Charklyk ( Uig. چاقىلىق ) or Zhoqiang ( Chinese. 镇 , pinyin : Ruòqiāng Zhèn ) is a village in Charklyk (Zhoqiang) county, in the Bayangol-Mongol Autonomous Region in the southeast of the Xinjiang Uygur . The administrative center of the county.
| Village | |
| Charklyk | |
|---|---|
| A country |  China |
| Autonomous region | Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region |
| History and Geography | |
| Village with | 1984 |
| Square | 28 km² |
| Center height | |
| Timezone | UTC + 8 |
| Population | |
| Population | 7326 people |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Telephone code | +86 996 |
| Postcode | 841800 |
Content
Population
The permanent population is 9 thousand people, about 3 thousand are migrants. The population is represented mainly by six nationalities, the majority are Uyghurs and Han . Uyghurs (52.4%), Han Chinese (46.8%), the rest - 0.8%.
History
During the second half of the Han dynasty, these places were the capital of the state of Shanshan, known as Yuni ( Chinese 扜 泥 ) [1] .
Geography
The Charklyk River flows through the village.
Almost near the village of Charklyk there are Teganlike volosts to the east and Utam to the west .
Charklyk itself lies at the intersection of highways 315 and 215, which are of national importance.
Charklyk was used by many famous researchers as a starting point for archaeological research in places near Lob Nora , which are located 150-200 km to the northeast .
Climate
| Clarklyk Climate | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average maximum, ° C | −0.7 | 5.3 | 15.4 | 24.1 | 29.8 | 33.5 | 35,4 | 34.7 | 29.2 | 21.0 | 9.7 | 0.7 | 19.8 |
| Average temperature, ° C | −7.8 | −2.3 | 7.0 | 15.3 | 21,2 | 25.1 | 27,2 | 26.0 | 20,0 | 11.2 | 1.7 | −6.2 | 11.5 |
| Average minimum ° C | −13.5 | −9 | −1 | 6.7 | 12,2 | 16.3 | 18.9 | 17,2 | 11.1 | 3.0 | −4.3 | −11.3 | 3.8 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 2 | four | ten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | nineteen |
| Source: World Climate | |||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ Hill (2009), pp. 91-92.
Sources
- Giles, Lionel (1930-1932). “A Chinese Geographical Text of the Ninth Century.” BSOS VI, pp. 825-846.
- Hill, John E. (2009) Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE . BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4392-2134-1 .
- Paula, Christa (1994): The Road to Miran: Travels in the Forbidden Zone of Xinjiang . HarperCollins, Great Britain. Flamingo edition 1995.