Kumul
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Kumul (Qumul) or Hami (Uyghur: قۇمۇل, Qumul, K̡umul, Chinese: 哈密; Pinyin: Hāmì) is an oasis in Hami Prefecture, Xinjiang (China); it is also the name of a modern city and the surrounding district. It is well known in China as the home of the famously sweet Hami melons.
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[edit] Geography and climate
Like Turpan, Qumul is in a fault depression about 200 metres below sea level, and temperatures are extreme, from a high of 43°C in summer to a low of -32°C in winter.
[edit] Names
The city is known in Uyghur as Qumul or Qomul (Yengi Yezik̡: K̡umul, K̡omul). The Portuguese Jesuit Benedict Goës and Matteo Ricci in 1615 recorded its name as "Camul". One of the oldest attested Chinese names is Kūnmò 昆莫; in Han-dynasty documents it was referred to as Yīwú 伊吾 or Yīwúlú 伊吾卢, in the Tang dynasty as Yīzhōu 伊州; in the Yuan dynasty the Mongolian name for the place, Qamil, was transcribed into Chinese as Hāmìlì 哈密力 and from the Ming dynasty Qumul was known as Hāmì 哈密.
[edit] Population
In 2002, Qumul had a population of about 519,700, 68.4% Han and 31.6% ethnic minorities, mostly Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Hui.
[edit] External links
- hmnet.gov.cn Chinese government site on K̡umul (in Chinese)
- hami.gov.cn Chinese government site on K̡umul (in Chinese)
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