Qarlung Explained

Qarlung
Other Name:Charlung, Qia'erlong
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Southern
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the town
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Kizilsu
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Akto
Seat Type:Seat
Seat:Jilande Village (جىلاندى كەنت; Jilangde, Chinese: 吉郎德村).
Parts:5
Parts Type:Villages
Unit Pref:metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:3,242
Population As Of:2015
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:5,258
Demographics Type2:Ethnic groups
Demographics2 Title1:Major ethnic groups
Demographics2 Info1:Kyrgyz
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:38.0322°N 75.9396°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:844100
Area Code:653022 203

Qarlung,[3] [4] Charlung[5] (چارلۇڭ يېزىسى;[6] [7] Qia'erlong,[8]) is a town of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the southeast of the county, the town covers an area of 3,242 square kilometers with a population of 5,258 (as of 2015[2]). It has 5 administrative villages under its jurisdiction.[9]

Name

The name of Qarlung is from a Turkic language, meaning "the place where the mountains gather" (Chinese: 群山汇集处). It is named after the confluence of the four narrow valleys.[2]

History

In 1965, Qarlung Commune (Chinese: 恰尔隆公社) was established.

In 1967, Qarlung Commune was renamed Wuxing Commune (literally 'Five Star' Commune, Chinese: 五星公社).

In 1981, Kosrap Commune was created from part of the commune.

In 1984, the commune became Qarlung Township.

On August 27, 2018, Kosrap was merged into Qarlung.[10]

In 2020, on December 30th, the status of Qarlung Township was upgraded to the status of a town.[11]

Geography and resources

Qarlung town is located between 75°09′- 76°02′ east longitude and 37°52′- 38°12′ north latitude, to the south of the county seat Akto Town. It is bordered by Kizilto and Tar town to the east and south, by Taxkorgan County to the west. Its maximum distance is 58 kilometers from west to east and 45 kilometers from north to south. It has a total area of 3,242 square meters with arable land area of 75.04 hectares and artificial grassland area of 77.89 hectares. The seat of the town is 210 kilometers away from Akto Town.

The annual average temperature is 1.9 °C, the average temperature in January is -12.1 °C, and the average temperature in July is 12.2 °C. The annual precipitation is 150–200 mm, the frost-free period is 120 days.

There are precious animals such as snowcock, yellow sheep and argali in the territory, and mineral resources such as coal, crystal, gold, iron, lead and zinc. There are two water systems of Qarlung River (Chinese: 恰尔隆河) and the Kesrevati River (Chinese: 克斯热瓦提河), and the Pashrevati Yikbulak Hot Spring (Chinese: 帕什热瓦提依色克布拉克温泉) with a water temperature of 40-50 °C is a sulfur spring, which can help treat skin diseases.[12]

Administrative divisions

The town has 1 residential community and 6 administration villages (including one from the dissolved Kosrap town) .[13] [14]

1 residential community

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: كۉنلۉن جيايۇان (جىلاندى) قوومدۇق قونۇشۇ)

4 administration villages:

1 administration village from the dissolved Kosrap town:

1 administration villages from the dissolved Kosrap town that has been submerged under water and not been relocated:

Unincorporated villages

Economy

, as part of the larger poverty alleviation campaign (Chinese: [[:zh:脱贫攻坚战|脱贫攻坚战]]), herdsman residents were given the materials to plant farms.[17] It was reported that 162 herdsmen in Qarlung had been made responsible for about 12,000 cows and 19,000 sheep belonging to 847 households. According to Hou Zhenqi, Party chief of Akto's Qarlung township, all impoverished people in the township had been moved to a new residential compound, a policy which began implementation in 2017. The compound houses 6,593 impoverished people from 1,656 households.[3]

