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Jinghe County 精河县 (Chinese) جىڭ ناھىيىسى (Uyghur) ᠵᠢᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (Mongolian)Jing
County
Jinghe County (red) within Bortala Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
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Coordinates: 44°36′N 82°54′E / 44.600°N 82.900°E / 44.600; 82.900
Country	China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture	Bortala
County seat	Jinghe Town
Area
• Total	11,181 km (4,317 sq mi)
Elevation	321 m (1,053 ft)
Population
• Total	125,968
• Density	11/km (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Website	www.xjjh.gov.cn

Jinghe County (Chinese: 精河县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Jing County (Uyghur: جىڭ ناھىيىسى), is a county of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 11,181 square kilometres (4,317 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 120,000.

Geography and climate

Jinghe has a desert climate (Köppen BWk), with a mean total of only 102 millimetres (4.02 in) of precipitation per annum and great seasonal differences in temperature, with long, very cold winters, and hot, dry summers. As spring and autumn are short, winter and summer are the main seasons. Temperatures can easily fall below −20 °C (−4 °F) in winter or rise above 35 °C (95 °F) in summer. The monthly 24-hour average temperature ranges from −14.9 °C (5.2 °F) in January to 25.7 °C (78.3 °F) in July; the annual mean is 8.22 °C (46.8 °F). With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 35% in December to 70% in August and September, the county receives 2,554 hours of bright sunshine annually.

Demographics

Subdivisions

Jinghe County is made up of 4 towns and 1 township.

Others:

• Akqi Farm (阿合其农场, ئاقچى دېھقانچىلىق مەيدانى, ᠠᠬᠠᠴᠢ
  ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ
  ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ)
• Bajiahu Farm (八家户农场, باجاخۇ چارۋىچىلىق مەيدانى, ᠪᠠᠵᠠᠬᠤ
  ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠯᠠᠩ ᠤᠨ
  ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ)
• Jinghe Industrial Park (精河工业园区)
• XPCC 82nd Regiment Farm (兵团八十二团) (82-تۇەن مەيدانى) (82 ᠳᠤᠭᠠᠷ ᠲᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ)
• XPCC 83rd Regiment Farm (兵团八十三团) (83-تۇەن مەيدانى) (83 ᠳᠤᠭᠠᠷ ᠲᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ)
• XPCC 91st Regiment Farm (兵团九十一团) (91-تۇەن مەيدانى) (91 ᠳᠤᠭᠠᠷ ᠲᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠲᠠᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ)

Transport

Jinghe is served by China National Highway 312. It is a railway junction for the Northern Xinjiang, Second Ürümqi-Jinghe and Jinghe-Yining-Horgos Railways.

Gallery

• Map including Jinghe (labeled as CHING-HO) and surrounding area from the International Map of the World (1960)

Notes

1. Locals in Xinjiang frequently observe UTC+6 (Xinjiang Time), 2 hours behind Beijing.

References

1. Xinjiang: Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties
2. 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
3. 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
4. 中国地面国际交换站气候标准值月值数据集（1971－2000年）. China Meteorological Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
5. 3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 [3-7 Population by Nationality by Prefecture, State, City and County (City)]. tjj.xinjiang.gov.cn (in Chinese). Statistical Bureau of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020-06-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

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