Jinghe (Xinjiang)  Jinghe Jinghe (China) | |
| Coordinates: 44°36′N 82°54′E | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Autonomous prefecture | Bortala |
| County seat | Jinghe Town |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,181 km2 (4,317 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 321 m (1,053 ft) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
| • Total | 125,968 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (29/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[lower-alpha 1]) |
| Website | www |
| Jinghe County | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 精河县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 精河縣 | ||||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 精县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 精縣 | ||||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Жин шиан | ||||||||||
| Mongolian script | ᠵᠢᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ | ||||||||||
| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | جىڭ ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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Geography and climate
Jinghe has a desert climate (Köppen BWk), with a mean total of only 102 millimetres (4.02 in) of precipitation per annum and great seasonal differences in temperature, with long, very cold winters, and hot, dry summers. As spring and autumn are short, winter and summer are the main seasons. Temperatures can easily fall below −20 °C (−4 °F) in winter or rise above 35 °C (95 °F) in summer. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −14.9 °C (5.2 °F) in January to 25.7 °C (78.3 °F) in July; the annual mean is 8.22 °C (46.8 °F). With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 35% in December to 70% in August and September, the county receives 2,554 hours of bright sunshine annually.
| Climate data for Jinghe County (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | −10.6 (12.9) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
27.3 (81.1) |
32.3 (90.1) |
33.6 (92.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
16.0 (60.8) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −15.5 (4.1) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
1.8 (35.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.3 (75.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
9.4 (48.9) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
8.5 (47.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −19.5 (−3.1) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.6 (65.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
17.8 (64.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
3.3 (37.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.9 (0.15) |
4.4 (0.17) |
4.4 (0.17) |
12.5 (0.49) |
16.2 (0.64) |
14.0 (0.55) |
16.6 (0.65) |
14.0 (0.55) |
8.9 (0.35) |
8.7 (0.34) |
5.6 (0.22) |
6.7 (0.26) |
115.9 (4.54) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 9.4 | 7.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 11.7 | 78.7 |
| Average snowy days | 21.6 | 15.6 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 21.1 | 72.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 77 | 68 | 48 | 41 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 62 | 75 | 81 | 60 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 110.9 | 128.4 | 172.5 | 241.5 | 293.3 | 293.4 | 308.1 | 297.8 | 260.4 | 205.4 | 108.7 | 87.3 | 2,507.7 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 38 | 43 | 46 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 62 | 39 | 32 | 54 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration[2][3][4] | |||||||||||||
Subdivisions
Jinghe County is made up of 4 towns and 1 township.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Mongolian (traditional) | Mongolian (Cyrillic) | Administrative division code | |
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| Towns | ||||||||
| Jinghe Town (Jing Town) |
精河镇 | Jīnghé Zhèn | جىڭ بازىرى | jing baziri | ᠵᠢᠩ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Жин балгас | 652722100 | |
| Daheyanzi Town | 大河沿子镇 | Dàhéyánzǐ Zhèn | داخېيەنزە بازىرى | daxëyenze baziri | ᠳ᠋ᠠᠠᠾᠧᠶᠠᠩᠽᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Тангеанз балгас | 652722101 | |
| Toli Town | 托里镇 | Tuōlǐ Zhèn | تولى بازىرى | toli baziri | ᠲᠣᠯᠢ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Доли балгас | 652722102 | |
| Todok Town (Todog) |
托托镇 | Tuōtuō Zhèn | تودوگ بازىرى | todog baziri | ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠳᠠᠭ ᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤ | Тоодог балгас | 652722103 | |
| Township | ||||||||
| Mangdam Township | 茫丁乡 | Mángdīng Xiāng | ماندان يېزىسى (ماندانبۇلاق يېزىسى) |
mandan yëzisi (mandanbulaq yëzisi) |
ᠮᠠᠨᠳᠠᠨᠪᠤᠯᠠᠭ ᠰᠤᠮᠤ | Мантанбулаг сум | 652722200 | |
Others:
- Akqi Farm (阿合其农场, ئاقچى دېھقانچىلىق مەيدانى, ᠠᠬᠠᠴᠢ
ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ
ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ) - Bajiahu Farm (八家户农场, باجاخۇ چارۋىچىلىق مەيدانى, ᠪᠠᠵᠠᠬᠤ
ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ
ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ) - Jinghe Industrial Park (精河工业园区)
- XPCC 83rd Regiment Farm (兵团八十三团)
- XPCC 91st Regiment Farm (兵团九十一团)
Transport
Jinghe is served by China National Highway 312. It is a railway junction for the Northern Xinjiang, Second Ürümqi-Jinghe and Jinghe-Yining-Horgos Railways.
Gallery
Map including Jinghe (labeled as CHING-HO) and surrounding area from the International Map of the World (1960)
Notes
- Locals in Xinjiang frequently observe UTC+6 (Xinjiang Time), 2 hours behind Beijing.
References
- Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- 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.
- 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.