Gongliu County Tokkuztara County | |
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Coordinates:43°28′00″N82°08′56″E / 43.46667°N 82.14889°E /43.46667; 82.14889 | |
Country | China |
Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
Autonomous prefecture | Ili |
County seat | Toqquztara Town |
Area | |
• Total | 4,116 km2 (1,589 sq mi) |
Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 175,766 |
• Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
Website | www |
Gongliu | |||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 巩留县 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鞏留縣 | ||||||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 特克斯塔留 | ||||||||||
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Uyghur name | |||||||||||
Uyghur | توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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Kazakh name | |||||||||||
Kazakh | توعىزتاراۋ اۋدانى KazakhCyrillic:Тоғызтарау ауданы Kazakh Latin alphabet:Toǵyztaraý aýdany | ||||||||||
Gongliu County (Chinese:巩留县) as the official romanized name, alsotransliterated from Uyghur asTokkuztara County (Uyghur:توققۇزتارا ناھىيىسى;Chinese:特克斯塔留县), is a county situated within theXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of theIli Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 4,119 km2 (1,590 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 160,000.
The place was originally named Tokkuztara, meaning "nine streams" because branches of theIli River merged in the area. When a county was set up in 1932,Gongliu was chosen as the official name, which is an abbreviation ofGonggu Changliu ("巩固长留"), literallyStability and Long-lasting.[2]
Gongliu County is divided into 6towns and 2townships.
Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kazakh (Arabic script) | Kazakh (Cyrillic script) | Number of communities | Population (thousand) | Land area (km2) |
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Towns | |||||||||
Toqquztara Town | 巩留镇 | Gǒngliú Zhèn | توققۇزتارا بازىرى | toqquztara baziri | توعىزتاراۋ قالاشىعى | 7 | 24.7 | 29 | |
Aqtobek Town | 阿克吐别克镇 | Ākètǔbiékè Zhèn | ئاقتۆبەك بازىرى | Aqtöbek baziri | اقتۇبەك قالاشىعى | 6 | 9.7 | 613.3 | |
Kongdeneng Town | 库尔德宁镇 | Kù'ěrdéníng Zhèn | كۆلدەنەڭ بازىرى | köldeneng baziri | كولدەنەڭ قالاشىعى | 7 | 9.8 | 568 | |
Dongmehelle Town | 东买里镇 | Dōngmǎilǐ Zhèn | دۆڭمەھەللە بازىرى | döngmehelle baziri | دوڭمالى قالاشىعى | 8 | 27 | 317 | |
Agharsin Town | 阿尕尔森镇 | Āgǎ'ěrsēn Zhèn | ئاغارسىن بازىرى | Agharsin baziri | اعارسىن قالاشىعى | 9 | 21.5 | 714 | |
Tikeriq Town | 提克阿热克镇 | Tíkè'ārèkè Zhèn | تىكئېرىق بازىرى | tik'ëriq baziri | تىكارىق قالاشىعى | 8 | 13.7 | 426.7 | |
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Jirghilang Township | 吉尔格郎乡 | Jí'ěrgéláng Xiāng | جىرغالاڭ يېزىسى | jirghalang yëzisi | جىرعالاڭ اۋىلى | 6 | 6.6 | 420 | |
Tashtope Township | 塔斯托别乡 | Tǎsītuōbié Xiāng | تاشتۆپە يېزىسى | tashtöpe yëzisi | تاستوبە اۋىلى | 8 | 23.3 | 414 |
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Climate data for Gongliu, elevation 775 m (2,543 ft), (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) | 2.3 (36.1) | 11.5 (52.7) | 20.4 (68.7) | 24.7 (76.5) | 28.2 (82.8) | 30.2 (86.4) | 29.4 (84.9) | 25.3 (77.5) | 18.2 (64.8) | 8.9 (48.0) | 1.1 (34.0) | 16.6 (61.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −8.8 (16.2) | −4.6 (23.7) | 4.5 (40.1) | 12.4 (54.3) | 17.0 (62.6) | 20.7 (69.3) | 22.2 (72.0) | 20.9 (69.6) | 16.1 (61.0) | 9.1 (48.4) | 1.9 (35.4) | −5.5 (22.1) | 8.8 (47.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −14.7 (5.5) | −10.3 (13.5) | −1.3 (29.7) | 5.6 (42.1) | 10.2 (50.4) | 14.0 (57.2) | 15.2 (59.4) | 13.5 (56.3) | 8.6 (47.5) | 2.5 (36.5) | −2.9 (26.8) | −10.4 (13.3) | 2.5 (36.5) |
Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 13.0 (0.51) | 16.0 (0.63) | 17.3 (0.68) | 34.1 (1.34) | 37.4 (1.47) | 44.4 (1.75) | 34.3 (1.35) | 28.9 (1.14) | 17.8 (0.70) | 21.5 (0.85) | 23.5 (0.93) | 16.8 (0.66) | 305 (12.01) |
Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 7.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 99.8 |
Average snowy days | 8.3 | 8.8 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 5.1 | 9.5 | 38 |
Averagerelative humidity (%) | 76 | 75 | 69 | 60 | 59 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 71 | 76 | 78 | 68 |
Mean monthlysunshine hours | 163.3 | 168.6 | 217.2 | 240.1 | 284.3 | 282.1 | 304.9 | 295.7 | 260.1 | 222.7 | 152.9 | 141.3 | 2,733.2 |
Percentagepossible sunshine | 56 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 62 | 61 | 66 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 54 | 51 | 61 |
Source:China Meteorological Administration[5][6] |