Huocheng County

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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.

A China-Kazakhstan railway link through Huocheng is currenty 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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[edit] 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).


[edit] 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 中国2010年将建成第二条通往中亚铁路_星岛环球网

[edit] External links

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