Kalpin County
is a county in 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
Aksu Prefecture
Aksu PrefectureThe official spelling according to is located in mid-Western Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and 2.37 million inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 535,657 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of A ...
. The overwhelmingly
Uyghur population of the county lives on oases at the base of the
Tian Shan
The Tian Shan,, , otk, 𐰴𐰣 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, , tr, Tanrı Dağı, mn, Тэнгэр уул, , ug, تەڭرىتاغ, , , kk, Тәңіртауы / Алатау, , , ky, Теңир-Тоо / Ала-Тоо, , , uz, Tyan-Shan / Tangritog‘ ...
mountains and on the edge of the
Taklamakan Desert
The Taklimakan or Taklamakan Desert (; zh, s=塔克拉玛干沙漠, p=Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Такәламаган Шамә; ug, تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى, Täklimakan qumluqi; also spelled Taklimakan and Te ...
.
History
![ChineseShapedSogdianCoinKelpin8thCenturyCE](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/ChineseShapedSogdianCoinKelpin8thCenturyCE.jpg)
In 1902, a ''xiancheng'' () was created at Kalpin. In 1930, a ''xianzhi'' () was created at Kalpin.
According to ''
Radio Free Asia
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'', in 2008, Chinese authorities demolished a Uyghur mosque from the Upper Kumtagh village in Kalpin County because the mosque was said to be illegally built and said to have been conducting illegal religious activities.
On February 20, 2009, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck at a location from the county seats of Kalpin and
Akqi counties. 207 aftershocks had been recorded by 11 AM on February 22. More than ten thousand houses were damaged and 182 were destroyed. Forty tents were set up and 12,400 people were relocated. The county received one million
CNY in rescue funds from nearby government offices.
On April 12, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Abdulbasit Ablimit (Abdubasit Ablimit), 17, of Qum’eriq village in Yurqi (Yurchi, Yu'erqi), was shot and killed by police while riding a motorcycle. Two other Uyghurs were injured. Four to five hundred people from their village participated in a protest at the county office demanding that the police officer be punished according to law. More than thirty of the protesters were detained and some were beaten. ''
Tianshannet
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'' reported that on the following Wednesday, a man in
Urumqi was detained by police for spreading rumors about the incident. The
Uyghur American Association
The Uyghur American Association ( ug, ئامېرىكا ئۇيغۇر جەمئىيىتى, ئامېرىكا ئۇيغۇر بىرلىكى, translit=Amérika Uyghur Birliki, ; zh, s= 维吾尔裔美国人协会, p=Wéiwú'ěryì Měiguórén Xiéhu ...
condemned the killing.
On April 3, 2015, Aqal (Aqiale, Achal), then a township, was made a town.
According to research presented in ''
The Diplomat
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It was originally an Australian bi-monthly print magazine, founded by Minh Bui Jones ...
'', Xinjiang Nuodun Garment Co., Ltd. (), a company based in Kalpin County, was founded in July 2017. The company has made shipments of men and women's trousers to four companies in the United States. The company is also mentioned in the context of
Aksu Prefecture
Aksu PrefectureThe official spelling according to is located in mid-Western Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and 2.37 million inhabitants at the 2010 census whom 535,657 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made up of A ...
's wider policy related to
re-education camps in the ''Aksu Daily''.
Geography
The county is made up of territory in the
Tian Shan
The Tian Shan,, , otk, 𐰴𐰣 𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃, , tr, Tanrı Dağı, mn, Тэнгэр уул, , ug, تەڭرىتاغ, , , kk, Тәңіртауы / Алатау, , , ky, Теңир-Тоо / Ала-Тоо, , , uz, Tyan-Shan / Tangritog‘ ...
mountain range and the
Taklamakan Desert
The Taklimakan or Taklamakan Desert (; zh, s=塔克拉玛干沙漠, p=Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Такәламаган Шамә; ug, تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى, Täklimakan qumluqi; also spelled Taklimakan and Te ...
. Kalpin, Gezlik and Yurqi are located west of Aqal. Qilan is located east of Aqal on the border with
Aksu City
Aksu is a city in and the seat of Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, lying at the northern edge of the Tarim Basin. The name Aksu literally means "white water" (in Turkic) and is used for both the oasis town and the Aksu River.
The economy of Aksu is ...
. Mountain ranges in the county include Bozake Tagh, Kelpin Chöl Tagh, Chong Kizil Tagh, Kankerin Tagh, Chong Korum Tagh and Akin Bek Tagh. Rivers and streams in the county include Koram Boghuz, Chilan Su and Sargan.
Climate
Administrative divisions
, Kalpin County included three
towns
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and two
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
:
Towns ( / ):
*
Kalpin Town
Kalpin County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture. The overwhelmingly Uyghur population of the county lives on oases at the base of the Tian Shan mountains and on the edge of ...
(Keping, Kelpin, / ),
Gezlik (Gaizilike; / ),
Aqal (Aqiale, Achal;
[, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] / , formerly
Achal Township )
Townships ( / ):
*
Yurqi Township (Yurchi, Yu'erqi; / ),
Qilan Township (Qilang, Chilan;
[, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] / )
Economy
Kalpin County's economy is primarily agricultural, producing wheat, corn, sorghum, cotton, etc. Animal husbandry is also strong, including the raising of camels, sheep and other animals. Mineral resources include sulfur. Industries include mining, concrete and cotton processing among others.
Spoons and other tableware made from the fragrant wood of apricot trees are a traditional product produced in the county.
There is 126,000 ''
mu'' of
arable land
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in the county.
, there was about 4,270 acres (28,164 ''
mu'') of cultivated land in Kalpin.
Demographics
As of 2015, 53,804 of the 55,425 residents of the county were
Uyghur, 1,501 were
Han Chinese
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and 120 were from other ethnic groups.
As of 1999, 97.31% of the population of Kalpin County was Uyghur and 2.54% of the population was Han Chinese.
Transportation
*
China National Highway 314
China National Highway 314 (G314) (sometimes referred to as Gansu Provincial Highway 314) runs southwest from Urumqi, Xinjiang towards the Khunjerab Pass, which is on the northern border of the Gilgit–Baltistan territory in Pakistan-administer ...
Historical maps
Historical English-language maps including Kalpin:
File:STANFORD(1917) p61 PLATE19. SINKIANG (14597194848).jpg, Map including Kalpin (1917)
File:A-k`o-su NK-44 (1950) - panoramio.jpg, Map including Kalpin (labeled as K'O-P'ING (KELPIN)) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World
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, 1950)
File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 f-6c.jpg, Map including Kalpin ( DMA, 1981)
File:Operational Navigation Chart F-6, 6th edition.jpg, From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Kalpin (labeled as K'o-p'ing (Kalpin)) ( DMA, 1985)
See also
* ''
Glycomyces tarimensis
''Glycomyces tarimensis'' is a bacterium from the genus of '' Glycomyces'' which has been isolated from saline-alkali soil from Kalpin County
Kalpin County is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of ...
'', discovered in soil from the county
Notes
References
External links
《远方的家》 20200129 美食过大年 最是难忘家乡味, CCTV中文国际 (includes a segment on food in Kalpin County)
County-level divisions of Xinjiang
Aksu Prefecture
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