Jeminay County Jimunai | |
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.png) Location of Jeminay County (red) within Altay Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Jeminay Location of the county town in Xinjiang Show map of Dzungaria Jeminay Jeminay (Xinjiang) Show map of Xinjiang Jeminay Jeminay (China) Show map of China | |
| Coordinates:47°26′35″N85°52′26″E / 47.443°N 85.874°E /47.443; 85.874 | |
| Country | China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Altay |
| County seat | Topterek |
| Area | |
• Total | 7,145.8 km2 (2,759.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2020)[1] | |
• Total | 34,336 |
| • Density | 4.8/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard[a]) |
| Website | www |
| Jeminay County | |||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吉木乃县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吉木乃縣 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur | جېمىنەي ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Kazakh name | |||||||||||
| Kazakh | جەمەنەي اۋدانى KazakhCyrillic:Жеменей ауданы Kazakh Latin alphabet:Jemeneı aýdany | ||||||||||
Jeminay County orJimunai County, is a county situated in the north of theXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of theAltay Prefecture.
A road border crossing intoKazakhstan is located in Jeminay town. The Kazakh settlement across the border isMaykapshagay nearZaysan inEast Kazakhstan Region.
Jeminay County is divided into 4towns, 3townships.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kazakh (Arabic script) | Kazakh (Cyrillic script) | Administrative division code | Notes | |
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| Topterek Town | 托普铁热克镇 | Tuōpǔtiěrèkè Zhèn | توپتېرەك بازىرى | toptërek baziri | توپتەرەك قالاشىعى | Топтерек қалашығы | 654326100 | ||
| Jeminay Town | 吉木乃镇 | Jímùnǎi Zhèn | جېمىنەي بازىرى | jëminey baziri | جەمەنەي قالاشىعى | Жеменей қалашығы | 654326101 | ||
| Qarjaw Town (Kaerjiao Town) | 喀尔交镇 | Kā'ěrjiāo Zhèn | قارجاۋ بازىرى | qarjaw baziri | قارجاۋ قالاشىعى | Қаржау қалашығы | 654326102 | Formerly Qarjaw Township (喀尔交乡) | |
| Ulastay Town | 乌拉斯特镇 | Wūlāsītè Zhèn | ئۇلاستاي بازىرى | Ulastay baziri | ۇلاستى قالاشىعى | Ұласты қалашығы | 654326103 | Formerly Topterek Township (托普铁热克乡) | |
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| Tost Township | 托斯特乡 | Tuōsītè Xiāng | توست يېزىسى | tost yëzisi | توستى اۋىلى | Тосты ауылы | 654326201 | ||
| Shalshikay Township | 恰勒什海乡 | Qiàlèshíhǎi Xiāng | شالشىقاي يېزىسى | shalshiqay yëzisi | شالشىقاي اۋىلى | Шалшықай ауылы | 654326202 | ||
| Besterek Township | 别斯铁热克乡 | Biésītiěrèkè Xiāng | بېستېرەك يېزىسى | bëstërek yëzisi | بەستەرەك اۋىلى | Бестерек ауылы | 654326204 | ||
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Amongst the county's total population of 37,733, 19,090 of them were men while 18,643 were women. 13,209 people wereHan Chinese while 24,524 belonged to the county's fifteen different ethnic minority groups. The Non-agricultural population has a total figure of 18,530 while the Farming population is 19,203; The Urban population accounts for 10,121 people. According to the 2005 census, the native ethnicKazaks, accounted for more than sixty percent of the county's total population figure.
| Climate data for Jeminay, elevation 968 m (3,176 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) | −6.7 (19.9) | −3.8 (25.2) | 2.4 (36.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 19.8 (67.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.9 (80.4) | 25.6 (78.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 11.0 (51.8) | 1.1 (34.0) | −4.9 (23.2) | 10.8 (51.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.5 (9.5) | −10.0 (14.0) | −3.2 (26.2) | 7.2 (45.0) | 13.7 (56.7) | 19.3 (66.7) | 21.1 (70.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 5.3 (41.5) | −4.1 (24.6) | −10.2 (13.6) | 5.0 (40.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.8 (1.8) | −14.6 (5.7) | −7.6 (18.3) | 2.3 (36.1) | 8.5 (47.3) | 14.2 (57.6) | 16.1 (61.0) | 14.7 (58.5) | 8.3 (46.9) | 1.0 (33.8) | −7.9 (17.8) | −14.3 (6.3) | 0.3 (32.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 12.8 (0.50) | 8.5 (0.33) | 13.9 (0.55) | 17.6 (0.69) | 25.9 (1.02) | 23.1 (0.91) | 29.2 (1.15) | 23.0 (0.91) | 20.5 (0.81) | 19.8 (0.78) | 24.5 (0.96) | 14.9 (0.59) | 233.7 (9.2) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 10.5 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 105.6 |
| Average snowy days | 10.1 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 65.8 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 67 | 68 | 66 | 52 | 44 | 44 | 47 | 45 | 47 | 58 | 70 | 70 | 57 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 157.4 | 177.8 | 242.8 | 262.8 | 309.6 | 306.6 | 305.3 | 305.4 | 260.0 | 206.5 | 146.2 | 130.7 | 2,811.1 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 56 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 63 | 54 | 50 | 62 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[3][4] | |||||||||||||
