Yengisar County Explained

Yengisar County
Native Name:
Other Name:Yangi Hissar, Yingjisha
Settlement Type:County
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Southern#China Xinjiang#China
Pushpin Label:Yengisar
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Relief:Y
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the seat in Xinjiang
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous region
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Kashgar
Seat Type:County seat
Seat:Yengisar
Demographics Type2:Ethnic groups
Demographics2 Title1:Major ethnic groups
Demographics2 Info1:Uyghur[1]
Area Total Km2:3425
Area Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:276,641
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[3]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:844500
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Ibox-Order:ug, zh
Uig:يېڭىسار ناھىيىسى
Uyy:Yengisar nah̡iyisi
Usy:Йеңисар наһийиси
Uly:Yéngisar nahiyisi
Lu:new town county
P:Yīngjíshā Xiàn
W:Ying¹-chi²-sha¹ Hsien⁴
S2:新城县
T2:新城縣
P2:Xīnchéng Xiàn
Order:st

Yengisar County[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] (formerly transliterated as Yangi Hissar, from Uighur; Uyghur: يېڭىسار ناھىيىسى[10]), also known as Yingjisha County[11] [12] (Chinese: s=英吉沙县), is a county of Kashgar Prefecture in southwest Xinjiang, China. It covers an area of 3373km2. As of the 2002 census, it had a population of 230,000.

The county seat is the city of Yengisar, a town well known among the local Uyghurs for its handmade knives. The finely-tuned skill of knife-making used to be passed down among generations in Yengisar,[13] but it is slowly dying due to China's strict response to deadly clashes in Xinjiang.[14]

History

In 1499, Ahmad Alaq seized Kashgar and Yengisar from Mirza Abu Bakr Dughlat.

In 1847 and again in 1857, Kashgar and Yengisar were captured.[15]

In 1882, Yengisar Independent Subprefecture (Chinese: 英吉沙直隸廳) was created.[16]

In 1913, Yengisar Independent Subprefecture became Yengisar County.[16]

The Battle of Yangi Hissar took place here in April 1934, when Ma Zhancang led the Chinese Muslim 36th division to attack the Turkic Muslim Uighur forces at Yangi Hissar, wiping out the entire Uighur force of 500 and killing the Emir Nur Ahmad Jan Bughra.[17] [18]

In 1955, Barin, Jamaterek and Ujme were transferred from Yengisar County to Akto County.[19]

In September 2017, Horigul Nasir, then 21, was jailed for ten years for allegedly promoting the wearing of head scarves. Her brother Yusupjan Nasir was subsequently demoted from his position as an assistant officer of the Saghan township police office to a security guard at the township's Family Planning Department.[20]

Administrative Divisions

Yengisar County included 4 towns, 10 townships, and two other areas:[21] [22] [23]

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinUyghur (UEY)Uyghur Latin (ULY)Administrative division codeNotes
Towns
Yengisar TownChinese: 英吉沙镇Uighur; Uyghur: يېڭىسار بازىرى653123100
Ulugqat TownChinese: 乌恰镇Uighur; Uyghur: ئۇلۇغچات بازىرى653123101Formerly Ulugqat Township (乌恰乡)
Mangshin Town
(Mangxin Town[24])		Chinese: 芒辛镇Uighur; Uyghur: ماڭشىن بازىرى[25] 653123102Formerly Mangshin Township (Uighur; Uyghur: ماڭشىن يېزىسى / Chinese: 芒辛乡)
Saghan TownChinese: 萨罕镇Uighur; Uyghur: ساغان بازىرى653123102Formerly Mangshin Township (Uighur; Uyghur: ساغان يېزىسى / Chinese: 萨罕乡)
Townships
Sheher Township
(Chengguan Township)		Chinese: 城关乡Uighur; Uyghur: شەھەر يېزىسى653123200
Qolpan Township[26] Chinese: 乔勒潘乡Uighur; Uyghur: چولپان يېزىسى653123201
Lompa TownshipChinese: 龙甫乡Uighur; Uyghur: لومپا يېزىسى653123202
Siyitle TownshipChinese: 色提力乡Uighur; Uyghur: سىيىتلە يېزىسى653123204
Yengiyer TownshipChinese: 英也尔乡Uighur; Uyghur: يېڭىيەر يېزىسى653123206
Qizil TownshipChinese: 克孜勒乡Uighur; Uyghur: قىزىل يېزىسى653123207
Topluq TownshipChinese: 托普鲁克乡Uighur; Uyghur: توپلۇق يېزىسى653123208
Chinese: 苏盖提乡Uighur; Uyghur: سۆگەت يېزىسى653123209
Egus TownshipChinese: 艾古斯乡Uighur; Uyghur: ئەگۈس يېزىسى653123211
Egizyer TownshipChinese: 依格孜也尔乡
(Chinese: 依格孜牙乡[27])		Uighur; Uyghur: ئېگىزيەر يېزىسى653123212

