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Beitun, Xinjiang
Beitun is a city in the north of Xinjiang, China. Administratively, it is a county-level city under the direct administration of the regional government, though it is geographically located in Altay Prefecture. Beitun is the headquarter of the 10th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, 10th Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and currently administered by the 10th Division. Aral implemented the "division and city integration" (:zh:师市合一, 师市合一, ''shī shì héyī'') management system, it shares the same leader group with the 10th Division. Overview Beitun was established on 28 December 2011, making it the youngest city in China at the time, later replaced by Sansha, which was established in 2012. It was established from portions of Altay City. Beitun covers an area of , has a population of 76,300, and is located on the Irtysh River. Its name comes from the accolade "China's northernmost cultivation land" ( zh, s=中国最北 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County-level City
A county-level city () is a County-level divisions of China, county-level administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China. County-level cities have judiciary, judicial but no legislature, legislative rights over their own local ordinance, local law and are usually governed by Administrative divisions of China#Prefectural level (2nd), prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by Administrative divisions of China#Provincial level (1st), province-level divisions. A county-level city is a "city" () and "county" () that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction. As such, it is simultaneously a city, which is a municipal entity, and a county, which is an administrative division of a prefecture. Most county-level cities were created in the 1980s and 1990s by replacing denser populated Counties of China, counties. County-level cities are not "city, cities" in the strictest sense of the word, since they usually contain rural areas many times the size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irtysh River
The Irtysh is a river in Russia, China, and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob and is also the longest tributary in the world. The river's source lies in the Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern part of Xinjiang, China) close to the border with Mongolia. The Irtysh's main tributaries include the Tobol, Demyanka and the Ishim. The Ob-Irtysh system forms a major drainage basin in Asia, encompassing most of Western Siberia and the Altai Mountains. Geography From its origins as the ''Kara-Irtysh'' (Black Irtysh) in the Mongolian Altay mountains in Xinjiang, China, the Irtysh flows northwest through Lake Zaysan in Kazakhstan, meeting the Ishim and Tobol rivers before merging with the Ob near Khanty-Mansiysk in western Siberia, Russia after . The name Black Irtysh (''Kara-Irtysh'' in Kazakh, or ''Cherny Irtysh'' in Russian) is applied by some authors, especially in Russia and Kazakhstan, to the upper course of the river, from its source entering Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Institution With Two Names
"One institution with two names" () is a bureaucratic arrangement in the Government of China, Chinese government wherein a government agency exists in name only, and its functions are in practice performed by another agency or a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization so that in effect one institution has two or more governmental brands to use selectively for political, historical, or bureaucratic reasons. This type of arrangement was historically common until the mid-1980s but has been extensively revived by Deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions, reforms which began in 2017. Generally, the purpose of retaining the name of the state institution is so that the party institution can use it where it may be legally or aesthetically appropriate. For example, one name can be used domestically, and another can be used when dealing with institutions outside China. The arrangement can be achieved by either "adding a name" () or "externally retaining a name" (). The arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fengqing Town
Fengqing County () is located in Lincang City, Yunnan province, China. During the Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ... it was a frontier known as Shunning Prefecture (). Administrative divisions Fengqing County has 8 towns, 2 townships and 3 ethnic townships. ;8 towns ;2 townships * Shili () * Dasi () ;3 ethnic townships * Xinhua Yi and Miao () * Yaojie Yi () * Guodazhai Yi and Bai () Ethnic groups The ''Fengqing County Gazetteer'' (1993) lists the following ethnic groups. *Miao: 3,501 persons (1990) **Green Miao 青苗 / Mengsa 蒙撒 / Mengzhua 蒙爪 **White Miao 白苗 / Mengdou 蒙豆 / Mengchu 蒙处 / Baijia 白家 **Flowery Miao 花苗 / Mengzai 蒙栽 *Bulang 1,276 persons (1990); autonyms: Benren 本人, Laobenren 老本人 **Dalise 大 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longjiang Subdistrict, Beitun
Longjiang is the atonal pinyin romanization of various Chinese names, particularly or , meaning "DragonRiver". The same name also sometimes occurs as Lung Chiang, Keang, or Kiang. It may refer to: Places Rivers * Long River (Guangxi) * Long River (Fujian) * Jiulong River, a river in southern Fujian formerly known as the Longjiang Provinces * Longjiang Province, a former province in Heilongjiang Counties * Longjiang County in Qiqihar Prefecture, Heilongjiang Subdistricts * Longjiang Subdistrict, Fuqing, Fujian * Longjiang Subdistrict, Linghe District, in the city of Jinzhou Towns * Longjiang, Huilai County (隆江镇), Huilai County, Guangdong * Longjiang, Foshan, Guangdong * Longjiang, Qionghai, Hainan * Longjiang, Yongfu County, Guangxi Villages * Longjiang, Zhejiang, a former village renamed Longgang Other * Longjiang-1 and Longjiang-2, two Chinese microsatellites launched in May 2018 with the Queqiao satellite * Lung Chiang, a US built patrol boat of the Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Division Codes Of The People's Republic Of China
The administrative division codes of the People's Republic of China identify the administrative divisions of China at county level and above. They are published by the National Bureau of Statistics of China with the latest version issued on September 30, 2015. Coding scheme Reading from left to right, administrative division codes contain the following information: * The first and second digits identify the highest level administrative division, which may be a province, autonomous region, municipality or Special Administrative Region (SAR). * Digits three and four show summary data for the associated prefecture-level city, prefecture (地区 ''dìqū''), autonomous prefecture, Mongolian league, municipal city district or county. Codes 01 – 20 and 51 – 70 identify provincial level cities, codes 21 – 50 represent prefectures, autonomous prefectures and Mongolian leagues. *The fifth and sixth digits represent the county-level division – city district, county-level ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uyghur Latin Alphabet
The Uyghur Latin alphabet (, ''Uyghur Latin Yëziqi'', ''ULY'', Уйғур Латин Йезиқи) is an auxiliary alphabet for the Uyghur language based on the Latin script. Uyghur is primarily written in Uyghur Arabic alphabet and sometimes in Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet. In 2023, the alphabet was agreed as the BGN/PCGN romanization system for Uyghur. Construction The Uyghur Latin alphabet was first introduced in the 1930s in the former Soviet Union and was briefly used in the Uyghur Autonomous Region during the 1960s to 1970s. The ULY project was finalized at Xinjiang University, Ürümqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), People's Republic of China in July 2001, at the fifth conference of a series held there for that purpose that started in November 2000. In January 2008, the ULY project was amended and identified by Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional Working Committee of Minorities' Language and Writing. The letters in the Uyghur Latin alphabet are, in order: Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uyghur Arabic Script
The Uyghur Arabic alphabet () is a version of the Arabic alphabet used for writing the Uyghur language, primarily by Uyghurs living in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is one of several Uyghur alphabets and has been the official alphabet of the Uyghur language since 1982. The first Perso-Arabic derived alphabet for Uyghur was developed in the 10th century, when Islam was introduced there. The alphabet was used for writing the Chagatai language, the regional literary language, and is now known as the Chagatay alphabet (). It was used nearly exclusively up to the early 1920s. This alphabet did not represent Uyghur vowels and according to Robert Barkley Shaw, spelling was irregular and long vowel letters were frequently written for short vowels since most Turki speakers were unsure of the difference between long and short vowels. The pre-modification alphabet used Arabic diacritics (, and ) to mark short vowels. Also, the was used to represent a short by some Turki w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
