Qinggil County

Not to be confused with Qinghe County, Hebei.
Qinggil County
青河县 (Chinese)
چىڭگىل ناھىيىسى (Uyghur)
شىڭگىل اۋدانى (Kazakh)
Chinggil, Qinghe, Ch'ing-ho
County
Location of Qinggil County (pink) in Altay Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Location of Qinggil County (pink) in Altay Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Qinggil is located in Dzungaria
Qinggil
Qinggil
Location of the county town in Xinjiang
Qinggil is located in Xinjiang
Qinggil
Qinggil
Qinggil (Xinjiang)
Qinggil is located in China
Qinggil
Qinggil
Qinggil (China)
Coordinates: 46°37′N 90°25′E / 46.617°N 90.417°E / 46.617; 90.417
CountryChina
Autonomous regionXinjiang
PrefectureAltay
County seatQinggil
Township-level divisions5 towns
3 townships[1][2]
Area
[3][4]
 • Total15,579.5 km2 (6,015.3 sq mi)
Elevation
1,220 m (4,000 ft)
Population
 (2020)[5]
 • Total61,680
 • Density4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsKazakh
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Postal code
836200
Websitexjqh.gov.cn
Qinggil County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese青河县
Traditional Chinese青河縣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQīnghé Xiàn
Wade–GilesChʻing¹-ho² Hsien⁴
Uyghur name
Uyghurچىڭگىل ناھىيىسى‎
Transcriptions
Latin YëziqiChinggil nahiyisi
Yengi YeziⱪQinggil naⱨiyisi
SASM/GNCQinggil Nahiyisi
Siril YëziqiЧиңгил наһийиси
Kazakh name
Kazakhشىڭگىل اۋدانى
Шіңгіл ауданы
Şıñgıl audany

Qinggil County[6][7][8] (Uyghur), also Chinggil County,[9][10][11] Qinghe County, is a county of Altay Prefecture in northeastern Xinjiang, China, bordering Bayan-Ölgii Province and Khovd Province in Mongolia to the east. It has an area of 15,722 km2 (6,070 sq mi) with a population of 60,000[when?]. Qinghe was the site of a meteorite impact in 1898 and a Mongolian–Chinese border clash in the spring of 1944.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference statsqinggil was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ 地理位置. 青河县人民政府 (in Simplified Chinese). 2020-06-04. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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  5. ^ Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
  6. ^ 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. Qinggil County
  7. ^ Ping Cheng (1989). Xinjiang: The Land and the People. p. 163. ISBN 9787800050787.
  8. ^ Qiao Long (6 February 2019). Luisetta Mudie (ed.). "Chinese Officials Force Muslims to Drink, Eat Pork At Festival". Translated by Luisetta Mudie. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020. Altay's Qinggil (in Chinese, Qinghe) county
  9. ^ "Annual Report on International Religious Freedom". 2009. p. 7.
  10. ^ "Xinjiang". Government Publishing Office. 10 October 2011. p. 22.
  11. ^ "Interview Kazakh from China fights to free his family". 24 September 2020. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020. Chinggil County, in Xinjiang's Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture


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