Makit County Explained

Makit County
Native Name:
Other Name:Mekit, Markit, Merket Bazar, Maigaiti, Mai-kai-t'i
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Southern#Xinjiang#China
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Pushpin Label:Makit
Pushpin Mapsize:275
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Kashgar
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Makit
Demographics Type2:Ethnic groups
Demographics2 Title1:Major ethnic groups
Demographics2 Info1:Uyghur, Han Chinese[1] [2]
Area Total Km2:11022.53
Area Footnotes:[3]
Population Total:224,154
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[4]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:844600
Ibox-Order:ug, zh
Uig:مەكىت ناھىيىسى[5]
Uyy:Məkit nah̡iyisi
Usy:Мәкит наһийиси
Sgs:Makit
Mekit County
W:Mai4-kai4-t'i2 Hsien4
P:Màigàití Xiàn

Makit County[6] [7] [8] is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. It contains an area of 10927km2. The Yarkand River passes through the county. The county is bordered to the north by Maralbexi County, to the east by Guma County (Pishan) in Hotan Prefecture, to the west by Yarkant County, and to the south by Kargilik County.

Name

The name of the county is also transliterated from Uyghur as Markit,[9] [10] [11] Mekit[12] [13] and Merket, and from Mandarin Chinese as Maigaiti (Mai-kai-t'i, Maikaiti).

History

In 1928, Makit County was created as part of Kashgar Circuit (Chinese: 喀什噶爾道).[14]

In 2002, 240 Tajik (China) households displaced from Taxkorgan reclaimed a desert village in the county.[15]

In early 2011, a Uyghur butcher in Makit County and six friends were arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a Han Chinese prostitute.[16]

As part of the policies of Chen Quanguo, 61 convenience police stations were being built in the county in 2016.[17]

In August 2018, a 10-year-old boy whose parents were detained in the Xinjiang re-education camps drowned in the Zerepshan River.[18]

According to an anonymous Uyghur local government employee quoted in a Radio Free Asia article, during Ramadan 2020 (April 23 to May 23), residents of the county were told they could face punishment for fasting including being sent to a re-education camp.[19]

Climate

The number of days of dusty/sandy weather per annum in Makit County has dropped from 106 in 2010 to 40 in 2018. Over the same period, annual rainfall increased from 53.6mm to 109.6mm per year.[20]

Administrative divisions

The county includes 2 towns and 8 townships.[3] [21]

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinUyghur (UEY)Uyghur Latin (ULY)Administrative division codeNotes
Towns
Makit TownChinese: 麦盖提镇Uighur; Uyghur: مەكىت بازىرى[22] 653127100
Bazarjemi TownChinese: 巴扎结米镇Uighur; Uyghur: بازارجەمى بازىرى653127101formerly Bazarjemi Township (Uighur; Uyghur: بازارجەمى يېزىسى / Chinese: 巴扎结米乡)
Townships
Shehitdong TownshipChinese: 希依提墩乡Uighur; Uyghur: شېھىتدۆڭ يېزىسى[23] 653127201
Yantak Township[24] Chinese: 央塔克乡Uighur; Uyghur: يانتاق يېزىسى653127202
Tümantal Township[25] Chinese: 吐曼塔勒乡Uighur; Uyghur: تۈمەنتال يېزىسى[26] 653127203
Chinese: 尕孜库勒乡Uighur; Uyghur: غازكۆل يېزىسى653127204
Qizilawat TownshipChinese: 克孜勒阿瓦提乡Uighur; Uyghur: قىزىلئاۋات يېزىسى653127205
Chinese: 库木库萨尔乡Uighur; Uyghur: قۇمقىسار يېزىسى653127206
Chinese: 昂格特勒克乡Uighur; Uyghur: ھاڭغىتلىق يېزىسى653127207
Qurma TownshipChinese: 库尔玛乡Uighur; Uyghur: قۇرما يېزىسى653127208

Economy

The county has a highly developed irrigation system. Agricultural products of the county include cotton, corn, wheat, flax, melons, and sugar beet. The livestock industry is strong. Local specialities include dried apricot and raisins. Industries include coal mining, tractor manufacture, construction, textiles, etc.[27]

Demographics

As of 2015, 225,608 of the 272,010 residents of the county were Uyghur, 45,241 were Han Chinese and 1,161 were from other ethnic groups.[28]

