Jeminay County Explained

Jeminay County
Other Name:Jimunai
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Northern#Xinjiang#China
Pushpin Label:Jeminay
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the county town in Xinjiang
Coordinates:47.443°N 85.874°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Altay
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Topterek
Area Total Km2:7,145.8
Population Total:34,336
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
S:吉木乃县
T:吉木乃縣
P:Jímùnǎi Xiàn
Uig:جېمىنەي ناھىيىسى
Uly:Jëminey Nahiyisi
Uyy:Jeminəy naⱨiyisi
Sgs:Jeminay Nahiyisi
Usy:Җеминәй Наһийиси
Lang1:Kazakh
Lang1 Content:Kazakh: جەمەنەي اۋدانى----Kazakh Cyrillic: Kazakh: Жеменей ауданы----Kazakh Latin alphabet: Kazakh: Jemeneı aýdany
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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

Jeminay County is divided into 4 towns, 3 townships.

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinUyghur (UEY)Uyghur Latin (ULY)Kazakh (Arabic script)Kazakh (Cyrillic script)Administrative division codeNotes
Towns
Topterek TownChinese: 托普铁热克镇Uighur; Uyghur: توپتېرەك بازىرىKazakh: توپتەرەك قالاشىعىKazakh: Топтерек қалашығы654326100
Jeminay TownChinese: 吉木乃镇Uighur; Uyghur: جېمىنەي بازىرىKazakh: جەمەنەي قالاشىعىKazakh: Жеменей қалашығы654326101
Qarjaw Town
(Kaerjiao Town)
Chinese: 喀尔交镇Uighur; Uyghur: قارجاۋ بازىرىKazakh: قارجاۋ قالاشىعىKazakh: Қаржау қалашығы654326102Formerly Qarjaw Township (喀尔交乡)
Ulastay TownChinese: 乌拉斯特镇Uighur; Uyghur: ئۇلاستاي بازىرىKazakh: ۇلاستى قالاشىعىKazakh: Ұласты қалашығы654326103Formerly Topterek Township (托普铁热克乡)
Townships
Tost TownshipChinese: 托斯特乡Uighur; Uyghur: توست يېزىسىKazakh: توستى اۋىلىKazakh: Тосты ауылы654326201
Shalshikay TownshipChinese: 恰勒什海乡Uighur; Uyghur: شالشىقاي يېزىسىKazakh: شالشىقاي اۋىلىKazakh: Шалшықай ауылы654326202
Besterek TownshipChinese: 别斯铁热克乡Uighur; Uyghur: بېستېرەك يېزىسىKazakh: بەستەرەك اۋىلىKazakh: Бестерек ауылы654326204

Population

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/xinjiang/admin/ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties