Kalpin County[3][4][5][6][7] is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Aksu Prefecture. The overwhelmingly Uyghur population of the county lives on oases at the base of the Tian Shan mountains and on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert.
County in Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Kalpin County
كەلپىن ناھىيىسى 柯坪县
Kelpin, Koping
County
Location of Kalpin County (red) within Aksu Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Chinese-influenced Sogdian coin, from Kelpin, 8th century, British Museum
In 1902, a xiancheng (縣丞) was created at Kalpin. In 1930, a xianzhi (縣治) was created at Kalpin.[8]
According to Radio Free Asia, in 2008, Chinese authorities demolished a Uyghur mosque 80km (50mi) from the Upper Kumtagh village in Kalpin County because the mosque was said to be illegally built and said to have been conducting illegal religious activities.[7]
On February 20, 2009, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck at a location 35km (22mi) from the county seats of Kalpin and Akqi counties. 207 aftershocks had been recorded by 11 AM on February 22. More than ten thousand houses were damaged and 182 were destroyed. Forty tents[clarification needed] were set up and 12,400 people were relocated. The county received one million CNY in rescue funds from nearby government offices.[9]
On April 12, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Abdulbasit Ablimit (Abdubasit Ablimit), 17, of Qum’eriq[where?] village in Yurqi (Yurchi, Yu'erqi), was shot and killed by police while riding a motorcycle. Two other Uyghurs were injured. Four to five hundred people from their village participated in a protest at the county office demanding that the police officer be punished according to law. More than thirty of the protesters were detained and some were beaten.[10][11]Tianshannet reported that on the following Wednesday, a man in Urumqi was detained by police for spreading rumors about the incident.[12] The Uyghur American Association condemned the killing.[13]
On April 3, 2015, Aqal (Aqiale, Achal), then a township, was made a town.[14]
According to research presented in The Diplomat, Xinjiang Nuodun Garment Co., Ltd. (新疆诺顿服装有限公司), a company based in Kalpin County, was founded in July 2017. The company has made shipments of men and women's trousers to four companies in the United States. The company is also mentioned in the context of Aksu Prefecture's wider policy related to re-education camps in the Aksu Daily.[6]
Geography
The county is made up of territory in the Tian Shan mountain range and the Taklamakan Desert. Kalpin, Gezlik and Yurqi are located west of Aqal. Qilan is located east of Aqal on the border with Aksu City. Mountain ranges in the county include Bozake Tagh, Kelpin Chöl Tagh, Chong Kizil Tagh, Kankerin Tagh, Chong Korum Tagh and Akin Bek Tagh. Rivers and streams in the county include Koram Boghuz, Chilan Su and Sargan.
Administrative divisions
As of 2019[update], Kalpin County included three towns and two townships:[1][2][15]
Kalpin County's economy is primarily agricultural, producing wheat, corn, sorghum, cotton, etc. Animal husbandry is also strong, including the raising of camels, sheep and other animals. Mineral resources include sulfur. Industries include mining, concrete and cotton processing among others.[19]
Spoons and other tableware made from the fragrant wood of apricot trees are a traditional product produced in the county.[5]
There is 126,000 mu of arable land in the county.[1]As of 1885[update], there was about 4,270 acres (28,164 mu) of cultivated land in Kalpin.[20]
As of 2015, 53,804 of the 55,425 residents of the county were Uyghur, 1,501 were Han Chinese and 120 were from other ethnic groups.[21]
According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 40,000.[citation needed]
As of 1999, 97.31% of the population of Kalpin County was Uyghur and 2.54% of the population was Han Chinese.[22]
Transportation
China National Highway 314
Historical maps
Historical English-language maps including Kalpin:
Map including Kalpin (1917)
Map including Kalpin (labeled as K'O-P'ING (KELPIN)) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (AMS, 1950)[lower-alpha 1]
Map including Kalpin (DMA, 1981)
From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Kalpin (labeled as K'o-p'ing (Kalpin)) (DMA, 1985)[lower-alpha 2]
See also
Glycomyces tarimensis, discovered in soil from the county
Notes
From map: "THE DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES ON THIS MAP MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE"
From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative."
References
柯坪县政府办公 (5 March 2019). 柯坪县行政区划[Kalpin County Administrative Divisions]. كەلپىن柯坪县人民政府 (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
柯坪县历史沿革[Kalpin County Historical Development] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2019. 2000年第五次人口普查,柯坪县常住总人口38584人,{...}2010年第六次人口普查,柯坪县常住总人口44261人,其中:柯坪镇8031人,盖孜力克乡12686人,玉尔其乡11085人,阿恰勒乡7309人,启浪乡5150人。 2013年1月23日,自治区政府(新政函[2013]17号)批复同意将柯坪县61.798平方千米区域划归阿拉尔市管辖。 2014年10月21日,自治区政府(新政函[2014]193号)批复同意撤销盖孜力克乡,设立盖孜力克镇。调整后,全县辖2个镇、3个乡:柯坪镇、盖孜力克镇、玉尔其乡、阿恰勒乡、启浪乡。 2015年4月3日,自治区政府(新政函[2015]85号)批复同意撤销阿恰勒乡,设立阿恰勒镇。调整后,全县辖3个镇、2个乡。
The official spelling is "Kalpin" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù中国地名录 (Beijing, SinoMaps Press 1997); ISBN7-5031-1718-4; p. 305.
2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码:柯坪县[2019 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Kalpin County] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019. 统计用区划代码 名称 652929100000 柯坪镇 652929101000 盖孜力克镇 652929102000 阿恰勒镇 652929201000 玉尔其乡 652929203000 启浪乡
3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 (in Simplified Chinese). شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونى新疆维吾尔自治区统计局 Statistic Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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