Emin County, the official romanized name, also
transliterated from Mongolian as Dörbiljin County, is a county situated in the north of the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
and is under the administration of the
Tacheng Prefecture
Tacheng Prefecture is located in Northern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 935,600 (2017). It is a part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. The prefecture level city of Karamay forms a separate enclav ...
, bordering
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
's districts of
Tarbagatay and
Zaysan Zaysan or Zaisan ( Cyrillic: Зайсан) can refer to:
*Lake Zaysan in eastern Kazakhstan
* Zaysan (town) or Zaisan, Kazakhstan
* Zaysan District in East Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan
*Zaisan Memorial
The Zaisan Memorial ( mn, Зайсан) ...
.
It has an area of with a population of 200,000. The Postcode is 834600.
Geographically, the county is located on the southern slopes of the
Tarbagatai Mountains
The Tarbagatai Mountains ( mn, , , translit. ''Tarvagatai nuruu'', literally: "range with marmots"; ; kk, Тарбағатай жотасы, ''Tarbağatai jotasy'') are a range of mountains located in the north-western parts of Xinjiang, China, ...
and in the
Emin Valley. The main watercourse is the
Emin (Emil) River.
Name
The place was originally named Dörbiljin. In 1918,
Yang Zengxin
Yang Zengxin (; March 6, 1864 – July 7, 1928) was the ruler of Xinjiang after the Xinhai Revolution in 1911 until his assassination in 1928.
Life
Yang Zengxin was born in Mengzi, Yunnan Province, in 1864. Though a Han Chinese, he had c ...
, the governor of
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
, petitioned to have a county set up in the
Emin Valley.
[http://www.xjem.gov.cn/xjem/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=601 ] The new county was named after the
Emin (Emil) River.
Transportation
The
Karamay–Tacheng Railway (under construction as of 2017) will serve Emin County.
克塔铁路站后工程开工建设
2017-9-28
Administrative divisions
Town (镇)
* Emin Town (额敏镇)
Townships (乡)
* Jiaoqu Township (郊区乡) , Shanghu Township (上户乡) , Yushikalasu Township (玉什喀拉苏乡) , Jieleagashi Township (杰勒阿尕什乡) , Marelesu Township (玛热勒苏乡) , Kagalayemule Township (喀拉也木勒乡) , Lamazhao Township (喇嘛昭乡) , Erdaoqiao Township (二道桥乡)
Ethnic Townships (民族乡)
* Emaleguoleng Mongol Township (额玛勒郭楞蒙古族乡) , Huojierte Mongol Township (霍吉尔特蒙古族乡)
Others
* Erzhihe Ranch (二支河牧场) , Jiaerbulake Farm (加尔布拉克农场) , Kuoshibike Pedigree Ranch (阔什比克良种场) , Saeryemule Ranch (萨尔也木勒牧场) , Yemule Ranch (也木勒牧场) , Tachengyequ Pedigree Sheep Farm (塔城地区种羊场) , Wuzongbulake Ranch (吾宗布拉克牧场) , Shuifeng army regiment farm (水丰兵团团结农场) , Nongjiushi 农九师（红星岗兵团169团 , 锡伯提兵团166团 , 麦海因兵团167团 , 乌什水兵团168团 , 达因苏兵团165团）
Climate
References
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County-level divisions of Xinjiang
Tacheng Prefecture