Qinghe, Mongolian "Qinggeli", means "beautiful and clear river", hence the name Qinghe. Qinghe River is located in the northeast edge of Junggar Basin in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at the southern foot of Altai Mountain. It borders Fuyun County in the west, Qitai County in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in the south, and Mongolia in the east and northeast, with a border of 255.8 kilometers.
Qinghe River is located in the northeast of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the northeast edge of Junggar Basin and the south foot of Altai Mountain. Mongolia borders the east and the north, with a boundary line of 280 kilometers. It is adjacent to Fuyun County in the west and Qitai County in Changji Prefecture in the south. It is 258 kilometers long from north to south and 97 kilometers wide from east to west. Total area 15790 km2. The total population is 60,000 (in 2004), including Kazak, Han, Mongolian, Hui and Uygur 16 ethnic groups, among which Kazak accounts for 76% of the total population and Han accounts for 18%. The county people's government is located in Qinghe Town, 530 kilometers away from Urumqi and 320 kilometers away from Altay.
County elevation 12 18m, with the highest point of 3659m and the lowest point of 900m. The extreme minimum temperature is -53℃ and the maximum temperature is 36.5℃. The annual average temperature is 0℃, the annual average precipitation is 16 1mm, and the evaporation is 1495mm. The average frost-free period is 103 days.
administrative division
Qinghe County governs 2 towns and 5 townships: Qinghe Town, Takshken Town, Arele Township, AreLeto Bie Township, salto Xianghai Township, Chagan Guole Township and Agash Aobao Township. Territory: Qinghe Farm.
economic conditions
Qinghe is rich in natural resources and has unique resource advantages. Water resources are abundant. There are five rivers: Wulungu River, Daqinghe River, Xiaoqing River, Chagan River and Bulgen River, which cross the whole territory of Qinghe River. The fertile land is an important spring wheat base in Altay region, which is suitable for planting crops such as spring wheat, rape and oil sunflower. Wuhe River Basin is also the animal husbandry base and plain forest distribution area of Qinghe River, and it is the natural grassland of livestock in spring, autumn and winter. Rich in mineral resources, coal, iron, gold, silver, lithium, uranium, precious stones and muscovite have been found. There are many kinds of wild plants in Qinghe, including medicinal plants 100, including ephedra, Saussurea involucrata, Codonopsis pilosula, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Ganoderma lucidum, Oletum Trogopterori, Ferula Ferulae, Dayun and velvet antler. Pleurotus ferulae is produced in Gobi desert of Ferula ferulae, which is delicious, tender and nutritious. In addition to the characteristics of general edible fungi, it also has good medicinal value and enjoys the reputation of "vegetarian abalone".
natural history
Qinghe was the nomadic land of Huns in Qin and Han Dynasties. The Sui Dynasty lived in West Turkic. The Tang Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of the Northern Dynasty. Qing Qianlong twenty-eight years (1763), under the jurisdiction of Minister Counsellor Keshi. In the 30th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1904), it was under the jurisdiction of Altai Affairs Minister. In 26 years (1937), Qinggeli River was established. In the 30th year of the Republic of China (194 1), it was upgraded to a county, named Qinghe, which successively belonged to the sixth administrative region and Ashan area. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), it successively belonged to Altay region and Altay region.
Qinghe has a complex natural environment and is an ecological protection zone for rare birds and animals. There are dozens of rare birds and animals here, such as beaver, goose throat antelope, goat, argali, sable, kestrel, snow leopard, brown bear and swan. Beaver, in particular, as a national first-class protected animal, is only distributed in two places in the world, and Buergen Beaver Reserve in Qinghe is one of them. The Buergen River basin has dense forests and gentle water flow. It is known as the "living fossil" of beavers foraging and playing in trees, and it is an important window for people to watch and study wild animals.
Mountains and rivers, tombs and basins crisscross the Qinghe River, and confluence rivers such as Qinghe River, Chagan River, Bulgen River and Wulungu River cross the county territory, forming a unique scenic spot of mountains, lakes, valleys, forests and mountains. Taochagan Guole Lake Scenic Area is 2396 meters above sea level, freezing for 10 months every year. Surrounded by mountains and rocks, the peaks are towering. Throughout the year, the lake is snowy, silvery and clear as a mirror. The sun, moon and stars in the sky, the surrounding peaks, the flowers and trees by the lake are all reflected in the lake, which is beautiful. The 10,000-mu birch forest along the river valley is an excellent place to relax and experience ethnic customs in summer. The trees are exquisite and tall, the green grass is lush, the wild flowers are everywhere, and the small felt houses are dotted among them. In the eastern Harlem alpine forest region, the scenery is different from top to bottom. Mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests form a multi-species and multi-level beautiful forest environment, with waterfalls in rainy season and magical landscape. Strange geographical landscape. There are two seismic fault zones with the length of 193 1 year, which are 176 km respectively, and the deepest part is 78 meters. There is no sunshine all year round. The three iron meteorites in Qianghangou are even more amazing, and the distribution of meteorites is peculiar, with 78 groups of 35 1 pile. In recent years, 2.5 kilometers of silicified wood groups have been found in Huangnitan, which is rare from the scene.
Tourist scenery
Qinghe has beautiful scenery. Qinghe has a cool and pleasant summer climate. There are tens of thousands of acres of birch forests and alpine summer pastures in the valley, with towering Gu Song flowers and fresh air. This is a summer resort. There are many tourist attractions, the Taochagan Lake on the border is picturesque, and the Ertai earthquake fault zone is spectacular and dangerous. Silicified wood distributed in Kubusu was produced in Jurassic period 1 100 million years ago, with large plant type and clear outline, which is of great ornamental and archaeological value and is an invaluable treasure left by nature to human beings. In particular, the fifth batch of "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units" and "Mishima Haizi" announced by the State Council (identified by experts as Guiyouhan Mausoleum of Genghis Khan's grandson), the ancient plank road, deer stone, rock painting corridor, grassland stone man, Panda Mountain and Kekeban are famous for the Yonghe Palace.
In February of 20 18, Qinghe was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education in China in 20 17.