The Huocheng (Qorghas) County (Chinese: 霍城县) is situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It's located between Yining and the border to Kazakhstan, occupies an area of 5,466 km² and has a population of 360,000 (2004 estimate). Including the Han and Uyghur nationalities, there are twenty nine ethnic groups living in the county.
North of Huocheng City is the Tianshan District; facing to the south lies the Ili River. Its Western side is China's border to Kazakhstan; Yining lies about 45 km to the east.
There is a border crossing into Kazakhstan at Khorgas, where the road continues to Zharkent in Panfilov District. A China-Kazakhstan railway link through Huocheng is currently under construction and scheduled to finish at the end of 2009, becoming China's second railway link to Central Asia besides Alashankou.[1]
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Towns and villages
The county includes 5 towns (镇), 3 villages (乡), and 2 ethnic-minority villages (民族乡).
The towns:
- Shuiding (水定) (the county seat);
- Qingsuihe ( 清水河),
- Lucaogou (芦草沟),
- Huiyuan (惠远),
- Harbulak (萨尔布拉克, Harbulake)
Villages:
- Langan (兰干),
- Sandaohe (三道河),
- Yichegashan Xibe village (伊车嘎善锡伯族乡),
- Sangong Hui village (三宫回族乡),
- Daxigou (大西沟).
Economy
In agriculture, the local population cultivate wheat, corn and other crops including sugar beet, cotton, tobacco, apples, animal husbandry with cattle and sheep.
The main minerals extracted in the area include coal, phosphorus, iron, gold, silver, copper, limestone, Iceland spar and marble, etc.
Transport
References
External links
- Huocheng County information, at the site of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture (Chinese)
- County Map (Chinese)
- Thoughts about the history of Yining City and Huocheng County (the writer's point of view on how the places should be called) (Chinese)
- Henry Lansdell, "Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv", vol. I. Full text available at Google Books; there is also a 2001 facsimile reprint of the 1885 edition, ISBN 1402177623. (Chapters XIV-XVI in Volume I describe Lansdell's visit to the area in the early 1880s, soon after the Russian withdrawal). (English)
Coordinates: 44°00′36″N 80°48′28″E / 44.01°N 80.80778°E
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