Baicheng County

Baicheng County
باي ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
拜城县 (Chinese)
Bay, Bai, Paicheng
County
Location of Baicheng County (red) in Aksu Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Location of Baicheng County (red) in Aksu Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Baicheng County is located in Xinjiang
Baicheng County
Baicheng County
Location within China
Baicheng County is located in China
Baicheng County
Baicheng County
Baicheng County (China)
Coordinates: 41°46′12″N 81°52′12″E / 41.77000°N 81.87000°E / 41.77000; 81.87000
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureAksu
County seatBai Town
Township-level divisions4 towns, 10 townships
Area
[1]
 • Total
15,916.81 km2 (6,145.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
231,113
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsUyghur[3]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Postal code
842300
Websitewww.xjbc.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Baicheng County
Uyghur name
Uyghurباي ناھىيىسى‎
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiBay Nahiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪBay Nah̡iyisi
SASM/GNCBay Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiБай Наһийиси
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese拜城县
Traditional Chinese拜城縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBàichéng Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese拜县
Traditional Chinese拜縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBài Xiàn

Baicheng County[4][5] (Chinese: 拜城县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Bay County[6][7][8] (pronounced like 'bye', pronunciationⓘ,[9] Uyghur: باي ناھىيىسى;[10] Chinese: 拜县), is a county in Aksu Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference xzqhbay was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  3. ^ 1997年拜城县行政区划. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 10 November 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2020. 有维吾尔、汉、柯尔克孜、回等民族，其中维吾尔族占89%，
  4. ^ huaxia, ed. (5 December 2019). "4.9-magnitude quake hits Xinjiang, no casualties". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020. A 4.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Baicheng County of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at around 10:46 a.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
  5. ^ huaxia, ed. (20 December 2017). "China Kitchen: Laghman Noodle, a hand-rubbed delicacy in Xinjiang". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020. "Three cooks would suffice with the traditional way of making Laghman, but we hired 13, all from Baicheng county," She explains.
  6. ^ Muyessar Turdi; Linsheng Yang (September 2016). "Trace Elements Contamination and Human Health Risk Assessment in Drinking Water from the Agricultural and Pastoral Areas of Bay County, Xinjiang, China". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13 (10): 938. doi:10.3390/ijerph13100938. PMC 5086677. PMID 27669274.
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  8. ^ "Records of Xinjiang Ground-jay Podoces biddulphi in Taklimakan Desert, Xinjiang, China" (PDF). 2004. p. 121. Retrieved 28 July 2020. Bay
  9. ^ Bai. Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World. Morningside Heights, New York, Columbia University Press, by arrangement with J.B. Lippincott Co. 1952. p. 143 – via Internet Archive. Bai (bī)
  10. ^ باي (Variant Non-Roman Script - VS) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency


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