As of 1999, 78.36% of the population of Makit (Markit, Maigaiti) County was Uyghur and 21.43% of the population was Han Chinese.[29]

Transportation

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Makit:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.mgt.gov.cn/Category_23/Index.aspx. https://web.archive.org/web/20180508082639/http://www.mgt.gov.cn/Category_23/Index.aspx. 8 May 2018. zh:人口民族. Population and Nationalities. zh-hans. 14 February 2020. zh:麦盖提县人民政府 . Chinese: 全县共有维吾尔、汉、回、哈萨克等13个民族23万余人，其中：地方人口20.79万人，少数民族人口占总人口的89.6%。.
  2. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/21304.html. zh:1997年麦盖提县行政区划. 1997 Makit County Administrative Divisions. zh-hans. 19 November 2010. 11 February 2020. XZQH.org. 人口18.2万，有维吾尔、汉、回、柯尔克孜等民族，其中维吾尔族占79％，汉族占20％.
  3. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/21306.html. zh:麦盖提县历史沿革. Makit County Historical Evolution. zh-hans. 14 November 2014. 11 February 2020. XZQH.org. 2000年第五次人口普查，麦盖提县常住总人口201810人2003年，麦盖提县总面积11022.53平方千米，2010年第六次人口普查，麦盖提县常住总人口258978人，其中：麦盖提镇40926人，巴扎结米乡23308人，希依提墩乡13646人，央塔克乡31777人，吐曼塔勒乡24599人，尕孜库勒乡26225人，克孜勒阿瓦提乡25841人，库木库萨尔乡13873人，昂格特勒克乡5584人，库尔玛乡14410人，胡杨林场247人，园艺场765人，五一林场1375人，兵团农三师前进水库管理处322人，兵团四十五团30945人，兵团四十六团5135人。.
  4. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/xinjiang/admin/ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  5. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  6. Web site: Intoxicating Makit County in Xinjiang. 7 September 2015. 14 February 2020. China Internet Information Center. Makit County is located in the southwest of China's biggest desert-Taklimakan Desert in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region..
  7. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  8. Geochemical characteristics and oil-source correlation of oil-sand extracts of Kelatuo Anticline in the northern Kashi Sag, NW Tarim Basin, China. August 2012. 22 September 2020. Energy Exploration & Exploitation . Jingwei Cui . Tieguan Wang . Caineng Zou . Meijun Li . 30. 4. 610, 613, 614. Makit. ResearchGate.
  9. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  10. Book: Complete Atlas Of The World. 3. Penguin Random House. 238. Markit. Internet Archive. 2016. 978-1-4654-4401-1.
  11. Web site: Daily Life In Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. 17 July 2013. 29 August 2020. Getty Images. KASHGAR, XINJIANG - JULY 17: Uighur man roasts lamb on July 17, 2013 in Markit County, Kashgar, China..
  12. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20071017082207/http://www.kashi.gov.cn/English/Citycounty/mekit.htm. Introduction to Mekit County. 2005. 12 February 2020. 17 October 2007. official website of Kashgar Prefecture government.
  13. Web site: China Video Ad Calls for 100 Uighur Women to 'Urgently' Marry Han Men. Asim Kashgarian. 21 August 2020. 29 August 2020. Voice of America. Zumrat Dawut, 38, a Uighur female activist, told VOA that her neighbors, the Nurehmets from Mekit, Xinjiang, had to agree to wed their 18-year-old daughter to a Han Chinese out of fear that they could be sent to internment camps..
  14. Web site: http://www.mgt.gov.cn/Category_24/Index.aspx. https://web.archive.org/web/20180510023825/http://www.mgt.gov.cn/Category_24/Index.aspx. 10 May 2018. zh:历史文化. History and Culture. zh-hans. 14 February 2020. zh:麦盖提县人民政府 . Chinese: 民国十七年(1928年)，建麦盖提县，隶属于喀什噶尔道。.
  15. Book: A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community. 2011. Google Books. I.B.Tauris & Co.. 80. 978-0-85772-335-2. Farhad Daftary.