Demographics

, the population of Qarlung was 99.9% Kyrgyz.[14]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Total Area: 3,242 square meters; 2,203 square meters of the former Qarlung Township and 1,039 square meters of the former Kosrap Township (amalgamated into Qarlung on August 27, 2018). see 2018年8月27日，自治区人民政府同意阿克陶县撤销库斯拉甫乡建制，原库斯拉甫乡整体搬迁至喀什地区泽普县大亚斯墩区域，原库斯拉甫乡行政区域划归阿克陶县恰尔隆乡管辖。 Web site: http://www.xjmca.gov.cn/xzqhtzgg/33475.jhtml?path=xzqhtzgg. zh:关于同意阿克陶县撤销库斯拉甫乡的批复（新政函[2018]149号）. xjmca.gov.cn. 2018-09-04. 2019-11-12. ; 2018年8月27日，自治区人民政府同意泽普县设立桐安乡，乡人民政府驻英阿瓦提村，隶属泽普县管辖。 Web site: http://www.xjmca.gov.cn/xzqhtzgg/33476.jhtml?path=xzqhtzgg. zh:关于同意泽普县设立桐安乡的批复（新政函[2018]150号）. xjmca.gov.cn. 2018-09-04. 2019-11-12.
  2. Web site: http://www.xjakt.gov.cn/P/C/2577.htm. zh:恰尔隆乡（概况）. xjakt.gov.cn. 2018-06-04. 2019-11-11.
  3. Web site: Relocated poor embrace new life in Xinjiang's Akto county. 27 April 2020. 3 September 2020. People's Daily. Hongyu. Hou Zhenqi, Party chief of Akto’s Qarlung township.
  4. Book: Mountain Geoecology and Sustainable Development of the Tibetan Plateau . Du Zheng . Qingsong Zhang . Shaohong Wu . 2000. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 0-7923-6688-3. Google Books. Both at Oytag and at Xihexiu are there montane coniferous forest; but at Qarlung located between Oytag and Xihexiu no montane forests can be seen.. 363-4.
  5. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  6. Web site: بەختلىك تۇرمۇشنىڭ پەيزىنى سۈرۈۋاتقانلار. 18 January 2020. 3 September 2020. zh:中国维吾尔语广播网 . 乌斯曼江 . چارلۇڭ يېزىسى جىلاندى كەنتىدىن.
  7. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  8. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  9. Web site: http://www.xjkz.gov.cn/P/C/7394.htm. https://web.archive.org/web/20210428212915/http://www.xjkz.gov.cn/P/C/7394.htm. dead. April 28, 2021. zh:阿克陶县行政区划和居民地名称. xjkz.gov.cn. 2018-05-04. 2019-11-11.
  10. 2018年8月27日，自治区人民政府同意阿克陶县撤销库斯拉甫乡建制，原库斯拉甫乡整体搬迁至喀什地区泽普县大亚斯墩区域，原库斯拉甫乡行政区域划归阿克陶县恰尔隆乡管辖。Web site: http://www.xjmca.gov.cn/xzqhtzgg/33475.jhtml?path=xzqhtzgg. zh:关于同意阿克陶县撤销库斯拉甫乡的批复（新政函[2018]149号）. xjmca.gov.cn. 2018-09-04. 2019-11-12.
  11. Web site: 关于同意阿克陶县克孜勒陶乡撤乡设镇等4件行政区划调整的批复（新政函〔2020〕137号） . 新疆民政 . 2021-10-02 . 2021-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210119170336/http://mzt.xinjiang.gov.cn/xjmca/xzqhtzgg/202101/e857ffe9e79843bfb8824d2631ed2361.shtml . live .
  12. Web site: https://www.monseng.com/se/xinjiang/kzlskr/26202.html/2. zh:克孜勒阿克陶县民生地理. monseng.com. 2019-03-04 . 2019-11-11.
  13. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/30/22/653022208.html. zh:2018年恰尔隆乡行政区划代码. National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2018-10-31. 2019-11-11.
  14. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22301.html. zh:1997年阿克陶县行政区划. 1997 Akto County Administrative Divisions . XZQH.org . 31 December 2010 . zh-hans . 3 September 2020 . Chinese: 恰尔隆乡 1965年成立恰尔隆公社，1967年更名五星公社，1984年改恰尔隆乡。位于县城南204千米，地处山区。面积2230平方千米，人口0.5万，其中柯尔克孜族占99.9％，辖吉郎德、麻扎窝孜、托依鲁布隆、巴勒达灵窝孜、喀依孜5个行政村。库斯拉甫乡 1961年成立库斯拉甫公社，1965年并入恰尔隆公社，1981年从恰尔隆公社析出复设库斯拉甫公社，1984年改乡。.
  15. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  16. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  17. Web site: http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2020-04/01/c_1125800721.htm. zh:帕米尔高原羊倌脱贫变身“甜瓜王”. zh-hans. 1 April 2020. 4 September 2020. Xinhua News Agency. Shi Ge 施歌.

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