Economy

, there was about 72,700 acres (480,014 mu) of cultivated land in Yengisar.[28]

Demographics

As of 2015, 297,290 of the 302,542 residents of the county were Uyghur, 25,404 were Han Chinese and 851 were from other ethnic groups.[29]

As of 1999, 97.82% of the population of Yengisar (Yingjisha) County was Uyghur and 1.79% of the population was Han Chinese.[30]

Transportation

Yengisar is served by China National Highway 315 and the Southern Xinjiang railway.

Wildlife

The city of Yengisar gave its name to Yangihissar gecko (Cyrtopodion elongatum) lizard species, which occurs throughout eastern Central Asia, including Xinjiang and Gansu Province.http://www.geckolist.com/info/Gekkoninae/Cyrtopodion/elongatus/index.php

Notable persons

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/21320.html. zh:1997年英吉沙县行政区划. zh-hans. 19 November 2010. 4 March 2020. XZQH.org. Chinese: 面积4306.5平方千米，人口20.5万，有维吾尔、汉、柯尔克孜、乌孜别克、塔吉克、哈萨克、蒙古等民族，其中维吾尔族占98％，.
  2. Web site: http://www.yjs.gov.cn/zjyjs/yjsjj. zh:英吉沙简介. 6 March 2020. Chinese: 英吉沙县总面积3425平方公里，辖2镇12乡，耕地面积38.03万亩，有维吾尔、汉、回、乌孜别克、柯尔克孜、哈萨克等，总人口28.4万人（2013年）。.
  3. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/xinjiang/admin/ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  4. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJsrDwAAQBAJ. zh:建筑抗震设计规范. GB50011-2010: Code for Seismic Design of Buildings . en,zh-hans. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. 2010. China Architecture & Building Press. Beijing. Google Books. 203. Yengisar County.
  5. Web site: Across China: Xinjiang county builds eco-friendly fruit industry. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729164041/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/29/c_137355910.htm. dead. July 29, 2018. 29 July 2018. 4 March 2020. Xinhua News Agency. Liangyu. The farmers benefitted from the transformation. Having harvested 86,000 tonnes of apricots this year, Yengisar County's farmers increased their per capita income by around 1,000 yuan..
  6. Web site: Across China: 1,000-year-old folk craft preserved in Xinjiang. https://web.archive.org/web/20190414223028/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/13/c_137974574.htm. dead. April 14, 2019. 13 April 2019. 4 March 2020. Xinhua News Agency. yan. As a staff member of the culture center in Yengisar County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urziashim performs traditional cloth stamping, a 1,000-year-old Chinese intangible cultural heritage..
  7. Shrine Pilgrimage among the Uighurs. The Silk Road. Rahilä Dawut. 6. 2. Internet Archive. 2009. 58. The Hazriti Beg mazar, Yengisar, Kashgar prefecture..
  8. Web site: Male Chinese 'Relatives' Assigned to Uyghur Homes Co-sleep With Female 'Hosts'. 31 October 2019. 4 March 2020. Radio Free Asia. Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes. The head of a local neighborhood committee in Yengisar county, who also declined to be named, confirmed that male officials regularly sleep in the same beds or sleeping platforms with female members of Uyghur households during their home stays.. (See: Civil Servant-Family Pair Up)
  9. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  10. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  11. Web site: Dawazi performers: chasing dreams on a tightrope. https://web.archive.org/web/20191230195852/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-12/30/c_138667039.htm. dead. December 30, 2019. 30 December 2019. 9 April 2020. Xinhua News Agency. huaxia. Located in Yingjisha County of Xinjiang, Adili Dawazi Art Heritage Center was founded by Adili Hoshur, a sixth generation Dawazi practitioner known as the "tightrope walking prince". The center currently has 22 members, with the youngest being just 11 years old..
