Yanqi Hui Autonomous County (Uyghur: Qarasheher, Karashahr) is an

autonomous county Autonomous counties () and autonomous banners () are county-level autonomous administrative divisions of China. The two are essentially identical except in name. There are 117 autonomous counties and three autonomous banners. The latter are fo ...

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

Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Bayingolin (; often abbreviated to Bayingol; also as Bayinguoleng) is an autonomous prefecture for Mongol people in the southeast of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Western China. It borders Gansu to the east, Qinghai to the southeast and ...

. It has an area of . According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 120,000. The Qigexing Buddhist Temple Ruins are located in Yanqi County, about southwest of the town of Yanqi.

Administrative division

The autonomous county contains four

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and four

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: * Yanqi Town ( / قاراشەھەر بازىرى), consisting of ten residential communities () and one village, seat of the county government, 29.000 inhabitants (2000); * Qigxin ( / شىگشىن بازىرى), one residential community and nine villages, 12.629 inhabitants (2000); *Yongning ( / يۇڭنىڭ بازىرى), two residential communities and eight villages, 18.235 inhabitants (2000); *

Sishilichengzi Sishilichengzi () is a town in Yanqi Hui Autonomous County in the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture of Xinjiang, in Northwestern China. According to the 2000 Chinese census, the town has a population of 8,722 people. See also * List o ...

( / دەنزىل بازىرى), one residential community and five villages, 8.722 inhabitants (2000); Townships: * Beidaqu ( / بېيداچا يېزىسى), six villages, 9.026 inhabitants (2000); * Wuhaoqu ( / ئۇخاۋچا يېزىسى), one residential community and nine villages, 14.791 inhabitants (2000); * Qagan Qehe ( / چاغانچېكە يېزىسى), four villages, 5.841 inhabitants (2000); * Borhoi ( / بورقاي يېزىسى), five villages, 6.614 inhabitants (2000). In addition, there three state owned operations in the county (2000): *State farm (for pasture farming) Wangjiazhuang ( / ۋاڭجياجۇاڭ چارۋىچىلىق فېرمىسى), 1.221 inhabitants, *Breeding farm for the Suhai breed (), 1.555 inhabitants, *Production and Construction Corps Number 27 ( / 27-تۇەن مەيدانى), 9.895 inhabitants

Demographics

History

See

Karasahr Karasahr or Karashar ( ug, قاراشەھەر, Qarasheher, 6=Қарашәһәр), which was originally known, in the Tocharian languages as ''Ārśi'' (or Arshi) and Agni or the Chinese derivative Yanqi ( zh, s=焉耆, p=Yānqí, w=Yen-ch'i), is an ...

Climate

Economy

The county economy is predominantly agricultural with 13,000 hectares used to cultivate red pepper. The county is considered the most important area for red pepper production in China. During the red pepper harvest season beginning in September, the county is home to the remarkable sight of drying peppers sitting in the

Gobi Desert The Gobi Desert (Chinese: 戈壁 (沙漠), Mongolian: Говь (ᠭᠣᠪᠢ)) () is a large desert or brushland region in East Asia, and is the sixth largest desert in the world. Geography The Gobi measures from southwest to northeast an ...

"as far as the eye can see". , there was about 25,300 acres (167,805 '' mu'') of cultivated land in Kara Shahr.

References

County-level divisions of Xinjiang Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture Hui autonomous counties {{Xinjiang-geo-stub