Xunke County 逊克县 | |
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 Xunke in Heihe | |
.png) Heihe in Heilongjiang | |
| Coordinates:49°33′50″N128°28′44″E / 49.564°N 128.479°E /49.564; 128.479 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Heilongjiang |
| Prefecture-level city | Heihe |
| Area | |
• Total | 17,344 km2 (6,697 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 82,000 |
| • Density | 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Xunke County (simplified Chinese:逊克县;traditional Chinese:遜克縣;pinyin:Xùnkè Xiàn) is acounty under the jurisdiction of theprefecture-level city ofHeihe, in northernHeilongjiang province,China, borderingRussia'sAmur Oblast to the north across theAmur River. It is under the jurisdiction of theprefecture-level city ofHeihe. The county spans an area of 17,344 square kilometres (6,697 mi2), and has a population of about 82,000.[1]
Xunke County got its name from a portmanteau of two previously existing counties in the area: Xunhe County (Chinese:逊河县) and Qike County (Chinese:奇克县). Xunhe County derived its name from the nearbyXunbiela River [zh], which means "milk river" inManchu.[1] Qike derived its name from a nearby mountain called Qikele (Chinese:奇克勒).[1] The pronunciation of Qikele shifted to Qikete (Chinese:奇克特) over time, and would commonly be shorted to Qike.[1]
There have been human activities in Xunke County as early as the lateNeolithic period.[2]
During the time of theJin dynasty, the area of present-day Xunke County was inhabited by the Jurchen people.[2]
A number ofrefugees from theSixty-Four Villages East of the River fleeing the1900 Amur anti-Chinese pogroms resettled in present-day Xunke County.[2]
After the1911 Revolution, in 1913, theAihui Zhili Ting [zh], which governed the area, was restructured as Aihui County.[2] Qikete, corresponding to present-day Xunke County, was reclassified as the Fourth District of Aihui County.[2] In 1915, Qikete was reclassified from akarun [zh] to acounty assistant [zh].[2] In 1929, Qikete County Assistant was renamed and reorganized as Qike County.[2]
In 1933,Imperial Japan invaded and occupied the area, and established their own county governments in the area.[2] In 1943, Japan merged the two counties it established in the area, Xunhe County and Qike County, into Xunke County.[2]
In June 1946, theNortheastern People's Liberation Army [zh] established county offices.[2] By 1947, thePeople's Liberation Army established full control of the area.[2]
Xunke County is divided into threetowns, sixtownships, and seven othertownship-level divisions.[2]
Thecounty's three towns areQike [zh],Xunhe [zh], andKelin [zh].[2]
The county's six townships areGanchazi Township [zh],Songshugou Township [zh],Chelu Township [zh],Xin'e Township [zh],Xinxing Township [zh], andBaoshan Township [zh].[2]
Xunke County also administers seven other township-level divisions:Daogan Tree Farm (Chinese:道干林场),Ganchazi Tree Farm (Chinese:干岔子林场),Xinli Tree Farm (Chinese:新立林场),Sanjianfang Tree Farm (Chinese:三间房林场),Xunke County Seed Farm (Chinese:逊克县良种场),Xunke County Breeding Farm (Chinese:逊克县种畜场), andXunke Farm [zh].[2]
Xunke County has a population of about 82,000, per a 2023 government publication.[1] The population of thecounty was 99,740 in 1999.[3]
Xunke County is predominantlyHan Chinese, who comprise about 90% of the county population.[1] The county has 22ethnic minorities, including theOroqen,Russians, and theDaur.[1]
Per a 2023 government population, 1,257 Oroqen people live in Xunke County, accounting for approximately one-seventh ofChina's total Oroqen population.[1] Within Xunke County, the Oroqen primarily live inXin'e Township [zh] andXinxing Township [zh].[1]
Approximately 1,200 ethnic Russians live in Xunke County.[1] The county has five Russianethnic villages.[1] Approximately one-third of the county's ethnic Russians live in Bianjiang Village (Chinese:边疆村) within thetown ofQike [zh].[1]
| Climate data for Xunke, elevation 116 m (381 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) | 2.9 (37.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 28.6 (83.5) | 34.3 (93.7) | 39.0 (102.2) | 36.6 (97.9) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.2 (90.0) | 28.0 (82.4) | 12.2 (54.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | 39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −17.1 (1.2) | −11.1 (12.0) | −1.2 (29.8) | 10.9 (51.6) | 19.9 (67.8) | 25.2 (77.4) | 27.4 (81.3) | 25.2 (77.4) | 19.5 (67.1) | 9.3 (48.7) | −4.9 (23.2) | −16.0 (3.2) | 7.3 (45.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −22.7 (−8.9) | −17.8 (0.0) | −7.5 (18.5) | 4.8 (40.6) | 13.3 (55.9) | 19.3 (66.7) | 22.0 (71.6) | 19.7 (67.5) | 13.1 (55.6) | 3.5 (38.3) | −10 (14) | −20.9 (−5.6) | 1.4 (34.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −27.9 (−18.2) | −24.1 (−11.4) | −13.9 (7.0) | −1.2 (29.8) | 6.6 (43.9) | 13.4 (56.1) | 17.0 (62.6) | 14.9 (58.8) | 7.4 (45.3) | −1.6 (29.1) | −14.7 (5.5) | −25.6 (−14.1) | −4.1 (24.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −40.6 (−41.1) | −40.5 (−40.9) | −30.0 (−22.0) | −14.4 (6.1) | −4.6 (23.7) | 2.6 (36.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | −5.3 (22.5) | −17.8 (0.0) | −35.3 (−31.5) | −41.4 (−42.5) | −41.4 (−42.5) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 6.4 (0.25) | 5.5 (0.22) | 11.0 (0.43) | 21.3 (0.84) | 48.9 (1.93) | 76.6 (3.02) | 136.4 (5.37) | 100.4 (3.95) | 55.4 (2.18) | 30.2 (1.19) | 13.0 (0.51) | 10.7 (0.42) | 515.8 (20.31) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.1 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 7.5 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 10.8 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 114.6 |
| Average snowy days | 10.5 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 9.9 | 12.0 | 56.1 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 72 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 55 | 68 | 77 | 79 | 71 | 63 | 69 | 72 | 68 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 173.5 | 206.8 | 250.2 | 233.8 | 241.9 | 241.4 | 226.3 | 211.8 | 203.7 | 178.7 | 160.5 | 149.5 | 2,478.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 64 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 51 | 50 | 47 | 48 | 55 | 54 | 60 | 59 | 57 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
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