Yumin County

Yumin County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Mongolian as Qagantokay County, is a county situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Tacheng Prefecture, bordering Kazakhstan's regions of East Kazakhstan and Almaty. It has an area of 6,090 km² (2,350 sq mi) with a population of 50,000.^[when?] The Postcode is 834800.

Yumin County 裕民县 (Chinese) چاغانتوقاي ناھىيىسى (Uyghur) شاعانتوعاي اۋدانى (Kazakh) Qagantokay
County
Location of Yumin County (red) within Tacheng Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
Yumin Location of the seat in Xinjiang Show map of Dzungaria Yumin Yumin (Xinjiang) Show map of Xinjiang Yumin Yumin (China) Show map of China
Coordinates: 46°12′04″N 82°58′59″E
Country	China
Autonomous region	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Tacheng
County seat	Qarabura
Area
• Total	6,101.98 km2 (2,355.99 sq mi)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	50,819
• Density	8.3/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard[a])
Website	www.xjym.gov.cn

Yumin County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	裕民县
Traditional Chinese	裕民縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yùmín Xiàn
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	察罕托海县
Traditional Chinese	察罕託海縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Cháhǎntuōhǎi Xiàn
Uyghur name
Uyghur	چاغانتوقاي ناھىيىسى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Chaghantoqay Nahiyisi Yengi Yeziⱪ Qaƣantoⱪay Naⱨiyisi SASM/GNC Qagantokay Nahiyisi Siril Yëziqi Чағантоқай Наһийиси
Kazakh name
Kazakh	شاعانتوعاي اۋدانى Шағантоғай ауданы Şağantoğai audany

Demographics

The proportion of nationalities in Yumin (Chaghantoqay) County Nationality Percentage Han People   57.6% Kazakhs   32.5% Hui People   6.9% Russian   0.4% Uyghurs   0.3% Mongols   0.2% Xibe people   0.1% Daur people   0.1% Others   1.9% Source of the population statistics :[2]

Administrative divisions

Yumin County is divided into 2 towns, 4 townships.^[3]

Name	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Uyghur (UEY)	Uyghur Latin (ULY)	Kazakh (Arabic script)	Kazakh (Cyrillic script)	Administrative division code
Towns
Qarabura Town	哈拉布拉镇	Hālābùlā Zhèn	قارابۇرا بازىرى	qarabura baziri	قارابۋرا قالاشىعى	Қарабура қалашығы	654225100
Jiyek Town	吉也克镇	Jíyěkè Zhèn	جىيەك بازىرى	jiyek baziri	جيەك قالاشىعى	Жиек қалашығы	654225101
Townships
Qarabura Township	哈拉布拉乡	Hālābùlā Xiāng	قارابۇرا يېزىسى	qarabura yëzisi	قارابۋرا اۋىلى	Қарабура ауылы	654225200
Yëngiyer Township	新地乡	Xīndì Xiāng	يېڭىيەر يېزىسى	yëngiyer yëzisi	جاڭا جەر اۋىلى	Жаңа Жер ауылы	654225201
Altun'ëmil Township	阿勒腾也木勒乡	Ālèténgyěmùlè Xiāng	ئالتۇنئېمىل يېزىسى	Altun'ëmil yëzisi	التىنەمىل اۋىلى	Алтынеміл ауылы	654225202
Jëngis Township	江格斯乡	Jiānggésī Xiāng	جېڭىس يېزىسى	jëngis yëzisi	جاڭگىس اۋىلى	Жәңгіс ауылы	654225203

Other:

• Chaghantoqay Ranch (察汗托海牧场, چاغانتوقاي چارۋىچىلىق مەيدانى, شاعانتوعاي مال شارۋاشىلىعى الاڭىنداعى)
• XPCC 161st Regiment (兵团农九师一六一团, 161-تۇەن مەيدانى, 161-تۋان الاڭىنداعى)

Climate

Climate data for Yumin, elevation 721 m (2,365 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	12.4 (54.3)	12.0 (53.6)	25.9 (78.6)	33.5 (92.3)	36.4 (97.5)	37.1 (98.8)	40.5 (104.9)	40.3 (104.5)	38.4 (101.1)	30.0 (86.0)	18.6 (65.5)	13.1 (55.6)	40.5 (104.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−3.5 (25.7)	−1.1 (30.0)	6.2 (43.2)	17.3 (63.1)	23.1 (73.6)	28.2 (82.8)	30.4 (86.7)	29.4 (84.9)	23.6 (74.5)	15.0 (59.0)	4.7 (40.5)	−1.9 (28.6)	14.3 (57.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−9.7 (14.5)	−7.1 (19.2)	0.3 (32.5)	10.6 (51.1)	16.5 (61.7)	21.7 (71.1)	23.7 (74.7)	22.3 (72.1)	16.3 (61.3)	8.0 (46.4)	−0.8 (30.6)	−7.5 (18.5)	7.9 (46.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−14.2 (6.4)	−11.7 (10.9)	−4.3 (24.3)	5.0 (41.0)	10.4 (50.7)	15.5 (59.9)	17.5 (63.5)	15.9 (60.6)	10.0 (50.0)	2.9 (37.2)	−4.7 (23.5)	−11.5 (11.3)	2.6 (36.6)
Record low °C (°F)	−29.3 (−20.7)	−31.2 (−24.2)	−25.0 (−13.0)	−11.7 (10.9)	−4.2 (24.4)	4.1 (39.4)	7.3 (45.1)	4.5 (40.1)	−2.7 (27.1)	−12.8 (9.0)	−31.4 (−24.5)	−30.5 (−22.9)	−31.4 (−24.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	22.3 (0.88)	17.4 (0.69)	22.0 (0.87)	31.6 (1.24)	30.3 (1.19)	25.1 (0.99)	26.1 (1.03)	24.5 (0.96)	21.2 (0.83)	27.6 (1.09)	39.5 (1.56)	27.9 (1.10)	315.5 (12.43)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.4	3.0	4.0	2.6	1.1	0.4	0.3	0.5	15
Average snowy days	2.2	0.6	0.8	0.3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.1	0.9	1.9	6.9
Average relative humidity (%)	70	70	66	51	45	44	44	42	45	59	72	72	57
Mean monthly sunshine hours	205.2	224.3	279.8	300.3	342.6	329.8	320.3	323.5	300.8	277.4	214.4	190.5	3,308.9
Percentage possible sunshine	70	74	75	74	75	72	70	76	82	83	75	69	75
Source: China Meteorological Administration[4][5]

Notes

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