Qiemo County

Qiemo County
چەرچەن ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
且末县 (Chinese)
Qarqan, Charchan, Chiehmo, Chü-mo, Jumo
Main entrance of a bazaar in the county seat of Qiemo
Main entrance of a bazaar in the county seat of Qiemo
Location of Qiemo County (pink) in Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Location of Qiemo County (pink) in Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Qiemo is located in Bayingolin
Qiemo
Qiemo
Location of the county seat in Xinjiang
Qiemo is located in Xinjiang
Qiemo
Qiemo
Qiemo (Xinjiang)
Qiemo is located in China
Qiemo
Qiemo
Qiemo (China)
Coordinates (Qiemo County government): 38°08′46″N 85°31′48″E / 38.146°N 85.530°E / 38.146; 85.530
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
Autonomous prefectureBayingolin
County seatQiemo (Qarqan)
Area
 • Total138,680 km2 (53,540 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total69,236
 • Density0.50/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsUyghur, Han Chinese[3]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Postal code
841900
Websitewww.xjqmx.gov.cn (in Chinese)
Qiemo County
Uyghur name
Uyghurچەرچەن ناھىيىسى
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiCherchen Nahiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪQərqən Nah̡iyisi
SASM/GNCQarqan Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiЧәрчән Наһийиси
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese且末
Traditional Chinese且末
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQiěmò Xiàn,
Jūmò Xiàn[4]
Wade–GilesChʻieh³-mo⁴ Hsien⁴,
Chü¹-mo⁴ Hsien⁴
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese恰尔羌县
Traditional Chinese恰爾羌縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQià'ěrqiāng Xiàn

Qiemo County (Chinese: 且末) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Qarqan County[5][6][7] (Uyghur: چەرچەن ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 恰尔羌县), is a county under the administration of the Bayin'gholin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region to the south. Its area is 138,645 square kilometers (53,531 sq mi) and, according to the 2002 census, it has a population of 60,000. The county seat is at Qiemo Town.

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  2. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  3. ^ 1997年且末县行政区划. XZQH.org (in Simplified Chinese). 10 December 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2020. 面积14万平方千米,人口4.9万,有维吾尔、汉、回等民族,其中维吾尔族占82.3%,汉族占17.7%,
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  5. ^ Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (2010). 建筑抗震设计规范 [GB50011-2010: Code for Seismic Design of Buildings] (in English and Simplified Chinese). Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press. p. 203 – via Google Books. Qarqan County
  6. ^ Ivan Watson; Ben Westcott (21 January 2019). "Uyghur refugee tells of death and fear inside China's Xinjiang camps". CNN. Retrieved 8 April 2020. In April 2017, while in her parents' home county of Qarqan, 1,184 kilometers (735 miles) away from Urumqi, she says she was taken away from her two remaining children and placed in detention by Chinese authorities.
  7. ^ Xie Yuzhong 解玉忠 (2003). 地名中的新疆 (in Simplified Chinese). Ürümqi: 新疆人民出版社. p. 147. ISBN 7-228-08004-1.


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