Английская Википедия:Burqin County
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Burqin County is a county in Xinjiang, China and is under the administration of the Kazakh autonomous area of Altay Prefecture. It has an area of Шаблон:Convert with a population of 70,000. The postcode is 836600.
Administrative divisions
Burqin County is divided into 4 towns, 2 townships, and 1 ethnic township.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Kazakh (Arabic script) | Kazakh (Cyrillic script) | Administrative division code | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towns | ||||||||
| Burqin Town | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 654321100 | ||
| Chunkur Town (Chonghur) |
Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 654321101 | ||
| Oymak Town | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 654321102 | ||
| Kostik Town | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 654321103 | ||
| Townships | ||||||||
| Dolayti Township | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 654321201 | ||
| Egiztöpê Township | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 654321204 | ||
| Ethnic township | ||||||||
| Kom-Kanas Mongolian Ethnic Township | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Transl | Шаблон:Lang | 654321205 | (Mongolian) Шаблон:MongolUnicode Шаблон:Lang | |
Demographics
Geography
Burqin County is located in the northernmost part of Xinjiang. Its county seat, which is called Burqin Town (Шаблон:Lang) is situated at the confluence of the Irtysh and its right tributary, the Burqin River. Most of the county is within the Burqin River basin, which reaches into the Altai Mountains on Xinjiang's border with Mongolia and Russia. The major mountain massif on Burqin county's border with these two countries is Tavan Bogd.
The Kanas Lake is located in the northern part of the county, on the border with the Habahe County.
The Burqin Shankou Dam is a hydroelectric dam located on the Burqin River at Шаблон:Coord.[1] It has a 94m high concrete arch dam; the dam's hydroelectric plant generates 220 Megawatt of power. The construction work started in July 2009, with an expected completion date of June 2013;[2] construction was completed in 2014[3] and the dam started generating power in November 2015.[4]
Farther upstream on the Burqin, the Burqin Chonghu'er Dam operates in the town of Chunkur, at Шаблон:Coord .[5]
Climate
Transport
Notes
References
Шаблон:Xinjiang Administrative Divisions Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ Google Maps. As of Oct 2013, the satellite view (probably a year or more old) shows the construction site, with a small temporary dam a bit upstream of the point where the permanent dam is being built.
- ↑ 中国水电中标新疆布尔津山口水利枢纽大坝工程 Шаблон:Webarchive (China Hydro bids on the construction project of the Burqin Shankou Dam Complex in Xinjiang), 2009-07-31
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Burqin River Chonghuer Hydropower Project in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
