Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County

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"Sibo military colonists", picture drawn by Henry Lansdell visit to today's Qapqal County in 1882

Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 察布查尔錫伯自治县; pinyin: Chábùchá'ěr Xíbó Zìzhìxiàn; Xibe: Cabcal Sibe Zijysiyan, also transliterated as Chapchal) in Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang is the only Xibe autonomous county of the People's Republic of China. It has an area of 4,430 square kilometers and a population 160,000 (2000). Qapqal means "the granary" in the Xibe language.

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County info page, at an Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture info site

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Prefectures	Aksu • Hami • Hotan • Kashgar • Turpan • Altay¹ • Qoqek¹

Autonomous prefectures	Bayin'gholin • Börtala • Changji • Ili • Kizilsu

Sub-prefecture-level cities	Aral • Shihezi • Tumushuke • Wujiaqu

¹ Part of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture See also: List of Xinjiang County-level divisions

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Börtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture：	Börtala City \| Jinghe County \| Wenquan County
Autonomous Regional Districts directly under the jurisdiction of the County-level Cities：	Shihezi City \| Aral City \| Tumushuke City \| Wujiaqu City
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture：	(The Tacheng Prefecture and Altay Prefectures are under the provincial jurisdiction of the Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture.)
Autonomous Territories：	Yining City \| Kuitun City \| Yining County \| Tekes County \| Nilka County \| Zhaosu County \| Xinyuan County \| Huocheng County \| Gongliu County \| Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County
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