Qitai County

Qitai County
奇台县 (Chinese)
گۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
Kitai
County
Location of Qitai (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Location of Qitai (pink) in Changji Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Qitai is located in Xinjiang
Qitai
Qitai
Location in Xinjiang
Qitai is located in China
Qitai
Qitai
Qitai (China)
Coordinates: 44°01′N 89°35′E / 44.017°N 89.583°E / 44.017; 89.583
CountryChina
RegionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureChangji
County seatQitai Town
Area
 • Total
16,645 km2 (6,427 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
219,811
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Area code0994
Websitewww.xjqt.gov.cn
Qitai County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese奇台县
Traditional Chinese奇台縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQítái Xiàn
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjing[کِ‌تَیْ ثِیًا] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 68) (help)
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese古城县
Traditional Chinese古城縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǔchéng Xiàn
other Mandarin
Xiao'erjing[قُ‌چٍْ ثِیًا] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 68) (help)
Uyghur name
Uyghurگۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى‎
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiGuchung Nahiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪGuqung Nah̡iyisi
SASM/GNCGuqung Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiГучуғ Нахийиси

Qitai County (Chinese: 奇台县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Guqung County or Gucheng County (Uyghur: گۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 古城县), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of 16,641 square kilometres (6,425 sq mi) and as of the 2002 census had a population of 230,000.

Qitai County's county seat is in Qitai Town. Gucheng Township is nearby.

History

Located on one of the main routes of the Silk Road, the old Gucheng (often referred in the European writing of the past as "Ku Ch'eng-tze", Kucheng, Kuchengtze, etc., using Wade-Giles or Postal Romanization systems), was the western terminal for one of the caravan routes across the Gobi Desert. Owen Lattimore in The Desert Road to Turkestan leaves an account of his travel along this route in 1926-27.[2]

"Under the special circumstances of the caravan trade, camel traffic usually overshoots Hami ["the most easterly point on the arterial cart roads of Chinese Turkestan"], going on all the way to Ku Ch’eng-tze. This is partly because the pastures near Ku Ch’eng-tze are more adequate to caravan needs, but still more because, transport being cheaper by camel than by cart, it is to the advantage of merchants to have their goods carried as far as possible by caravan."[3]

