Jinghe County | |
Native Name: | |
Other Name: | Jing |
Settlement Type: | County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | China |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
Subdivision Name1: | Xinjiang |
Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
Subdivision Name2: | Bortala |
Seat Type: | County seat |
Seat: | Jinghe Town |
Area Total Km2: | 11181 |
Population Total: | 125,968 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Pushpin Map: | China Xinjiang Northern#Xinjiang#China |
Pushpin Label: | Jinghe |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Xinjiang |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 225 |
Coordinates: | 44.6°N 136°W |
Elevation M: | 321 |
Timezone: | China Standard |
Utc Offset: | +8 |
S: | 精河县 |
T: | 精河縣 |
P: | Jīnghé Xiàn |
S2: | 精县 |
T2: | 精縣 |
P2: | Jīng Xiàn |
Uig: | جىڭ ناھىيىسى |
Uly: | Jing nahiyisi |
Uyy: | Jing nah̡iyisi |
Sgs: | Jing Nahiyisi |
Usy: | Җиң наһийиси |
Mon: | Жин шянь |
Monr: | ǰiŋ siyan |
Order: | st |
Lang1: | kk |
Lang1 Content: | Kazakh: جىڭ اۋدانى----Kazakh: Жың ауданы----Kazakh: Jyñ audany |
Jinghe County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Jing County, 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 . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 120,000.
Jinghe has a desert climate (Köppen BWk), with a mean total of only 102mm 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 NaN°C in winter or rise above in summer. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from NaN°C in January to 25.7°C in July; the annual mean is 8.22°C. 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.
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) | Chinese: 精河镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: جىڭ بازىرى | Mongolian: Жин балгас | 652722100 | ||||
Daheyanzi Town | Chinese: 大河沿子镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: داخېيەنزە بازىرى | Mongolian: Тангеанз балгас | 652722101 | ||||
Toli Town | Chinese: 托里镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: تولى بازىرى | Mongolian: Доли балгас | 652722102 | ||||
Todok Town (Todog) | Chinese: 托托镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: تودوگ بازىرى | Mongolian: Тоодог балгас | 652722103 | ||||
Township | ||||||||
Mangdam Township | Chinese: 茫丁乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: ماندان يېزىسى (Uighur; Uyghur: ماندانبۇلاق يېزىسى) | Mongolian: Мантанбулаг шиян | 652722200 | ||||
Others:
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.