Shule County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

Shule County Shule county is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the northwest of Kashgar, adjacent to Jiashi and yuepuhu counties in the East, Yingjisha County in the south, aktao County of Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the west, Shufu County in the northwest, and Kashgar City and Shufu County across Kizil River in the North.

Shule county has a total area of 2394 square kilometers. Shule County governs 3 towns and 12 townships. There are Uygur, Han, Hui, Uzbek, Kirgiz, Tajik, Mongolian and other nationalities in Shule town. The county people's government is located in Shule town. In 2008, Shule county achieved a GDP of 2.51 billion yuan. There are Zhangqian Park, ZhangQian memorial hall, Shule History Museum, science and technology culture center, Nurlan style park, Baiguo ecological park, yafuquan desert Populus euphratica forest and other tourist attractions in Shule county.

On September 25, 2018, it won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. On January 24, 2020, the people's Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region agreed to withdraw Shule county from the poverty-stricken county sequence. In October 2020, it was rated as the national model city (county) of double support.

Historical evolution

The name of the county is the name of the country since ancient times. There are three representative meanings of the place name of Shule: one is that Shule means "water" in Turkic language, so it has abundant water and plants in the region; the other is that Shule is a soghd in Indo European language family, which means "holy land" in ancient Iranian language; the third is that Shule means "yellow" in ancient Hun language, because it is a symbol of "holy land" The soil around Kashgar is yellow. Shule is called "yingnaxieher" in Uighur, which means "Xincheng".

Shule county is a part of ancient Shule state. In 1884, the new Han City of Kashgar, built in the 10th year of Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1827), was used as the administrative center. When Shule Zhili Prefecture was established, the ancient place name of Shule in the Han and Tang Dynasties was used as the name of Zhili Prefecture. Zhili Prefecture belongs to Kashgar road. Guangxu 28 years (1902) Shule Zhili Prefecture was upgraded to Shule Fu, Fu Zhi is now Shule county. Shule Prefecture is a part of Shule County, yuepuhu county and aketao county. In 1913, it was changed to Shule County, which still belongs to Kashgar road. In 1929, it belonged to Kashgar administrative region, and in 1943, it belonged to Kashgar supervision region. Since 1949, it has belonged to Kashgar region, southern Xinjiang administrative region and Kashgar region.

On March 1, 1998, with the approval of the government of the autonomous region, three villager groups in a village of Chengguan Town, Shule county were put under the jurisdiction of Kashi City.

administrative division

As of 2015, Shule county has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 12 townships: Shule Town, hannanlike Town, yafuquan Town, Baren Township, yangdaman Township, yamanya Township, Baheqi Township, tazihong Township, yingerlike Township, kumusilik Township, tagaerqi Township, aimudong Township, alafu Township and yingawati township.

geographical environment

Location context

Shule county is located in the northwest of Kashgar, on the alluvial plain of the middle reaches of Kizil River and Gaizi river. The geographical coordinates are 38 ° 50 ′ - 39 ° 28 ′ N and 75 ° 47 ′ - 76 ° 47 ′ E. It is connected with Jiashi lake and Yuepu Lake in the East, Yingjisha County in the south, aktao County in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture in the west, and Kashi City across Kizil River in the north. It is 106 km long from east to west and 69 km wide from north to south, with a total area of 2262.75 square kilometers.

topographic features

Shule county is located in the middle reaches of the alluvial plain of Kizil River, Gaizi River and Kushan river. The terrain inclines from northwest to Southeast, with the highest altitude of 1310m and the lowest altitude of 1215m.

hydrology

There are Kizil River, Gaizi River and Kushan River in Shule County, with annual runoff of 540 million cubic meters.

climate

Shule county is a warm temperate continental arid climate, with four distinct seasons, long sunshine, large temperature difference between day and night, less precipitation, strong evaporation and dryness. The annual average temperature is 11.8 ℃, the hottest is July, the average temperature is 25.8 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 40.1 ℃, the coldest is January, the average temperature is - 6.5 ℃, and the extreme minimum temperature is - 24.4 ℃. The average sunshine duration is 2822 hours and the average precipitation is 64mm. The average frost free period over the years is 215 days. Northwest wind often blows in spring and summer, and the maximum wind speed can reach 27 m / s. The average sandstorm days over the years are 13 days, mainly from March to July. Natural disasters include flood, hail, gale, gale, etc.

