Yabulai town

Yabulai town

Yabulai town is located in the southeast of Alxa Right Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with a total area of 11717.6 square kilometers. The town has 5 Gacha and 3 community neighborhood committees, with a total population of 4489 people. It is the second central town in the whole banner.

evolution

The town got its name from Yabuli mountain. "Yabulai" is a Tibetan word, which means "enshan, father and son mountain"; in other words, the word Yabulai evolved from Mongolian "yabalai", which means "Zou". Alashan Right Banner was established in 1961, stationed in Huhe and Dabusu (the former site of today's Yabulai salt farm). In 1965, he moved to ekenhuduge (today's Badain Jaran town). Yabulai town was built in 1985. In 1996, it covers an area of 817.6 square kilometers, has a population of 3000, and administers a neighborhood committee. In September 1999, Yabuli Sumu and saritai Sumu were abolished and merged into Yabuli town. The original Yabuli Sumu Alashan Right Banner governs Sumu. It is located in the northeast of Qi territory, 130 kilometers away from the Qi government. In 1954, it belonged to the fourth Sumu of Alxa banner. In 1958, Yabuli commune was established, and in 1984, it was changed to Sumu. In 1996, it covers an area of 4626 square kilometers and has a population of 10000. The Mongolian nationality accounts for 34%. It governs two gachas, bayinshanburi and xinhuduge. The original saritai Sumu Alashan Right Banner governs Sumu. Located in the central and southern part of the flag territory, 97 kilometers away from the flag government. "Saritai" is a Mongolian translation, meaning "Moon". Saritai commune was set up in 1964 and changed to Sumu in 1984. In 1996, it covers an area of 6274 square kilometers and has a population of 10000, with Mongolian nationality accounting for 43%. It governs four gachas, namely Badain Jaran, nurgai, Huduge and jirigalatu.

geographical environment

Alashan Right Banner governs the town. It is located in the east of Qijing with the geographical coordinates of 101 ° 52 ′ - 103 ° 33 ′ E and 39 ° 08 ′ - 40 ° 18 ′ n. It is adjacent to mandurasumu in the East, Minqin County in Gansu Province in the south, Badain Jaran town in the west, and aten Oboo town across Badain Jaran Desert in the north. It covers an area of 11717.6 square kilometers. The total population is 3724 (at the end of 2011), including 2730 in urban areas and 994 in agricultural and pastoral areas; there are 389 herdsmen in 92 households who are actually engaged in animal husbandry and 126 in 29 households who are actually engaged in agriculture. It has jurisdiction over three communities and five gachas, namely, xinihuduge, bayansumbur, ihuduge, nurige and Badain Jaran. The town government is located in xinihuduge, 420 kilometers away from BAYANHOT town and 101 kilometers away from Badain Jaran town.

There are abundant salt reserves and a long history of exploitation. Yabulai Salt Lake and zhongquanzi mirabilite Lake belong to the same salt lake basin, with an area of 160 square kilometers. Among them, the area of salt lake is 22.6 square kilometers, the altitude is 1230 meters, and the average thickness of salt layer is 2.71 meters; the exploitable area of nitrate Lake in zhongquanzi is 14 square kilometers. Agriculture mainly includes chaizhaozi and nanshanjing planting bases. Two main lines of provincial highway s317 and S212 run through the whole territory and are respectively connected with Mengfu, Qifu, Jinchang and Minqin in Gansu Province. There is the Badain Jaran temple built in 1791.

climate

Yabulai town is located in the inland plateau, belongs to the temperate desert arid area, is a typical dry continental climate. There are four distinct seasons, the average temperature is 9.6 ℃, the average temperature in January is - 9.2 ℃, and the average temperature in July is 25.8 ℃. The frost free period is 211 days, the average annual precipitation is 84 mm, the average annual evaporation is 3225.7 mm, the average annual sunshine hours is 263 hours, and the average annual gale is 35 days. The resources of light, heat and wind energy are rich, and the development prospect is broad. The water resource is poor, there is no perennial River, the surface is short of water, and the water level is deep.

