County in Xinjiang, China
Huocheng County
(
Chinese
:
?城?
;
pinyin
:
Huocheng xian
), as the official romanized name, is also
transliterated from Uyghur
as
Korgas County
(
Uyghur
:
?????? ????????
; in
Kazakh
:
?????? ??????
;
Chinese
:
??果斯?
). It is situated within the
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
and falls under the administration of the
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
. The county is located between
Yining
and the border city of
Khorgas
, covering an area of 5,466 km
2
(2,110 sq mi), with a population of 360,000 (2004 estimate). There are twenty-nine ethnic groups residing in the county, including the Han and Uyghur nationalities.
To the north of Huocheng County is
Wenquan County
, while the
Ili River
lies to the south. Its Western side is bordered by
Khorgas City
, and
Yining
is located approximately 45 km (28 mi) to the east.
History
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Within Huocheng County, lies the significant ruined site of ancient
Almaliq
. Additionally, the mausoleum of the first khan of
Moghulistan
,
Tughlugh Timur
, is also located within the county.
During the 1760s, nine fortresses were constructed in the Ili River Basin, and four of them were situated within the modern Huocheng County.
Huiyuan
served as the headquarters of the
General of Ili
, making it the military and administrative center of
Xinjiang
until the 1860s.
Suiding County (
?定?
) was established in 1888, with
Suiding
as the county seat. In 1914, the western area of Shuiding County was organized into Khorgas County, later abbreviated to Huocheng County, with Gongchen (
Khorgas
) as county seat. In 1965 Suiding was renamed Shuiding. In 1966, Shuiding County merged into Huocheng County with Shuiding as the county seat of the new Huocheng County. In 2014,
Khorgas
became a county-level city separate from Huocheng County.
Administrative divisions
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The county includes 6
towns
, 2
townships
, and 1
ethnic township
.
Name
|
Simplified Chinese
|
Hanyu Pinyin
|
Uyghur
(
UEY
)
|
Uyghur Latin (
ULY
)
|
Number of communities
|
Population (thousand)
|
Land area (km2)
|
Towns
|
Shuiding Town
(Suydung Town)
|
水定?
|
Shu?ding Zhen
|
?????? ??????
|
suydung baziri
|
13
|
3
|
14.9
|
Qingshuihe Town
(Chingsixoza Town)
|
?水河?
|
Q?ngshu?he Zhen
|
????????? ??????
|
chingsixoza baziri
|
15
|
46.7
|
185.2
|
Lucaogou Town
(Losigung Town)
|
芦草??
|
Luc?og?u Zhen
|
??????? ??????
|
lusigung baziri
|
11
|
35.4
|
346
|
Huiyuan Town
(Kure Town)
|
惠??
|
Huiyu?n Zhen
|
???? ??????
|
kure baziri
|
4
|
21.4
|
138.6
|
Sarbulaq Town
|
??布拉克?
|
Sa'?rbul?ke Zhen
|
???????? ??????
|
sarbulaq baziri
|
11
|
28.2
|
431.7
|
Lengger Town
|
?干?
|
Langan Zhen
|
?????? ??????
|
lengger baziri
|
13
|
3
|
14.9
|
Townships
|
Sendoxoza Township
(Sandaohe Township)
|
三道河?
|
S?ndaohe Xi?ng
|
????????? ??????
|
sendoxoza yezisi
|
3
|
9.3
|
78.7
|
Dashigu Township
(Daxigou Township)
|
大西??
|
Dax?g?u Xi?ng
|
?????? ??????
|
dashigu yezisi
|
7
|
10.8
|
252.7
|
Ethnic Township
|
Sengung Township
(Sangong Township)
|
三??
(
三?回族?
