Jinghe County (Chinese: 精河县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Jing County (Uyghur: جىڭ ناھىيىسى), is a county of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 11,181 square kilometres (4,317 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 120,000.
Geography and climate
Jinghe has a desert climate (Köppen BWk), with a mean total of only 102 millimetres (4.02 in) of precipitation per annum and great seasonal differences in temperature, with long, very cold winters, and hot, dry summers. As spring and autumn are short, winter and summer are the main seasons. Temperatures can easily fall below −20 °C (−4 °F) in winter or rise above 35 °C (95 °F) in summer. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −14.9 °C (5.2 °F) in January to 25.7 °C (78.3 °F) in July; the annual mean is 8.22 °C (46.8 °F). With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 35% in December to 70% in August and September, the county receives 2,554 hours of bright sunshine annually.
Demographics
Subdivisions
Jinghe County is made up of 4 towns and 1 township.
Others:
- Akqi Farm (阿合其农场, ئاقچى دېھقانچىلىق مەيدانى, ᠠᠬᠠᠴᠢ
ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ
ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ) - Bajiahu Farm (八家户农场, باجاخۇ چارۋىچىلىق مەيدانى, ᠪᠠᠵᠠᠬᠤ
ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ
ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ) - Jinghe Industrial Park (精河工业园区)
- XPCC 82nd Regiment Farm (兵团八十二团) (82-تۇەن مەيدانى) (82 ᠳᠤᠭᠠᠷ ᠲᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ)
- XPCC 83rd Regiment Farm (兵团八十三团) (83-تۇەن مەيدانى) (83 ᠳᠤᠭᠠᠷ ᠲᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ)
- XPCC 91st Regiment Farm (兵团九十一团) (91-تۇەن مەيدانى) (91 ᠳᠤᠭᠠᠷ ᠲᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ)
Transport
Jinghe is served by China National Highway 312. It is a railway junction for the Northern Xinjiang, Second Ürümqi-Jinghe and Jinghe-Yining-Horgos Railways.
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