| Qapqal County | |
| Native Name: | Chinese: 察布查尔县 • Uighur; Uyghur: چاپچال ناھىيىسى Kazakh: شاپشال اۋدانى |
| Official Name: | Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County Uighur; Uyghur: چاپچال شىبە ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى Kazakh: شاپشال سىبە اۆتونوميالىق اۋدانى |
| Settlement Type: | Autonomous county |
| Pushpin Map: | China Xinjiang Northern#Xinjiang#China |
| Pushpin Label: | Qapqal |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the seat in Xinjiang |
| Coordinates: | 43.8407°N 81.1513°W |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Qapqal County government |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Xinjiang |
| Subdivision Type2: | Autonomous prefecture |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ili |
| Seat Type: | County seat |
| Seat: | Cabcal Town |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 4,469.36 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 157,764 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | +8 |
| Order: | st |
| S: | 察布查尔锡伯自治县 |
| T: | 察布查爾錫伯自治縣 |
| P: | Chábùchá'ěr Xībó Zìzhìxiàn |
| W: | Chʻa2-pu4-chʻa2-êrh3 Hsi1-po2 Tzŭ4-chih4-hsien4 |
| S2: | 宁西县 |
| T2: | 寧西縣 |
| P2: | Níngxī Xiàn |
| W2: | Ning2-hsi1 Hsien4 |
| Uig: | چاپچال شىبە ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى |
| Uly: | Chapchal Shibe Aptonom Nahiyisi |
| Lang1: | kk |
| Lang1 Content: | Kazakh: شاپشال سىبە اۆتونوميالىق اۋدانى Kazakh: Шапшал сібе автономиялық ауданы |
| Lang2: | sjo |
| Lang2 Content: |
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County[2] (; Xibe:, Cabcal Sibe beye dasangga siyan, also transliterated as Chapchal, Uighur; Uyghur: چاپچال شىبە ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى; Kazakh: شاپشال سىبە اۆتونوميالىق اۋدانى) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Northern Xinjiang, is the only Xibe autonomous county of China, bordering Kazakhstan's Almaty Region to the west. It has an area of 4,430 square kilometers and a population 160,000 (2000). Qapqal means "the granary" in the Xibe language.
The Xibe, sent to garrison the area by the Qing dynasty, were divided into eight niru (companies); each niru established a settlement. The settlements are thus simply referred to as "First Niru" through "Eighth Niru", with the exception of the settlement established by the Sixth, which came to be known as Qapqal, thus giving the county its name.
Qapqal administered 7 towns, 5 townships, and 1 ethnic township.[3]
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Xibe | Möllendorff transliteration | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kazakh (Arabic script) | Kazakh (Cyrillic script) | Administrative division code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | |||||||||
| Cabcal Town | Chinese: 察布查尔镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: چاپچال بازىرى | Kazakh: شاپشال قالاشىعى | 654022100 | |||||
| Aisin Šeri Town | Chinese: 爱新色里镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: ئايشىن سىرى بازىرى | Kazakh: ءايشىنى سىرى قالاشىعى | 654022101 | |||||
| Sunjaci Niru Town | Chinese: 孙扎齐牛录镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: سۇنجاچىنىرۇ بازىرى | Kazakh: بەسسۇمىن قالاشىعى | 654022102 | |||||
| Cohor Town | Chinese: 绰霍尔镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: چوقۇر بازىرى | Kazakh: شوعىر قالاشىعى | 654022103 | |||||
| Jahūstai Town | Chinese: 加尕斯台镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: جاغىستاي بازىرى | Kazakh: جاعىستاي قالاشىعى | 654022104 | |||||
| Amba Boro Town | Chinese: 琼博拉镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: چوڭ بۇغرا بازىرى | Kazakh: ۇلكەن بۋرا قالاشىعى | 654022105 | |||||
| Hainuk Town | Chinese: 海努克镇 | Uighur; Uyghur: قاينۇق بازىرى | Kazakh: قاينۇق قالاشىعى | 654022106 | |||||
| Townships | |||||||||
| Dūici Niru Township | Chinese: 堆齐牛录乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: دۇيچىنىرۇ يېزىسى | Kazakh: ءتورتسۇمىن اۋىلى | 654022200 | |||||
| Nadaci Niru Township | Chinese: 纳达齐牛录乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: ناداچىنىرۇ يېزىسى | Kazakh: سەگىزسۇمىن اۋىلى | 654022203 | |||||
| Jakūci Niru Township | Chinese: 扎库齐牛录乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: جاقۇچىنىرۇ يېزىسى | Kazakh: جاقۇشنىرۇ اۋىلى | 654022204 | |||||
| Kan Township | Chinese: 坎乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: كان يېزىسى | Kazakh: كان اۋىلى | 654022206 | |||||
| Gohūnci Township | Chinese: 阔洪奇乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: قوغۇنچى يېزىسى | Kazakh: قوعۇنچى اۋىلى | 654022207 | |||||
| Ethnic Townships | |||||||||
| Miliangquan Hui Township | Chinese: 米粮泉回族乡 | Uighur; Uyghur: مىلياڭچۈەن خۇيزۇ يېزىسى | Kazakh: مىلەڭچۇەن حۇيزۋ ۇلتتىق اۋىلى | 654022205 | |||||
| Number | Xibe name | Chinese name | % Xibe | % Han | % Other | Population | Number of villages | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uju Niru | Chinese: 乌珠牛录乡 | 61.8 | 20.9 | 17.3 | |||
| 2 | Jai Niru | Chinese: 扎依牛录乡 | 72.2 | 15.5 | 12.3 | |||
| 3 | Ilaci Niru | Chinese: 依拉齐牛录乡 | 73.2 | 12.3 | 14.5 | |||
| 4 | Duici Niru | Chinese: 堆依齐牛录乡 | 32.9 | 28.4 | 38.7 | |||
| 5 | Sunjaci Niru | Chinese: 孙扎齐牛录镇 | 38.2 | 15 | 46.8 | 8033 | 4 | |
| 6 | Ningguci Niru or Capcal | Chinese: 察布查尔镇 | 29 | 32 | 39 | |||
| 7 | Nadaci Niru | Chinese: 纳达齐牛录乡 | 41.6 | 32 | 24.6 | |||
| 8 | Jakûci Niru | Chinese: 扎库齐牛录乡 | 72.2 | 15.5 | 12.3 | 13,000 | 5 | |
The county has one Xibe language newspaper, the Qapqal News. A television station broadcasts a few programmes in Xibe as well each month, with Mandarin, Uyghur and Kazakh language content for the rest of the time.