)
|
S?ng?ng Xi?ng
(
S?ng?ng Huizu Xi?ng
)
|
?????? ????? ??????
|
sengung xuyzu yezisi
|
5
|
15
|
126.9
|
Climate
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Climate data for Huocheng, elevation 640 m (2,100 ft), (1991?2020 normals)
|
Month
|
Jan
|
Feb
|
Mar
|
Apr
|
May
|
Jun
|
Jul
|
Aug
|
Sep
|
Oct
|
Nov
|
Dec
|
Year
|
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
|
?1.9
(28.6)
|
1.8
(35.2)
|
12.2
(54.0)
|
21.5
(70.7)
|
26.4
(79.5)
|
30.3
(86.5)
|
32.3
(90.1)
|
31.4
(88.5)
|
26.8
(80.2)
|
18.8
(65.8)
|
8.9
(48.0)
|
0.6
(33.1)
|
17.4
(63.4)
|
Daily mean °C (°F)
|
?7.7
(18.1)
|
?3.7
(25.3)
|
5.7
(42.3)
|
13.9
(57.0)
|
18.7
(65.7)
|
22.7
(72.9)
|
24.4
(75.9)
|
23.1
(73.6)
|
18.0
(64.4)
|
10.4
(50.7)
|
2.7
(36.9)
|
?4.7
(23.5)
|
10.3
(50.5)
|
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
|
?12.4
(9.7)
|
?8.4
(16.9)
|
0.4
(32.7)
|
7.5
(45.5)
|
12.0
(53.6)
|
16.0
(60.8)
|
17.4
(63.3)
|
15.7
(60.3)
|
10.5
(50.9)
|
4.2
(39.6)
|
?1.6
(29.1)
|
?8.8
(16.2)
|
4.4
(39.9)
|
Average
precipitation
mm (inches)
|
18.4
(0.72)
|
20.1
(0.79)
|
17.6
(0.69)
|
26.3
(1.04)
|
23.5
(0.93)
|
27.7
(1.09)
|
22.5
(0.89)
|
17.8
(0.70)
|
12.2
(0.48)
|
21.3
(0.84)
|
30.0
(1.18)
|
22.8
(0.90)
|
260.2
(10.25)
|
Average precipitation days
(≥ 0.1 mm)
|
8.6
|
7.7
|
6.5
|
7.6
|
7.7
|
7.8
|
7.8
|
6.0
|
5.0
|
5.7
|
7.7
|
8.8
|
86.9
|
Average snowy days
|
10.4
|
8.7
|
3.5
|
0.8
|
0.1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0.5
|
4.2
|
10.3
|
38.5
|
Average
relative humidity
(%)
|
76
|
74
|
63
|
53
|
52
|
53
|
53
|
53
|
54
|
64
|
73
|
77
|
62
|
Mean monthly
sunshine hours
|
151.8
|
166.8
|
233.5
|
268.8
|
318.2
|
318.7
|
338.0
|
325.3
|
278.5
|
226.1
|
154.5
|
135.4
|
2,915.6
|
Percent
possible sunshine
|
52
|
55
|
62
|
66
|
69
|
69
|
73
|
77
|
76
|
68
|
55
|
49
|
64
|
Source:
China Meteorological Administration
[2]
[3]
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Demographics
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Breakdown of nationalities in Huocheng County
|
Nationality
|
|
Percentage
|
Han
|
|
33.6%
|
Uyghurs
|
|
26.8%
|
Huis
|
|
23.8%
|
Kazakhs
|
|
9.0%
|
Xibe
|
|
0.4%
|
Mongols
|
|
0.2%
|
Others
|
|
6.2%
|
Source of the population statistics :
[4]
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Economy
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In agriculture, the local population cultivate
wheat
,
corn
and other crops including
sugar beet
,
cotton
,
tobacco
,
apples
,
animal husbandry
with
cattle
and
sheep
.
The main
minerals
extracted in the area include
coal
,
phosphorus
,
iron
,
gold
,
silver
,
copper
,
limestone
, Iceland
spar
and
marble
, etc.
Transport
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Huocheng is served by
China National Highway 312
and the
Jinghe-Yining-Khorgas Railway
.
There is a border crossing into Kazakhstan at
Khorgas
, where the road continues to
Zharkent
in
Panfilov District
.
The
Jinghe?Yining?Khorgas Railway
through Huocheng county was completed in 2010, reaching practically to the Kazakhstan border. There are plans to construct a connecting railway line on the Kazakh side, creating China's second railway link to
Central Asia
besides
Alashankou
.
[5]
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