Yeyik

Yeyik Uyghur: يېيىق يېزىسى Chinese: 叶亦克乡 Yeyike, Yeh-i-k'o
Township
Yeyik Location in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 36°40′41″N 083°10′52″E
Country	China
Autonomous Region	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Hotan
County	Niya (Minfeng)
Villages[1]	6
Elevation [2]	3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Population  (2010)[3]
• Total	3,751
Ethnic groups
• Major ethnic groups	Uyghur
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)

Yeyik^[4][5][6][7] (Uyghur: يېيىق يېزىسى;^[8][9] Chinese: 叶亦克乡) is a township in central^[10] Niya County (Minfeng), Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China on the upper reaches of the Yeyik River (叶亦克河).^[10]

Name

Yeyik means 'spread out' (铺展) in Uyghur.^[4][11] The Uyghur is transcribed into Mandarin Chinese as Yeyike (pinyin) (Yeh-i-k'o^[12] (Wade-Giles)). Yeyik has also been known as Yiyike (乙衣克)^[4] and Ya-li-ka.^[12][13][14]

History

In 1958, Yeyik Commune (叶亦克公社) was established.^[4][15]

In 1984, Yeyik Commune became Yeyik Township (叶亦克乡).^[15]

At 5:24 p.m. on February 12, 2014, Yeyik was 88 km (55 mi) from the epicenter of a 5.7 magnitude aftershock of the 2014 Yutian earthquake.^[16]

In September 2018, Yeyik was listed as a Strong Town Model Organization in Agricultural Production (农业产业强镇示范建设).^[17]

Geography

Yeyik is located 44 km (27 mi) to the southeast of the county seat^[15] on an alluvial fan^[4] on the upper reaches of the Yeyik River (Yeh-i-k'o Ho,^[12] Ya-li-ka Ho;^[12][13] 叶亦克河).^[10]

Administrative divisions

Yeyik includes six villages:^[1]

Villages (Mandarin Chinese Hanyu Pinyin-derived names except where Uyghur is provided):

• Ayitage^[18] (阿依塔格村) 36°44′12″N 082°59′51″E
• Yeyik (Yeyike; يېيىق كەنت / 叶亦克村)
• Muchang (牧场村)
• Jinquan^[19] (金泉村) 36°39′37″N 083°23′12″E
• Aqtash (Aketashi; ئاقتاش كەنت^[8] / 阿克塔什村)
• Yengiawat (Ying'awati; يېڭىئاۋات كەنت / 英阿瓦提村)

Former villages:^[20]

• Kunwu'ertuzi (昆吾尔吐孜村)
• Segeziwuyi^[21] (色格孜乌依村) 36°44′01″N 083°09′48″E

Economy

Agriculture and animal husbandry are the mainstays of the economy. Crops include wheat, highland barley, black-eyed peas, etc.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2000	3,623	—
2010	3,751	+0.35%
[3]

Nature and wildlife

A Demoiselle Crane was tracked passing through Yeyik suggesting that Yeyik is a stopover on the autumn migration route of the Demoiselle Crane.^[22]

Historical maps

• 
  Map of the expeditions of Sven Hedin (1906-8) including Yeyik (labeled as Yayek) (RGS, early 20th century)
• 
  Map including Yeyik (labeled as Ya-li-ka (Yeh-i-k'o)) and surrounding region in the International Map of the World (ATC, 1971)
• 
  Map including Yeyik (labeled as Ya-li-ka) (DMA, 1979)
• 
  Map including Yeyik (Yeh-i-kʻo) and surrounding region (DMA, 1980)^[a]
• 
  Map including Yeyik (DMA, 1990)