Climate

Climate data for Qitai, elevation 794 m (2,605 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 5.1
(41.2) 		7.7
(45.9) 		26.0
(78.8) 		34.5
(94.1) 		36.0
(96.8) 		37.6
(99.7) 		39.1
(102.4) 		40.5
(104.9) 		36.1
(97.0) 		30.3
(86.5) 		25.1
(77.2) 		12.4
(54.3) 		40.5
(104.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −8.9
(16.0) 		−4.9
(23.2) 		5.8
(42.4) 		18.9
(66.0) 		24.8
(76.6) 		29.3
(84.7) 		31.0
(87.8) 		30.2
(86.4) 		24.6
(76.3) 		15.5
(59.9) 		3.7
(38.7) 		−6.4
(20.5) 		13.6
(56.5)
Daily mean °C (°F) −17.3
(0.9) 		−13.0
(8.6) 		−1.2
(29.8) 		10.8
(51.4) 		16.9
(62.4) 		21.6
(70.9) 		23.1
(73.6) 		21.7
(71.1) 		15.7
(60.3) 		7.1
(44.8) 		−3.2
(26.2) 		−13.7
(7.3) 		5.7
(42.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −23.5
(−10.3) 		−19.9
(−3.8) 		−7.3
(18.9) 		3.6
(38.5) 		9.3
(48.7) 		14.0
(57.2) 		15.6
(60.1) 		14.0
(57.2) 		8.3
(46.9) 		1.0
(33.8) 		−8.2
(17.2) 		−19.4
(−2.9) 		−1.0
(30.1)
Record low °C (°F) −35.5
(−31.9) 		−37.6
(−35.7) 		−31.4
(−24.5) 		−13.7
(7.3) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		2.2
(36.0) 		6.8
(44.2) 		0.1
(32.2) 		−3.5
(25.7) 		−12.9
(8.8) 		−31.9
(−25.4) 		−40.1
(−40.2) 		−40.1
(−40.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 7.5
(0.30) 		7.1
(0.28) 		11.1
(0.44) 		18.7
(0.74) 		23.0
(0.91) 		23.0
(0.91) 		34.4
(1.35) 		27.7
(1.09) 		18.0
(0.71) 		15.4
(0.61) 		14.1
(0.56) 		11.7
(0.46) 		211.7
(8.36)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 7.3 6.1 4.8 5.9 6.2 6.4 7.5 6.3 4.2 4.3 6.5 8.2 73.7
Average snowy days 15.4 12.4 6.3 2.3 0.2 0 0 0 0.1 1.6 8.1 15.5 61.9
Average relative humidity (%) 77 77 70 49 45 48 52 50 49 59 74 79 61
Mean monthly sunshine hours 144.8 171.2 238.9 265.9 303.4 301.4 300.5 298.0 274.0 240.6 168.2 127.4 2,834.3
Percent possible sunshine 50 57 64 65 66 65 65 70 75 72 59 46 63
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]
Source 2: Weather China[6]
Climate data for Beitashan, Qitai County, elevation 1,654 m (5,427 ft), (1991–2020 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −6.9
(19.6) 		−4.0
(24.8) 		1.9
(35.4) 		11.1
(52.0) 		17.3
(63.1) 		22.8
(73.0) 		24.6
(76.3) 		23.4
(74.1) 		17.5
(63.5) 		9.1
(48.4) 		0.5
(32.9) 		−5.3
(22.5) 		9.3
(48.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) −12.4
(9.7) 		−10.1
(13.8) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		4.9
(40.8) 		11.1
(52.0) 		16.9
(62.4) 		18.7
(65.7) 		17.2
(63.0) 		11.2
(52.2) 		3.2
(37.8) 		−5.0
(23.0) 		−10.5
(13.1) 		3.4
(38.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −17.5
(0.5) 		−15.3
(4.5) 		−9.1
(15.6) 		−0.1
(31.8) 		5.4
(41.7) 		11.1
(52.0) 		13.2
(55.8) 		11.8
(53.2) 		6.1
(43.0) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		−9.5
(14.9) 		−15.4
(4.3) 		−1.7
(28.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 5.2
(0.20) 		5.8
(0.23) 		8.8
(0.35) 		15.8
(0.62) 		18.9
(0.74) 		24.0
(0.94) 		39.4
(1.55) 		25.0
(0.98) 		12.8
(0.50) 		13.6
(0.54) 		15.1
(0.59) 		7.3
(0.29) 		191.7
(7.53)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 5.5 5.4 6.1 6.1 5.5 6.4 9.2 6.7 5.0 5.7 7.7 6.9 76.2
Average snowy days 8.3 8.0 9.1 5.6 2.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.2 6.6 10.0 9.8 61.2
Average relative humidity (%) 56 56 54 46 41 42 46 43 42 50 57 57 49
Mean monthly sunshine hours 194.7 208.5 254.8 262.9 303.2 296.2 295.5 294.7 270.6 231.5 180.4 176.2 2,969.2
Percent possible sunshine 68 70 68 64 65 63 63 69 74 70 65 65 67
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][7]

Subdivisions

Qitai County is made up of 9 towns, 3 townships, and 3 ethnic townships.

