Hami Prefecture

Accumulation (Chinese: Hami ) is an administrative district in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital city, the county-level city Hami ( Hami ) is an oasis. All over China accumulation / Hami is mainly known for its melons.

Geography and climate

Some parts of the area are located approximately 150 meters below sea level. The mountains of the eastern Tian Shan rises in the group of Qarlik Taghs to over 4900 m. There are extreme variations in temperature from 43 ° C in summer to -32 ° C in winter. The county has a total area of ​​140,749 km ².

Administrative Divisions

The county is made up of an independent city, a county and one autonomous district:

• City Hami ( hami Shì哈密 市), 85,035 km ²,
• Circle Aratürük (伊吾 县Yiwu Xiàn ), capital: greater community Yiwu (伊吾 镇) 20,000 km ²,
• Kazakh Autonomous County Barkol (巴里坤 哈萨克 自治县Bālǐkūn Hāsàkè Zizhixian ), capital: greater community Barkol (巴里坤 镇), 35,714 km ².

Name

On Uyghur the place is called accumulation. The Jesuit Matteo Ricci Benedict Goes and that toured China, described the oasis 1615 " Camul ". One of the oldest Chinese name (2nd century AD ) is Kūnmò昆莫; during the Han Dynasty, it was also called Yiwu伊吾or Yiwulu伊吾 卢, during the Tang Dynasty Yizhou伊州; during the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian name Qamil was transcribed as Hamili哈密 力into Chinese since the Ming Dynasty as Hami Hami哈密is known.

Ethnic structure of the population of the district of accumulation (2000)

According to the 2000 census, the government district had 492 096 inhabitants ( population density: 3.5 inhabitants / km ²).

Towards the end of 2002, the population had risen to about 519 700.