Jinghe County Explained

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.

Geography and climate

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.

Subdivisions

Jinghe County is made up of 4 towns and 1 township.

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinUyghur (UEY)Uyghur Latin (ULY)Mongolian (traditional)Mongolian (Cyrillic)Administrative division code
Towns
Jinghe Town
(Jing Town)
Chinese: 精河镇Uighur; Uyghur: جىڭ بازىرىMongolian: Жин балгас652722100
Daheyanzi TownChinese: 大河沿子镇Uighur; Uyghur: داخېيەنزە بازىرىMongolian: Тангеанз балгас652722101
Toli TownChinese: 托里镇Uighur; Uyghur: تولى بازىرىMongolian: Доли балгас652722102
Todok Town
(Todog)
Chinese: 托托镇Uighur; Uyghur: تودوگ بازىرىMongolian: Тоодог балгас652722103
Township
Mangdam TownshipChinese: 茫丁乡Uighur; Uyghur: ماندان يېزىسى
(Uighur; Uyghur: ماندانبۇلاق يېزىسى)

Mongolian: Мантанбулаг шиян652722200

Others:

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.

Notes and References

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