Name Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin Uyghur (UEY) Uyghur Latin (ULY) Administrative division code Notes
Towns
Qitai Town 奇台镇 Qítái Zhèn گۇچۇڭ بازىرى guchung baziri 652325100
Laoqitai Town 老奇台镇 Lǎoqítái Zhèn لوچىتەي بازىرى
(كونا گۇچۇڭ بازىرى) 		lochitey baziri
(kona guchung baziri) 		652325101
Banjiegou Town 半截沟镇 Bànjiégōu Zhèn بەنجەگۇ بازىرى benjegu baziri 652325102
Jebki Town 吉布库镇 Jíbùkù Zhèn جېبكى بازىرى jëbki baziri 652325103
Dongwan Town 东湾镇 Dōngwān Zhèn دۇڭۋەن بازىرى dungwen baziri 652325104
Xidi Town 西地镇 Xīdì Zhèn شىدى بازىرى shidi baziri 652325105
Biliuhe Town 碧流河镇 Bìliúhé Zhèn بىلۇخې بازىرى biluxë baziri 652325106
Sangezhuangzi Town 三个庄子镇 Sāngèzhuāngzǐ Zhèn سەنگىجاڭزا بازىرى sengijangza baziri 652325107
Xibeiwan Town 西北湾镇 Xīběiwān Zhèn شىبېيۋەن بازىرى shibëywen baziri 652325108
Townships
Kariz Township 坎尔孜乡 Kǎn'ěrzī Xiāng كارىز يېزىسى kariz yëzisi 652325202
Gucheng Township 古城乡 Gǔchéng Xiāng گۇچۇڭ يېزىسى guchung yëzisi 652325204
Qihu Township 七户乡 Qīhù Xiāng چىخۇ يېزىسى chixu yëzisi 652325204
Ethnic townships
Wumachang Kazakh Ethnic Township 五马场乡
(五马场哈萨克族乡) 		Wǔmǎchǎng Xiāng
(Wǔmǎchǎng Hāsàkèzú Xiāng) 		ۋۇماچاڭ قازاق يېزىسى wumachang qazaq yëzisi 652325203 (Kazakh)
ۋماچاڭ قازاق اۋىلى
Qorin Kazakh Ethnic Township 乔仁乡
(乔仁哈萨克族乡) 		Qiáorén Xiāng
(Qiáorén Hāsàkèzú Xiāng) 		چورىن قازاق يېزىسى chorin qazaq yëzisi 652325205 (Kazakh)
ٴشورىن قازاق اۋىلى
Daquan Tatar Ethnic Township 塔塔尔乡
(大泉塔塔尔族乡) 		Tǎtǎ'ěr Xiāng
(Dàquán Tǎtǎ'ěrzú Xiāng) 		داچۈەن تاتار يېزىسى dachüen tatar yëzisi 652325208 (Tatar)
Дацюань-Татар милли волосте

Transportation

In 2009, the Ürümqi–Dzungaria Railway was constructed through the Jiangjun Gobi desert in the northern part of the county. It terminates at a coal mine in Jiangjunmiao.[8] In 2024, the Qitai Jiangbulake Airport opened.

The radio telescope project

Main article: Qitai Radio Telescope

In 2012, the officials of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Xinjiang government presided over the groundbreaking at the site of the Xinjiang Qitai Astronomical and Science Education Base.[9] The facility, in Qitai County's Banjiegou Town (半截沟镇), will be the home of the proposed Qitai Radio Telescope.[10] Once completed it will be the largest fully steerable single-dish radio telescope in the world.[11][12]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Locals in Xinjiang frequently observe UTC+6 (Xinjiang Time), 2 hours behind Beijing.
  1. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  2. ^ Lattimore (1929), pp. 52, 250.
  3. ^ Lattimore (1929), p. 250.
  4. ^ a b 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  5. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ 奇台城市介绍以及气候背景分析. Weather China (in Chinese). 中国气象局公共气象服务中心. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
  7. ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  8. ^ (Chinese) "新疆精伊霍、乌精二线、奎北、乌准4条铁路新线开通运营" (Four new railways enter into service in Xinjiang: the Jinghe-Yining Line, the Ürümqi-Jinghe second track, the Kuitun-Beitun Line, and the Ürümqi–Dzungaria Line) 2009-11-06
  9. ^ Groundbreaking Ceremony of Qitai Base
  10. ^ "QTT Project Proposal". Proceeds of the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory. 2012.
  11. ^ "QTT Specification". QTT International Advisory Workshop. Archived from the original on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  12. ^ Na, Wang (May 2013). QiTai Radio Telescope. The Second China-U.S. Workshop on Radio Astronomy Science and Technology. Retrieved 11 July 2013.

References

  • Lattimore, Owen (1929). The Desert Road to Turkestan. Owen Lattimore. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company. Reprinted with new introduction, 1972, AMS Press, New York, N.Y.

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