Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County

Barköl County
巴里坤县باركۆل ناھىيىسىباركول اۋدانى
(Chinese) • (Uyghur) • (Kazakh)
Autonomous County
Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County
巴里坤哈萨克自治县
باركۆل قازاق ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى
باركول قازاق اۆتونوميالى اۋدانى
Country China
Province Xinjiang
Prefecture-level divisions Hami Prefecture
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)

Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County (Kazakh: Barköl Qazaq awtonomïyalıq awdanı, sometimes Barkul or Balikul in English) is part of Kumul Prefecture in Xinjiang, China and has an area of 38,445.3 square kilometres (14,843.8 sq mi). It forms part of the China–Mongolia border on the county's north, while bordering Hami City in the south and Changji's Mori Kazakh Autonomous County in the east.

Barköl was made an autonomous county on October 1, 1954. It is noted for camel and horse breeding with the Barköl horse well known throughout China. Due to the large number of camels, which is unparalleled in China, the county is nicknamed of the "county of ten thousand camels".

Ethnic groups in Barkol, 2000 census

Barköl Kazakh Autonomous County

Barkol Lake and Barkol, astronaut photograph from ISS
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 巴里坤哈薩克自治縣
Simplified Chinese 巴里坤哈萨克自治县
Uyghur name
Uyghur
باركۆل قازاق ئاپتونوم ناھىيىسى
Kazakh name
Kazakh باركول قازاق اۆتونوميالى اۋدانى
Баркөл Қазақ аутономиялық ауданы
Ethnic group Population Percentage
Han 55,169 64.18%
Kazakh 29,236 34.01%
Mongol 1,173 1.36%
Hui 164 0.19%
Uyghur 134 0.16%
Manchu 26 0.03%
Tatar 22 0.03%
Russian 11 0.01%
Yi 9 0.01%
Others 20 0.02%

Lake Barkol

Lake Barkol is an alkali lake in a closed basin located at 43°40′05″N 92°48′11″E / 43.668°N 92.803°E / 43.668; 92.803. Current rainfall averages 210 millimetres (8.3 in), while the annual evaporation rate is 2,250 millimetres (89 in). Ancient shorelines show up as concentric rings on the satellite photo at right, indicating that water levels have varied many times in the past. One study identified five climates at Lake Barkol over the past 8,000 years, ranging from warm and wet to cold and wet and finally cold and dry at present. The average annual temperature in the area is now just 1 °C (34 °F), though temperatures swing from extreme highs (33.5 °C (92.3 °F)) to extreme lows (−43.6 °C (−46.5 °F)).[1]

References

Coordinates: 43°36′N 93°01′E / 43.600°N 93.017°E / 43.600; 93.017


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