Yitunbulake Town (; also Yetimbulak or Qilanbulak) is a
town in
Ruoqiang County,
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 ...
in southeastern
Xinjiang,
People's Republic of China.
Location
The town lies at an altitude of ,
South of the
Altyn-Tagh mountain range and close to the
Qinghai Province border.
The
China National Highway 315
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, linking
Ruoqiang Town () and
Mangnai, passes Northeast of town, and other smaller roads lead to (to the Southeast) and ( to the South), as well as pastoral areas.
Climate
Yitumbulak has a
cold semi-arid climate, characterised by an extreme aridity. Spring is usually dry and windy, summer sees the majority of rainfall, autumn is mild and cool and winter is dry and cold, with little snow.
* Average annual temperature:
* Average temperature in January:
* Average temperature in July:
* Average annual frost-free period: 150 days
* Average annual sunshine hours: 2647.6 hours
* Total annual radiation: 127.4 kcal/cm
2
* Average annual precipitation:
History
In 1958, as the surrounding area developed mines of
coal,
lead,
zinc and
copper, and especially
asbestos
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, a new
mining town
A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry.
Historic mining communities
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was created, and on November 5, 1983, the town of Yitunbulake (meaning "lonely spring" in
Uyghur) was officially established.
Administrative divisions
Yitunbulake Town has under its jurisdiction the communities of Yitunbulake () and Arjin ().
See also
*
List of township-level divisions of Xinjiang
References
{{Authority control
Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture
Township-level divisions of Xinjiang