Yopurga County
[, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] (
Uyghur: ) is a county in northern
Kashgar Prefecture
Kashgar Prefecture, also known as Kashi Prefecture, is located in southwestern Xinjiang, China, located in the Tarim Basin region (roughly the southern half of Xinjiang). It has an area of and 4,499,158 inhabitants at the 2015 census with a pop ...
,
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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. More than 96% of the residents of the county are
Uyghurs
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and live around
oases
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at the western edge of the desolate
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 ...
. The county is bordered to the north by
Jiashi County
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, to the east by
Maralbexi County
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, to the west by
Shule County
Shule County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Kaxgar Yengixahar County or shorten as Yengixahar County, is a county situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction ...
, to the southwest by
Yengisar County
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and to the south by
Yarkant County
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.
Name
Yopurga County is named for the Yopurga River.
History
In the
Qing Dynasty
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, the area was part of Shule as Yopurga ''Zhuang'' ().
In 1940, Yopurga ''Shezhiju'' () was created from portions of
Shule County
Shule County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Kaxgar Yengixahar County or shorten as Yengixahar County, is a county situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction ...
,
Yengisar County
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, and
Jiashi County
Payzawat County,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also via SASM/GNC romanization as Payziwat County (; ), (also Faizabad and Fayzawat) and via Mandarin Chinese as Jiashi County () is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang ...
. In 1943, Yopurga was made a county.
On October 20, 2014, Terim (Tieremu) Township became Terim Town.
On July 24, 2015,
Yekshenbebazar (Yekexian Baibazha) was changed from a township to a town.
Geography
Dawakol (Dawakun) National Desert Park () is located in Yopurga County.
Climate
Administrative divisions
Yopurga County included 4 towns and 5 townships:
Economy
Agricultural products include wheat, cotton, corn, muskmelon, and oilseed products. Beekeeping is relatively developed. Herding is important, primarily sheep herding. Industries include cotton and hemp processing, food and oil processing, and concrete.
Farmers in the county raise donkeys for meat, milk and donkey-hide gelatin.
In July 1953, Yopurga County was reported to have 87,000 ''
mou'' of
winter and spring wheat.
Demographics
In 1997,
Uyghurs
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made up 94.6% of the county's population.
, the population of Yopurga County was 96.1% Uyghur and 3.9%
Han Chinese
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.
As of 2015, 167,860 of the 177,955 residents of the county were
Uyghur, 9,801 were
Han Chinese
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and 294 were from other ethnic groups.
As of 1999, 94.68% of the population of Yopurga (Yuepuhu) County was Uyghur and 5.28% of the population was Han Chinese.
Historical maps
Historical English-language maps including modern-day Yopurga County area:
File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-43-5th-ed.jpg, Map including Yopurga (labeled as YÜEH-P'U-HU (YUPOGHA)) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World
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, 1966)
File:NJ-43-4 Yueh Pu Hu, China.jpg, Map including Yopurga (labeled as YÜEH-P'U-HU) ( DMA, 1974)
File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg, From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Yopurga (Yüeh-p'u-hu) ( DMA, 1980)
File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7a.jpg, Map including Yopurga (Yüeh-p'u-hu) ( DMA, 1984)
Notes
References
External links
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