Jimsar County
Jimsar County
Jimasa; Fuyuan | |
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![]() Location of Jimsar County (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang (light grey) | |
Coordinates: 43°59′N 89°04′E / 43.983°N 89.067°E | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Changji |
Township-level divisions | 4 towns 4 townships |
County seat | Jimsar Town |
Area | |
• Total | 8,140.84 km2 (3,143.20 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 153,197 |
• Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
Website | www |
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Jimsar County is a county in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. It contains an area of 8,149 km2 (3,146 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 130,000.
Near the town of Jimsar are the ruins of the ancient city of Beiting (Chinese:
History
[edit]The name Beshbalik first appears in history in the description of the events of 713 in the Turkic Kul Tigin inscription.[2] It was one of the largest of five towns in the Uyghur Khaganate.[3] The Tibetans briefly held the city in 790.[4] Established in 1902 as a county, it was known as Fuyuan (
The modern city Jimsar is located at 43°59'N, 89°4'East; It is a location of the Uyghur ancient southern capital Beshbalik or Beshbalyq. "Balıq" means city in Old Turkic language, so the meaning of Beshbalik/Beshbalyq is "Five cities". This city name appeared in Yuan dynasty record as both
After the attack, a significant part of the Uyghur Khaganate population fled to the area of the present Jimsar County and Tarim Basin in general in 840,[5] where they founded the Kingdom of Qocho. The Uyghurs submitted to Genghis Khan in 1207. Beshbalik consisted of five parts: an outer town, the northern gate of the outer town, the extended town of the west, the inner town and a small settlement within the inner town. At first, the city was the political center of the Uyghur Idiquit (monarch) and his Mongol queen, Altalun, daughter of Genghis Khan under the Mongol Empire in the first half of the 13th century.[6] Alans were recruited into the Mongol forces with one unit called "Right Alan Guard" which was combined with "recently surrendered" soldiers, Mongols, and Chinese soldiers stationed in the area of the former Kingdom of Qocho and in Besh Balikh the Mongols established a Chinese military colony led by Chinese general Qi Kongzhi (Ch'i Kung-chih).[7] Due to military struggles between the Chagatai Khanate and the Yuan dynasty during the reign of Kublai Khan, the city was abandoned and lost its prosperity in the late 13th century. The History of Yuan records the name as both Wu-ch'eng
Jimsar city was established in the south of the ruins of Beshbalik.[9]
Subdivisions
[edit]Jimsar County is made up of 6 towns and 3 townships.
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Administrative division code | |
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Towns | ||||||
Jimsar Town | Jímùsà'ěr Zhèn | جىمسار بازىرى | jimsar baziri | 652327100 | ||
Santai Town | Sāntái Zhèn | سەنتەي بازىرى | sentey baziri | 652327101 | ||
Quanzijie Town | Quánzǐjiē Zhèn | چۈەنزىگەي بازىرى | chüenzigey baziri | 652327102 | ||
Beiting Town | Běitíng Zhèn | بېيتىڭ بازىرى | bëyting baziri | 652327103 | ||
Ergong Town | Èrgōng Zhèn | ئەرگۇڭ بازىرى | Ergung baziri | 652327104 | ||
Dayou Town | Dàyǒu Zhèn | دايۇ بازىرى | dayu baziri | 652327105 | ||
Townships | ||||||
Qingyanghu Township | 庆阳 |
Qìngyánghú Xiāng | چىڭياڭخۇ يېزىسى | chingyangxu yëzisi | 652327202 | |
Laotai Township | Lǎotái Xiāng | لاۋتەي يېزىسى | lawtey yëzisi | 652327203 | ||
Xindi Township | Xīndì Xiāng | شىندى يېزىسى | shindi yëzisi | 652327205 |
Climate
[edit]Climate data for Jimsar, elevation 743 m (2,438 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 9.0 (48.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
34.2 (93.6) |
36.6 (97.9) |
39.2 (102.6) |
41.6 (106.9) |
40.2 (104.4) |
38.2 (100.8) |
31.2 (88.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
11.4 (52.5) |
41.6 (106.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −9.0 (15.8) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
19.4 (66.9) |
25.5 (77.9) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
3.9 (39.0) |
−6.4 (20.5) |
14.1 (57.3) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −14.4 (6.1) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
0.8 (33.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
18.7 (65.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
25.5 (77.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
17.8 (64.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
7.9 (46.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −18.1 (−0.6) |
−14.3 (6.3) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
12.4 (54.3) |
17.9 (64.2) |
19.7 (67.5) |
17.9 (64.2) |
11.8 (53.2) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
2.9 (37.2) |
Record low °C (°F) | −33.7 (−28.7) |
−31.4 (−24.5) |
−25.7 (−14.3) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
4.2 (39.6) |
10.3 (50.5) |
4.4 (39.9) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
−27.3 (−17.1) |
−33.8 (−28.8) |
−33.8 (−28.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.1 (0.28) |
7.0 (0.28) |
10.6 (0.42) |
15.2 (0.60) |
21.0 (0.83) |
21.5 (0.85) |
31.5 (1.24) |
30.3 (1.19) |
16.5 (0.65) |
13.2 (0.52) |
12.9 (0.51) |
11.4 (0.45) |
198.2 (7.82) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 70.6 |
Average snowy days | 13.4 | 11.4 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 13.7 | 55.7 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 78 | 66 | 43 | 39 | 39 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 55 | 72 | 80 | 57 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 132.8 | 157.0 | 227.1 | 260.3 | 299.1 | 292.7 | 293.6 | 288.9 | 266.5 | 231.2 | 156.7 | 117.5 | 2,723.4 |
Percent possible sunshine | 46 | 52 | 60 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 68 | 73 | 69 | 55 | 43 | 60 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[10][11] |
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Locals in Xinjiang frequently observe UTC+6 (Xinjiang Time), 2 hours behind Beijing.
- ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
- ^ Bosworth, M.S.Asimov-History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 4, Part 2, p.578
- ^ C. E. Bosworth, M.S.Asimov, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, Volume 4, Part 2, p.578, line-23
- ^ Denis Sinor-The Cambridge history of early Inner Asia, Volume 1, p.319
- ^ C. Beckwith, Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, Princeton University Press, 2009, pp. 148, 159
- ^ Jack Weatherford, The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
- ^ Morris Rossabi (1983). China Among Equals: The Middle Kingdom and Its Neighbors, 10th-14th Centuries. University of California Press. pp. 255–. ISBN 978-0-520-04562-0.
- ^ Bretschneider, E. (1876). Notices of the Mediæval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia. Trübner & Company. pp. 5–6. Retrieved 1 December 2014.Bretschneider, E. (1876). "ARTICLE IV. Notices of the Mediæval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia". Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 10. Contributor Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North-China Branch. The Branch. pp. 79–80. Retrieved 1 December 2014.Bretschneider, E.; Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North China Branch, Shanghai (1876). "ARTICLE IV. Notices of the Mediæval Geography and History of Central and Western Asia". Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 10. Contributor Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. North-China Branch. Kelly & Walsh. pp. 79–80. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ Paul Allan Mirecki, Jason BeDuhn, Emerging from Darkness: Studies in the Recovery of Manichaean Sources, p. 106
- ^
中国 气象数 据 网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023. - ^
中国 气象数 据 网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
References
[edit]- Beckwith, Christopher I. (2009). Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13589-2.
- Area map http://www.maplandia.com/china/xinjiang-uygur/jimsar/jimsar/