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Xinjiang

Notes

1. From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative."

References

1. 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：叶亦克乡 [2019 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Yeyik Township] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2020. 统计用区划代码 城乡分类代码 名称 653227203200 210 阿依塔格村委会 653227203201 220 叶亦克村委会 653227203202 220 牧场村委会 653227203203 220 金泉村委会 653227203204 210 阿克塔什村委会 653227203205 220 英阿瓦提村委会
2. Shan-Shan Zhao; Hong-Yu Li; Xiao-Ping Yin; Zhi-Qiang Liu; Chuang-Fu Chen; Yuan-Zhi Wang (7 June 2016). "First detection of Candidatus Rickettsia barbariae in the flea Vermipsylla alakurt from north-western China". Retrieved 15 June 2020 – via Gale Academic OneFile.
3. 民丰县历史沿革 [Niya County Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2020. 2000年第五次人口普查，{...}叶亦克乡3623人、{...}2010年第六次人口普查，民丰县常住总人口33932人，其中：{...}叶亦克乡3751人，
4. Xie, Yuzhong [解玉忠] (2003). 地名中的新疆 (in Simplified Chinese). Ürümqi: 新疆人民出版社. p. 262. ISBN 7-228-08004-1.
5. Yeyik (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
6. Webster's 21st Century World Atlas. Barnes & Noble Books. 1999. p. 83 – via Internet Archive. Yeyik
7. Complete Atlas Of The World (3rd ed.). Penguin Random House. 2016. p. 238 – via Internet Archive. Minfeng{...}Yeyik
8. Amangul Abdurrahman ئامانگۈل ئابدۇراخمان, ed. (22 November 2018). نىيە قارا توخۇسى نامرات ئاممىنىڭ بېيىش دەرۋازىسىنى «چوقۇلاپ» ئاچتى. Tianshannet (in Uyghur). Retrieved 16 July 2020. 11- ئاينىڭ 17- كۈنى چۈشتىن بۇرۇن، مۇخبىر نىيە ناھىيەسىنىڭ يېيىق يېزىسى ئاقتاش كەنتىدىكى نىيە قارا توخۇسى باقمىچىلىق فېرمىسىغا بارغىنىدا،
9. يېيىق (Variant Non-Roman Script - VS) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
10. Zhong Xingqi 钟兴麒, ed. (July 2008). 西域地名考录 (in Simplified Chinese). Beijing: 国家图书馆出版社. pp. 1090–1091. ISBN 978-7-5013-3628-9.
11. Wen Hao 文昊, ed. (January 2007). 新疆地名与传说故事. 走进新疆丛书 (in Simplified Chinese). Ürümqi: 新疆美术摄影出版社, 新疆电子音像出版社. p. 61. ISBN 978-7-80744-012-3.
12. "HO-TIEN". Washington, D. C.: U.S. Army Topographic Command. November 1971. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019 – via University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin, Internet Archive. Ya-li-ka Ho (Yeh-i-k'o Ho){...}Ya-li-ka (Yeh-i-k'o)
13. "K'O-LA, CHINA". Washington, D. C.: Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center. August 1979. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020 – via People's Association for Himalaya Area Research, Internet Archive. Ya-li-ka Ho{...}Ya-li-ka
14. Ya-li-ka (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
15. 1997年民丰县行政区划 [1997 Niya County Administrative Divisions] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
16. 新疆和田发生7.3级地震：2008年曾发生同级地震. Sohu News (in Simplified Chinese). 13 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
17. 农业产业强镇示范建设名单公布. 中小城市网 (in Simplified Chinese). 6 September 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
18. Ayitage (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
19. Jinquan (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
20. 2009年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：叶亦克乡 [2009 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Yeyik Township] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2020. 代码 城乡分类 名称 653227203200 210 阿依塔格村委会 653227203201 220 叶亦克村委会 653227203202 220 昆吾尔吐孜村委会 653227203203 220 色格孜乌依村委会 653227203204 210 阿克塔什村委会 653227203205 220 英阿瓦提村委会
21. Segeziwuyi (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
22. Hiroyoshi Higuchi (May 2010). "Satellite tracking the migration of birds in eastern Asia". British Birds. 103: 293 – via Internet Archive.