topographic features

The terrain is high in the West and low in the East, with an average altitude of about 1585 meters. The landforms include desert Gobi, mountain, desert hill, Lake Basin, beach, etc. the soil is mostly gravel soil, gray desert soil, and saline alkali soil in Lake Basin. There is the famous Badain Jaran Desert in the northwest, the Tengger Desert in the southeast, the Yabulai mountain in the middle, and the low mountains and desert hills in the southwest. The total land area is 11717.6 square kilometers, including 7028.4 square kilometers of natural grassland and 6565.4 square kilometers of usable grassland, accounting for 56% of the total grassland area. The mountainous area is 2300 square kilometers, accounting for 19.6% of the total area; there is the famous Badain Jaran Desert, with an area of 4689.2 square kilometers, accounting for 40% of the total area. 4 square kilometers, accounting for 40.3% of the total area.

administrative division

The town now governs 5 Gacha and 3 communities. The population is 4167. Among them, there are 1706 residents in GONGHUDUGE, 1490 residents in zhongquanzi chemical company, 971 farmers and herdsmen, and 419 Mongolians. In 2006, the GDP of the whole town reached 260 million yuan, the local fiscal revenue reached 3.19 million yuan, the disposable income of urban residents and the per capita net income of farmers and herdsmen reached 11746 yuan and 5346 yuan respectively. There are 28 units stationed in the town, including Yayan chemical group company, Yabulai National Taxation Bureau, Yabulai Local Taxation Office, Yabulai Agricultural Bank Office, Yabulai Credit Union, Yabulai international civil aviation navigation station, etc. In 2006, it was identified as an "important industrial town" by the flag Committee and the government.

mineral resources

Yabulai town is rich in mineral resources and has a wide variety of local products. There are mainly: salt, mirabilite, iron, copper, dolomite and other mineral resources. The Yabulai Salt Lake reserve covers an area of 160 square kilometers, including 22.6 square kilometers of Salt Lake area and 1230 meters above sea level. The proven salt reserves are 49.79 million tons, 16 million tons of mirabilite, 51000 tons of potassium chloride and 300000 tons of magnesium chloride. The content of sodium chloride in raw salt is 97%, and the average thickness of salt layer is 2.71 meters. The exploitable area of NO3 Lake in zhongquanzi is 14 square kilometers, with 10.95 million tons of effective reserves and 2 million tons of industrial salt. In addition, iron, copper, dolomite and other mineral resources are under further exploration.

Local products

Yabulai white cashmere is known as "soft gold" and "fiber gem". The fiber is slender, high strength, low thermal conductivity, bright luster, positive color, fluffy and elastic, with good yarn forming ability and plasticity. It is a high-quality raw material for manufacturing high-grade textiles. In addition, Cistanche, licorice, Cynomorium and other local products are rich, with high medicinal value. There are yellow sheep, argali and other national protected animals. In 2000, Yabulai mountain and some surrounding areas were approved as "Badain Jilin nature reserve" by the people's Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and in 2003, it passed the appraisal committee of the State Forestry Administration.

archaeological discovery

When the cultural relics department of Alxa Right Banner of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region conducted a cultural relics survey in July 2009, a new handprint rock painting, the taonaigaole cave handprint rock painting, was found in Yabuli town. So far, there are three handprint rock paintings distributed in Alxa Right Banner.

According to relevant records, the discovery of handprint rock paintings was limited to foreign countries. In 1998, China first discovered two handprint rock paintings in Alashan Right Banner, namely Bubu handprint color rock painting and elesenhutele handprint color rock painting. The discovery of handprint rock paintings in taonaigaole Grottoes is of great historical and scientific value for the study of human life history, art history and environmental evolution.

Taonaigaole's handprint rock painting is located in taonaigaole cave in xinhuduggacha, Yabulai Town, Alxa Right Banner. The cave is about 20 meters above the ground, and the entrance is south. The cave is about 6.8 meters wide, 2 meters high, and 4.4 meters deep. There are 23 maroon and grayish black painted handprint rock paintings and one maroon painted symbol distributed on the stone wall and top of the cave. Most of the pictures are well preserved. Among the 23 handprint rock paintings, 11 left handprint and 6 right handprint can be clearly identified, and the other 5 are blurred. In addition, seven stone circle sites with diameters ranging from 2 meters to 8 meters are distributed on both sides of the river bed about 60 meters due south of the cave. Whether these sites are related to the cave's handprint rock paintings remains to be further studied.

After measuring and comparing the painting style, hand shape characteristics, fingerprint color and painting methods, the professionals preliminarily determined that the taonaigaole fingerprint rock painting, Bubu fingerprint rock painting and elesen huttler fingerprint rock painting belong to the same period, but the determination of the age of the rock painting needs further demonstration.

Address: Yabulai Town, Alxa Right Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Longitude: 102.779338

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