  16. Web site: Chinese Authorities Mum on Status of Long-Detained Uyghurs. 18 April 2014. 13 February 2020. Radio Free Asia. Mamatjan Juma . Shohret Hoshur. . Joshua Lipes. A Muslim minority Uyghur in northwestern China's Xinjiang region and six of his friends have been detained for nearly 20 months over the stabbing death of a Han Chinese prostitute after expressing disgust over the mushrooming of brothels in their township, according to the man's father..
  17. Beijing's Eyes and Ears Grow Sharper in Xinjiang. 23 December 2016. 9 April 2020. Foreign Policy. James Leibold . Adrian Zenz . Chen has brought similar tactics to Xinjiang.On the edge of the Taklamakan Desert, for example, Makit county (81 percent Uyghur) is building 61 convenience police stations, including 14 in each of its rural townships..
  18. Web site: Young Son of Uyghurs Held in Xinjiang Political 'Re-Education Camps' Dies in Drowning Incident. 23 August 2018. 13 February 2020. Radio Free Asia. . Joshua Lipes. from Makit (in Chinese, Maigaiti) county, in the XUAR's Kashgar (Kashi) prefecture,.
  19. Web site: Residents of Uyghur-Majority County in Xinjiang Ordered to Report Others Fasting During Ramadan. 14 May 2020. 17 May 2020. . . Joshua Lipes . Elise Anderson . Alim Seytoff.
  20. Web site: Xinjiang's Makit county: Desert turns green. 15 July 2019. 13 February 2020. National Forestry and Grassland Administration. The number of sandy and dusty days in Makit county has dropped from 106 in 2010 to 40 in 2018. Annual rainfall has increased from 53.6 mm in 2010 to 109.6 mm currently..
  21. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/31/653127.html . zh:2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：麦盖提县 . zh-hans . . 2018 . 11 February 2020 . Chinese: 统计用区划代码 名称 653127100000 麦盖提镇 653127112000 巴扎结米镇 653127201000 希依提墩乡 653127202000 央塔克乡 653127203000 吐曼塔勒乡 653127204000 尕孜库勒乡 653127205000 克孜勒阿瓦提乡 653127206000 库木库萨尔乡 653127207000 昂格特勒克乡 653127208000 库尔玛乡 653127400000 胡杨林场 653127401000 园艺场 653127402000 五一林场 653127500000 兵团农三师前进水库管理处 653127505000 兵团四十五团 653127506000 兵团四十六团|.
  22. Web site: http://www.uycnr.com/zt/qgxwlb16/dfxw16/201708/t20170802_1161972.html. ug:مەكىت ناھىيەسىدىكى يۇرتىغا قايتقان ئوقۇغۇچىلار تەشۋىقات- لېكسىيە پائالىيىتىنى قانات يايدۇردى. ug. 2 August 2017. 14 February 2020. China Media Group. Uighur; Uyghur: مەكىت ناھىيەسىنىڭ مەكىت بازىرى.
  23. Web site: http://www.zgkashgar.com/sxdt/mgtx/201608/t20160810_23147.html. zh:شېھىتدۆڭ يېزىسى «دولان يەرلىك قوغۇنى» تېرىپ بېيىشقا يۈزلەندى. ug. 10 August 2016. 14 February 2020. ug:جۇڭگو قەشقەر تورى . Uighur; Uyghur: مەكىت ناھىيە شېھىتدۆڭ يېزىسى.
  24. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  25. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  26. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  27. Book: 夏征农. 陈至立. zh:辞海：第六版彩图本 . Cihai (Sixth Edition in Color) . September 2009. 上海. Shanghai. 上海辞书出版社. Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House.. 978-7-5326-2859-9. zh. 1520. Chinese: 灌溉发达，农产有棉花、玉米、小麦、胡麻、甜瓜、甜菜等。畜牧业亦盛。特产杏干、葡萄干。工业有采煤、农机、建材、服装等。莎巴、麦塔等公路经此。.
  28. Web site: http://www.xjtj.gov.cn/sjcx/tjnj_3415/2016xjtjnj/rkjy/201707/t20170714_539450.html . zh:3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 . zh-hans. Statistic Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region . 15 March 2017. 3 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171011101904/http://www.xjtj.gov.cn/sjcx/tjnj_3415/2016xjtjnj/rkjy/201707/t20170714_539450.html . 11 October 2017 . live .
  29. Book: Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers. 2004. 0-295-98390-6. Morris Rossabi. University of Washington Press. 179.

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