  12. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  13. Web site: Summers. Josh. The Uyghur Knife and My Visit to Yengisar. FarWestChina.com. June 16, 2016.
  14. News: Makinen. Julie. For China's Uighurs, Knifings Taint an Ancient Craft. June 17, 2016. Los Angeles Times. September 17, 2014.
  15. Web site: JPRS Report China. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Internet Archive. 6 November 1990. 42.
  16. Book: 夏征农. 陈至立. zh:辞海：第六版彩图本 . Cihai (Sixth Edition in Color) . September 2009. Shanghai. Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House.. 9787532628599. zh. 2748.
  17. News: Fighting Continues Tungan Troops Still Active in Chinese Turkestan. The Montreal Gazette. 10 May 1934 .
  18. Book: Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911-1949. Andrew D. W. Forbes. 1986. CUP Archive. Cambridge, England. 0-521-25514-7. 123. 2010-06-28.
  19. Book: zh:地名中的新疆. zh-hans. 2003. 7-228-08004-1. Xie Yuzhong 解玉忠. Ürümqi. 新疆人民出版社. 191–92.
  20. Web site: Families of Uyghur Police Officers Among Those Detained in Xinjiang's Kashgar. 6 November 2017. 9 April 2020. Radio Free Asia. Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes.
  21. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/21322.html. zh:英吉沙县历史沿革. XZQH.org. 14 November 2014. 5 March 2020. Chinese: 2000年第五次人口普查，英吉沙县常住总人口213338人，{....
  22. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/65/31/653123.html . zh:2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：英吉沙县 . zh-hans . . 2019 . 4 March 2020 . Chinese: 统计用区划代码 名称 653123100000 英吉沙镇 653123101000 乌恰镇 653123102000 芒辛镇 653123103000 萨罕镇 653123200000 城关乡 653123201000 乔勒潘乡 653123202000 龙甫乡 653123204000 色提力乡 653123206000 英也尔乡 653123207000 克孜勒乡 653123208000 托普鲁克乡 653123209000 苏盖提乡 653123211000 艾古斯乡 653123212000 依格孜也尔乡 653123401000 英吉沙工业园区 653123500000 兵团东风农场.
  23. Web site: http://www.yjs.gov.cn/zjyjs/xzqh/content_779. zh:行政区域. 24 November 2018. 4 March 2020. zh:英吉沙县人民政府门户网站. Chinese: 英吉沙县辖2个镇、12个乡。英吉沙镇、乌恰镇、城关乡、乔勒潘乡、龙甫乡、芒辛镇、色提力乡、萨罕乡、英也尔乡、克孜勒乡、托普鲁克乡、苏盖提乡、艾古斯乡、依格孜也尔乡。.
  24. Web site: Textile park tackles poverty in Kashgar. 13 July 2017. 9 April 2020. China Daily. Zhao Ruixue, Mao Weihua. In the seventh village of Mangxin town in Yengisar county, a stage which was used by residents for dancing is now also used as a place to lock-stitch carpets..
  25. Web site: http://uygur.acradio.cn/news/2019-11/28/cms41501article.shtml. ug:يېڭىسار ناھىيە ماڭشىن بازىرى ئاققۇش كەنتى بېيىش ماھىرلىرىنى ئالدىن تەرەققىي قىلدۇرۇشقا نۇقتىلىق ياردەم بېرىپ، تېخىمۇ كۆپ نامرات كەنت ئاھالىسىنىڭ نامراتلىقتىن قۇتۇلۇپ بېيىشىغا تۈرتكە بولدى. ug. 28 November 2019. 9 April 2020. zh:中亚之声. Uighur; Uyghur: يېڭىسار ناھىيە ماڭشىن بازىرى.
  26. Book: Socio-Economic Development in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Disparities and Power Struggle in China's North-West. Google Books. Alessandra Cappelletti. 978-981-15-1536-1. 2020. Palgrave Macmillan. 243. Qiaolepan/Qolpan Township (Chinese: 乔勒潘乡, Uighur; Uyghur: چولپان يېزىسى), Village 7 in Yingjisha/Yengihisar County.
  27. Web site: http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2019-10/30/content_5446844.htm. zh:“三区分离”使南疆四地州乡村人居环境“换代升级”. zh-hans. 30 October 2019. 9 April 2020. State Council of the People's Republic of China. Chinese: 眼下，位于昆仑山脚下的新疆英吉沙县依格孜牙乡天气逐渐转凉。{....
  28. Cultivation Development and Expansion in China's Colonial Realm in Central Asia. Herold J. Wiens. The Journal of Asian Studies. 26. 1. November 1966. 75. 10.2307/2051832 . 2051832. 162339064 . free.
  29. 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. Uighur; Uyghur: شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى Chinese: 新疆维吾尔自治区统计局 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 .
  30. Book: Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers. 2004. 0-295-98390-6. Morris Rossabi. University of Washington Press. 179.

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