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 km (2,350 sq mi) with a population of 50,000. The Postcode is 834800.
Administrative divisions
Yumin County is divided into 2 towns, 4 townships.
| 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 | 654225100 | ||
| Jiyek Town | 吉也克镇 | Jíyěkè Zhèn | جىيەك بازىرى | jiyek baziri | جيەك قالاشىعى | 654225101 | ||
| Townships | ||||||||
| Qarabura Township | 哈拉布拉乡 | Hālābùlā Xiāng | قارابۇرا يېزىسى | qarabura yëzisi | قارابۋرا اۋىلى | 654225200 | ||
| Yëngiyer Township | 新地乡 | Xīndì Xiāng | يېڭىيەر يېزىسى | yëngiyer yëzisi | جاڭا جەر اۋىلى | 654225201 | ||
| Altun'ëmil Township | 阿勒腾也木勒乡 | Ālèténgyěmùlè Xiāng | ئالتۇنئېمىل يېزىسى | Altun'ëmil yëzisi | التىنەمىل اۋىلى | 654225202 | ||
| Jëngis Township | 江格斯乡 | Jiānggésī Xiāng | جېڭىس يېزىسى | jëngis yëzisi | جاڭگىس اۋىلى | 654225203 | ||
Other: XPCC 161st Regiment (兵团农九师一六一团, 161-تۇەن مەيدانى)
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 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 70 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 76 | 82 | 83 | 75 | 69 | 75 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration | |||||||||||||