natural resources

land resource

As of 1990, the land area of Shule county is 3.289 million mu, of which 832000 Mu is suitable for farming, accounting for 25.8%; 1185000 Mu is suitable for grazing, accounting for 36%; 832000 Mu is suitable for desert, accounting for 25.3%. The cultivated land is 580800 mu, accounting for 17.66% of the total land area, and the per capita cultivated land is 3.1 mu. The cultivated land is flat and continuous, and the soil layer is deep. Most of the land is good in fertility and water conservation. It is suitable for the cultivation of a variety of crops and trees, and can be operated by agricultural machinery. The soil in the county is divided into 7 soil types, namely irrigated and silted soil, fluvo aquic soil, paddy soil, meadow soil, saline soil, swamp soil and aeolian sandy soil, with 33 soil species.

water resource

As of 1990, the exploitable reserves of groundwater in Shule county are 321 million cubic meters, and there are 9 reservoirs with a capacity of 51.6 million square meters. There are 18 main diversion canals with a total length of 209 km, 77 branch canals with a total length of 551 km and 37 bucket canals with a total length of 977 km. There are 55700 mu of water surface in the territory, including 11800 mu of water suitable for aquaculture.

Animal and plant resources

The main plant resources of Shule county are wheat, corn, cotton and oil, followed by peach, apricot, pear, apple, grape, cherry, walnut, fig, Padan, melon, watermelon, papaya, fennel and licorice. Animal species include magpie, sparrow, swallow, cuckoo, water duck, hare, squirrel, crow, etc. Shule County sericulture is one of the key counties in the autonomous region.

Grassland resources

As of 2013, the effective grassland area in Shule county is 1.185 million mu, accounting for 36% of the land area. Among them, natural grassland is 1141000 mu, accounting for 96.3%; artificial grassland is 44300 mu, accounting for 3.7%. The grassland geology is mostly saline meadow and meadow saline soil, with poor soil texture, low annual yield of forage, poor grass quality and low utilization rate. The annual output of grass is 698.7 million jin, and the carrying capacity is 222000.

Forest resources

In 1990, Shule county had a forested area of 350000 mu, with a forest coverage rate of 8.7%.

Population nationality

According to the sixth census in 2010, there are 312455 permanent residents in Shule County, including 40446 in Shule Town, 24481 in hannanlike Town, 25081 in yafuquan Town, 32215 in Baren Township, 17244 in yangdaman Township, 15542 in yamanya Township, 21865 in Baheqi Township, 27393 in tazihong Township, 20412 in yingerlike Township, 20355 in kumusilik Township, 9268 in taheqi Township and 9268 in aimudong township There are 12393 people in alali Township, 11170 people in alafu Township, 18748 people in yingawati Township and 5906 people in the 41st regiment of XPCC.

[Note: the statistics department marks "tagaerqi township" as "taheqi township"]

Shule town has Uygur, Han, Hui, Uzbek, Kirgiz, Tajik, Mongolian and other nationalities.

economic development

survey

In 2008, Shule county achieved a GDP of 2.51 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.6%, including 1.08 billion yuan for the primary industry, a year-on-year increase of 22%, 880 million yuan for the secondary industry, a year-on-year increase of 78.5%, 550 million yuan for the tertiary industry, a year-on-year increase of 26.7%, 100.8 million yuan for the local financial revenue, a year-on-year increase of 24.1%, and 51.33 million yuan for the general budget revenue, a year-on-year increase of 2.0% The total investment in fixed assets reached 1.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 50%; the per capita net income of farmers was 4006 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.9%.

primary industry

Shule county is rich in agricultural and sideline products, mainly including apricot, peach, melon, pomegranate, livestock and poultry, liquorice, wolfberry, ephedra, Arnebia and other precious medicinal materials. It is the main grain and cotton producing area and the hometown of melon and fruit in Xinjiang.

At the end of 2006, Shule county had 554500 mu of cultivated land, 1.82 mu of cultivated land per capita, and the total grain output reached 165000 tons. Shule county has also built production bases for high-quality cotton, high-quality grain, vegetables, famous and special fruits, excellent livestock and poultry, with a total output of 26800 tons of cotton, a stock of 723000 livestock and a sale of 582000 livestock, and a total output of 23000 tons of meat and 14000 tons of milk. By 2010, the number of greenhouse based facility agriculture in Shule county has reached 8000, with 25000 labor exports, 40 farmer specialized economic cooperation organizations and 448 million yuan of agricultural products sales.

the secondary industry

Shule county's industrial system is mainly composed of grain and cotton, forest and fruit agricultural and sideline products processing, cogeneration, building materials and hardware, medicine and chemical industry. It has brand enterprises such as taidixin wood industry, Kunlun Uygur Medicine, feishen feed, Qilu science and Technology Pioneer Park, Tunhe apricot pulp and Kunlun spirit liquor.

At the end of 2006, the industrial added value of Shule county was 126 million yuan, 58.9% higher than that of 2005. The construction of the industrial park was accelerated, with a total investment of 20.212 million yuan and the implementation of the full-length project

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