Yeyik Explained

Yeyik
Settlement Type:Township
Pushpin Map:China Xinjiang Southern
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Xinjiang
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous Region
Subdivision Name1:Xinjiang
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture
Subdivision Name2:Hotan
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Niya (Minfeng)
Seat Type:Seat
Parts:6
Parts Type:Villages
Population As Of:2010
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:3751
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type2:Ethnic groups
Demographics2 Title1:Major ethnic groups
Demographics2 Info1:Uyghur
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8
Coordinates:36.6781°N 83.1811°W
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:3300

Yeyik[3] [4] [5] [6] (;[7]) is a township in central[8] Niya County (Minfeng), Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China on the upper reaches of the Yeyik River (Chinese: 叶亦克河).[8]

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Name

Yeyik means 'spread out' (Chinese: {{linktext|铺展) in Uyghur.[3] [9] The Uyghur is transcribed into Mandarin Chinese as Yeyike (pinyin) (Yeh-i-k'o (Wade-Giles)). Yeyik has also been known as Yiyike (Chinese: 乙衣克)[3] and Ya-li-ka.[10]

History

In 1958, Yeyik Commune (Chinese: 叶亦克公社) was established.[3] [11]

In 1984, Yeyik Commune became Yeyik Township (Chinese: 叶亦克乡).[11]

At 5:24 p.m. on February 12, 2014, Yeyik was 88km (55miles) from the epicenter of a 5.7 magnitude aftershock of the 2014 Yutian earthquake.[12]

In September 2018, Yeyik was listed as a Strong Town Model Organization in Agricultural Production (Chinese: 农业产业强镇示范建设).[13]

Geography

Yeyik is located 44km (27miles) to the southeast of the county seat[11] on an alluvial fan[3] on the upper reaches of the Yeyik River (Yeh-i-k'o Ho,[14] Ya-li-ka Ho;[14] [15] Chinese: 叶亦克河).[8]

Administrative divisions

Yeyik includes six villages:[16]

Villages (Mandarin Chinese Hanyu Pinyin-derived names except where Uyghur is provided):

Former villages:[20]

Economy

Agriculture and animal husbandry are the mainstays of the economy. Crops include wheat, highland barley, black-eyed peas, etc.[3]

Nature and wildlife

A Demoiselle Crane was tracked passing through Yeyik suggesting that Yeyik is a stopover on the autumn migration route of the Demoiselle Crane.[22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22413.html . zh:民丰县历史沿革 . Niya County Historical Development . XZQH.org . 2 December 2014 . zh-hans . 15 July 2020 . Chinese: 2000年第五次人口普查，{....
  2. Web site: First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae in the flea Vermipsylla alakurt from north-western China. 7 June 2016 . Shan-Shan Zhao . Hong-Yu Li . Xiao-Ping Yin . Zhi-Qiang Liu . Chuang-Fu Chen . Yuan-Zhi Wang . 15 June 2020 . Gale Academic OneFile.
  3. Book: Xie, Yuzhong [{{lang|zh-hans|解玉忠}}]. zh:地名中的新疆. zh-hans. 2003. 7-228-08004-1. Ürümqi. 新疆人民出版社. 262.
  4. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  5. Book: Webster's 21st Century World Atlas. . 83. Yeyik. Internet Archive. 1999.
  6. Book: Complete Atlas Of The World . 3rd . Penguin Random House. 238 . MinfengYeyik. . 2016.
  7. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  8. Book: zh:西域地名考录. zh-hans. July 2008. 978-7-5013-3628-9. Zhong Xingqi Chinese: 钟兴麒. Beijing. 国家图书馆出版社. 1090–1091.
  9. Book: zh:新疆地名与传说故事. zh-hans. Wen Hao Chinese: 文昊. Ürümqi. January 2007 . 978-7-80744-012-3. Chinese: 新疆美术摄影出版社, Chinese: 新疆电子音像出版社. 61. Chinese: 走进新疆丛书.
  10. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  11. Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22411.html . zh:1997年民丰县行政区划 . 1997 Niya County Administrative Divisions . XZQH.org . 6 January 2011 . zh-hans . 15 July 2020 .
  12. Web site: http://news.sohu.com/20140213/n394887005.shtml. zh:新疆和田发生7.3级地震：2008年曾发生同级地震. zh-hans. 13 February 2014. 16 July 2020. Sohu News.
  13. Web site: http://www.csmcity.com/news/info-13950.html. zh:农业产业强镇示范建设名单公布. zh-hans. 6 September 2018. 15 July 2020. Chinese: 中小城市网.
  14. Web site: HO-TIEN . . November 1971. University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, Internet Archive. U.S. Army Topographic Command. Ya-li-ka Ho (Yeh-i-k'o Ho)Ya-li-ka (Yeh-i-k'o) . 13 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191013071252/http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/imw/txu-oclc-6654394-nj-44-3rd-ed.jpg.
  15. Web site: . K'O-LA, CHINA. August 1979 . People's Association for Himalaya Area Research, Internet Archive. Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center. Ya-li-ka HoYa-li-ka. 16 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200716034142/https://pahar.in/?wpfb_dl=6673.
  16. Web site: zh:2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：叶亦克乡 . 2019 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Yeyik Township . zh-hans . . 2019 . http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/65/32/27/653227203.html . 9 July 2020 . Chinese: 统计用区划代码 城乡分类代码 名称 653227203200 210 阿依塔格村委会 653227203201 220 叶亦克村委会 653227203202 220 牧场村委会 653227203203 220 金泉村委会 653227203204 210 阿克塔什村委会 653227203205 220 英阿瓦提村委会.
  17. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  18. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  19. Web site: http://uy.ts.cn/system/2018/11/23/035475659.shtml. ug:نىيە قارا توخۇسى نامرات ئاممىنىڭ بېيىش دەرۋازىسىنى «چوقۇلاپ» ئاچتى. ug. 22 November 2018. 16 July 2020. Tianshannet. Amangul Abdurrahman Uighur; Uyghur: ئامانگۈل ئابدۇراخمان. Uighur; Uyghur: 11- ئاينىڭ 17- كۈنى چۈشتىن بۇرۇن، مۇخبىر نىيە ناھىيەسىنىڭ يېيىق يېزىسى ئاقتاش كەنتىدىكى نىيە قارا توخۇسى باقمىچىلىق فېرمىسىغا بارغىنىدا،.
  20. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2009/65/32/27/653227203.html . zh:2009年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：叶亦克乡 . 2009 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Yeyik Township . zh-hans . . 2019 . 16 July 2020 . Chinese: 代码 城乡分类 名称 653227203200 210 阿依塔格村委会 653227203201 220 叶亦克村委会 653227203202 220 昆吾尔吐孜村委会 653227203203 220 色格孜乌依村委会 653227203204 210 阿克塔什村委会 653227203205 220 英阿瓦提村委会.
  21. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  22. Satellite tracking the migration of birds in eastern Asia. May 2010. Hiroyoshi Higuchi. British Birds. 103. 293. Internet Archive.

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