Nilka County

Nilka County is a county situated in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China and is under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 10,121 km² (3,908 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 150,000.

Nilka County نىلقا ناھىيىسى (Uyghur) نىلقى اۋدانى (Kazakh) 尼勒克县 (Chinese)
County
Nilka County (red) within Ili Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Nilka Location of the seat in Xinjiang Show map of Dzungaria Nilka Nilka (Xinjiang) Show map of Xinjiang Nilka Nilka (China) Show map of China
Coordinates: 43°48′01″N 82°30′42″E
Country	China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture	Ili
County seat	Nilqa Town
Area
• Total	10,122.62 km2 (3,908.37 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	155,737
• Density	15.3850/km2 (39.8471/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Website	www.xjnlk.gov.cn

Nilka County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	尼勒克县
Traditional Chinese	尼勒克縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nílèkè Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	巩哈县
Traditional Chinese	鞏哈縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gǒnghā Xiàn
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Нялх Шянь
Mongolian script	ᠨᠢᠯᠬ᠎ᠠ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ
Uyghur name
Uyghur	نىلقا ناھىيىسى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Nilqa Nahiyisi Yengi Yeziⱪ Nilⱪa Naⱨiyisi SASM/GNC Nilka Nahiyisi Siril Yëziqi Нилқа Наһийиси
Kazakh name
Kazakh	نىلقى اۋدانى

Demographics

The proportion of nationalities in Nilka County

Nationality			Percentage
Kazakhs			48.4%
Han People			22.4%
Uyghurs			11.9%
Hui People			10.6%
Mongols			4.8%
Kygryz			0.4%
Xibe			0.3%
Uzbek			0.1%
Others			0.1%
Source of the population statistics :[2]

Administrative division

Nilka County is divided into 5 towns, 5 townships, and 1 ethnic township.

Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Kazakh (Arabic script)	Kazakh (Cyrillic script)	Notes	Population (thousand)	Area km2	Number of communities
Towns
Nilqa Town	尼勒克镇	Nílèkè Zhèn	نىلقا بازىرى	nilqa baziri	نىلقى قالاشىعى			10	31.9	84.67
Ulastay Town	乌拉斯台镇	Wūlāsītái Zhèn	ئۇلاستاي بازىرى	Ulastay baziri	ىلاستاي قالاشىعى			7	9.8	80
Özen Town	乌赞镇	Wūzàn Zhèn	ئۆزەن بازىرى	Özen baziri	وزەن قالاشىعى			7	16.3	458
Mis Town	木斯镇	Mùsī Zhèn	مىس بازىرى	mis baziri	مىس قالاشىعى			9	13	394
Këleng Town	克令镇	Kèlìng Zhèn	كېلەڭ بازىرى	këleng baziri	كىلەڭ قالاشىعى			7	11.2	372
Townships
Suptay Township	苏布台乡	Sūbùtái Xiāng	سۇپتاي يېزىسى	suptay yëzisi	سۇپتاي اۋىلى			4	6.9	229
Qarasu Township	喀拉苏乡	Kālāsū Xiāng	قاراسۇ يېزىسى	qarasu yëzisi	قاراسۋ اۋىلى			8	13.5	575.2
Yaqaulastay Township	加哈乌拉斯台乡	Jiāhāwūlāsītái Xiāng	ياقا ئۇلاستاي يېزىسى	yaqa Ulastay yëzisi	جاعالاستاي اۋىلى			6	8.5	479.33
Qaratöpe Township	喀拉托别乡	Kālātuōbié Xiāng	قاراتۆپە يېزىسى	qaratöpe yëzisi	قاراتوبە اۋىلى			4	9.1	1075.2
Qujurtay Township	胡吉尔台乡	Hújí'ěrtái Xiāng	قۇجۇرتاي يېزىسى	qujurtay yëzisi	قۇجىرتاي اۋىلى			9	10.3	471.87
Ethnic Township
Kökxotqor Mongol Ethnic Township	科克浩特浩尔蒙古民族乡	Kēkèhàotèhào'ěr Ménggǔ Mínzúxiāng	كۆكخوتقور موڭغۇل يېزىسى	kökxotqor mongghul yëzisi	كوكعوتقىر موڭعۇل ۇلتتىق اۋىلى	Көкғотқыр Моңғұл Ұлттық ауылы	(Mongolian) ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠬᠣᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩ Хөххотгор монгол үндэстэний шиян	10	14.6	668

Climate

Climate data for Nilka, elevation 1,105 m (3,625 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	12.6 (54.7)	13.8 (56.8)	27.6 (81.7)	32.4 (90.3)	33.9 (93.0)	34.4 (93.9)	37.9 (100.2)	37.9 (100.2)	34.4 (93.9)	32.0 (89.6)	23.9 (75.0)	14.2 (57.6)	37.9 (100.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−1.2 (29.8)	1.9 (35.4)	9.8 (49.6)	18.5 (65.3)	22.7 (72.9)	26.3 (79.3)	28.7 (83.7)	28.5 (83.3)	24.2 (75.6)	17.1 (62.8)	8.1 (46.6)	0.9 (33.6)	15.5 (59.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−9.9 (14.2)	−5.9 (21.4)	2.4 (36.3)	10.3 (50.5)	14.7 (58.5)	18.5 (65.3)	20.3 (68.5)	19.4 (66.9)	14.7 (58.5)	7.6 (45.7)	0.5 (32.9)	−6.7 (19.9)	7.2 (44.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−16.2 (2.8)	−12.2 (10.0)	−3.5 (25.7)	3.6 (38.5)	7.8 (46.0)	11.6 (52.9)	13.1 (55.6)	11.6 (52.9)	6.8 (44.2)	0.9 (33.6)	−4.4 (24.1)	−12.1 (10.2)	0.6 (33.0)
Record low °C (°F)	−34.0 (−29.2)	−33.9 (−29.0)	−27.4 (−17.3)	−18.5 (−1.3)	−3.8 (25.2)	2.1 (35.8)	5.0 (41.0)	−1.8 (28.8)	−4.0 (24.8)	−9.6 (14.7)	−21.0 (−5.8)	−35.1 (−31.2)	−35.1 (−31.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	17.7 (0.70)	17.6 (0.69)	23.6 (0.93)	44.7 (1.76)	54.2 (2.13)	58.6 (2.31)	57.0 (2.24)	40.6 (1.60)	21.4 (0.84)	29.7 (1.17)	32.1 (1.26)	23.6 (0.93)	420.8 (16.56)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	7.7	8.1	9.2	10.3	11.5	12.2	12.0	9.0	6.4	7.6	8.8	8.9	111.7
Average snowy days	9.6	10.7	6.9	2.0	0.3	0	0	0	0	2.3	8.2	11.1	51.1
Average relative humidity (%)	75	74	69	60	61	64	63	61	62	68	74	76	67
Mean monthly sunshine hours	159.9	167.9	214.1	235.3	278.7	281.4	303.9	294.5	257.3	218.0	154.6	140.6	2,706.2
Percentage possible sunshine	55	56	57	58	61	61	66	69	70	66	55	51	60
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4]

Notes

1. Locals in Xinjiang frequently observe UTC+6 (Xinjiang Time), 2 hours behind Beijing.