Yopurga County, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( Uyghur: ) is a county in northern Kashgar Prefecture,

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

. More than 96% of the residents of the county are

Uyghurs The Uyghurs; ; ; ; zh, s=, t=, p=Wéiwú'ěr, IPA: ( ), alternatively spelled Uighurs, Uygurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. The Uyghur ...

and live around oases at the western edge of the desolate

Taklamakan Desert The Taklimakan or Taklamakan Desert (; zh, s=塔克拉玛干沙漠, p=Tǎkèlāmǎgān Shāmò, Xiao'erjing: , dng, Такәламаган Шамә; ug, تەكلىماكان قۇملۇقى, Täklimakan qumluqi; also spelled Taklimakan and T ...

. The county is bordered to the north by

Jiashi County Payzawat County,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also via SASM/GNC romanization as Payziwat County (; ), (also Faizabad and Fayzawat) and via Mandarin Chinese as Jiashi County () is a county in Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang ...

, to the east by

Maralbexi County Maralbexi County (Maralbeshi, Maralbishi, transliterated from ; ), Bachu County (), and ) the former long Chinese name as well, is located in the southwest of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China and is under th ...

, to the west by

Shule County Shule County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Kaxgar Yengixahar County or shorten as Yengixahar County, is a county situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administrative jurisdiction ...

, to the southwest by

Yengisar County Yengisar County, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (also known as Yangi Hissar); via Mandarin Chinese known as Yingjisha, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Ying-chi-sha), is a county in the southwest of ...

and to the south by

Yarkant County Yarkant County,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also Shache County,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also transliterated from Uyghur as Yakan County, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous ...

Name

Yopurga County is named for the Yopurga River.

History

In the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-spea ...

, the area was part of Shule as Yopurga ''Zhuang'' (). In 1940, Yopurga ''Shezhiju'' () was created from portions of

, and

. In 1943, Yopurga was made a county. On October 20, 2014, Terim (Tieremu) Township became Terim Town. On July 24, 2015, Yekshenbebazar (Yekexian Baibazha) was changed from a township to a town.

Geography

Dawakol (Dawakun) National Desert Park () is located in Yopurga County.

Climate

Administrative divisions

Yopurga County included 4 towns and 5 townships:

Economy

Agricultural products include wheat, cotton, corn, muskmelon, and oilseed products. Beekeeping is relatively developed. Herding is important, primarily sheep herding. Industries include cotton and hemp processing, food and oil processing, and concrete. Farmers in the county raise donkeys for meat, milk and donkey-hide gelatin. In July 1953, Yopurga County was reported to have 87,000 '' mou'' of winter and spring wheat.

Demographics

In 1997,

made up 94.6% of the county's population. , the population of Yopurga County was 96.1% Uyghur and 3.9%

Han Chinese The Han Chinese () or Han people (), are an East Asian ethnic group native to China. They constitute the world's largest ethnic group, making up about 18% of the global population and consisting of various subgroups speaking distinctiv ...

. As of 2015, 167,860 of the 177,955 residents of the county were Uyghur, 9,801 were

and 294 were from other ethnic groups. As of 1999, 94.68% of the population of Yopurga (Yuepuhu) County was Uyghur and 5.28% of the population was Han Chinese.

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including modern-day Yopurga County area: File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-43-5th-ed.jpg, Map including Yopurga (labeled as YÜEH-P'U-HU (YUPOGHA)) and surrounding region from the

International Map of the World The International Map of the World or IMW (also called the Millionth Map of the World, after its scale of 1:1 000 000) was a project to create a complete map of the world according to internationally agreed standards. It was first proposed by th ...

( AMS, 1966) File:NJ-43-4 Yueh Pu Hu, China.jpg, Map including Yopurga (labeled as YÜEH-P'U-HU) ( DMA, 1974) File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg, From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Yopurga (Yüeh-p'u-hu) ( DMA, 1980) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7a.jpg, Map including Yopurga (Yüeh-p'u-hu) ( DMA, 1984)

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References

External links

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