Kümüx

Kümüx[3][4][5] (Kumishi; كۈمۈش بازىرى[6] / 库米什镇) is a town in Toksun County, Turpan Prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

Kümüx

كۈمۈش بازىرى
库米什镇

Kumishi, Kʻu-mi-shih
Town
Kümüx
Location in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 42°15′15″N 088°11′50″E
CountryChina
Autonomous RegionXinjiang
PrefectureTurpan
CountyToksun
Village-level divisions1 residential community,
2 villages
Area
 • Total812 km2 (314 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total1,389
 • Density1.7/km2 (4.4/sq mi)
Ethnic groups
 • Major ethnic groupsUyghur[1][3]
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code
838104

Name

'Kümüx' (كۈمۈش) means 'silver' in Uyghur. Silver is mined in the area.[3][7]

Kümüx has also been written in Chinese characters as Kumushi (庫穆什 / 库穆什 and 庫木什 / 库木什).[3]

History

In 1984, Kümüx Town was established.[1]

In December 2010, Zeng Lingquan (曾令权), who ran an adoption agency for the physically and mentally disabled with no operation license in Sichuan, was arrested. Zeng reportedly sent the mentally ill to work in a factory run by Li Xinglin (李兴林) where they were enslaved and worked year round (instead of seasonally as with other local factories) in unsafe conditions at the Jia'ersi Green Construction Material Chemical Factory (佳尔思绿色建材化工厂) in Kümüx.[8][9][10]

Geography

The nearby Kuruktag[4][11] (Kuluketage; 库鲁克塔格) mountains (at around 41°30′N 090°00′E) are a source of gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron and other metals as well as asbestos, marble, mengfeitu (蒙肥土), limestone, table salt, mirabilite, gypsum and quartz.[3]

Administrative divisions

Kümüx includes one residential community and two villages:[1][12]

Residential community:

  • Kümüx (Kumishi; 库米什社区)

Villages:

  • Qirghiz tam (Ke'erkezitiemi; قىرغىز تام كەنتى[13] / 柯尔克孜铁米村)
  • Yëngi bostan (Yingbositan; يېڭى بوستان كەنتى / 英博斯坦村) 42°11′08″N 088°22′42″E[14]

Economy

Kümüx is an important stop on the road from Ürümqi to Kashgar. There are restaurants, a transport and shipping station, a regional weather station, hotel, post office, gas station, etc. There is little arable land in the surrounding area and spring water is used in irrigation.[3]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20001,119—    
20101,389+2.19%
[2]

As of 2003, more than 600 persons lived in Kümüx, mostly Uyghur.[3] As of 1997, 88.1% of the population of Kümüx were Uyghur.[1]

During the Qing Dynasty, Kümüx was described as having twenty or more households.[3]

Transportation

Historical maps

Historical English-language maps including Kümüx:

  • Map including Kümüx (labeled as Kʻu-mi-shih) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (DMA, 1975)
  • From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Kumüx (DMA, 1982)
  • Map including Kümüx (DMA, 1990)

References
  1. 1997年托克逊县行政区划 [1997 Toksun County Administrative Divisions]. XZQH.org. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2020. 库米什镇　1984年设镇。位于县城以南，距县城100千米。 面积约812平方千米，人口0.05万，其中维吾尔族约占88.1％。辖库米什居委会和柯尔克孜铁米、英博斯坦2村委会。
  2. 托克逊县历史沿革 [Toksun County Historical Development]. XZQH.org (in Chinese). 10 February 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. Xie Yuzhong 解玉忠 (2003). 地名中的新疆 (in Chinese). Ürümqi: 新疆人民出版社. p. 30. ISBN 7-228-08004-1.
  4. Complete Atlas Of The World (3 ed.). Penguin Random House. 2016. p. 238 – via Internet Archive. Kümüx{...}Kuruktag
  5. Kümüx (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  6. كۈمۈش (Variant Non-Roman Script - VS) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  7. Wen Hao 文昊, ed. (January 2007). 新疆地名与传说故事. 走进新疆丛书 (in Chinese). Ürümqi: 新疆美术摄影出版社, 新疆电子音像出版社. p. 9. ISBN 978-7-80744-012-3.
  8. "Asylum owner detained for selling mentally ill". China Daily. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  9. 智障包身工遭奴役：黑工厂老板逃逸 新疆警方跨省抓捕. China Daily (in Chinese). 14 December 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2020. 目前，托克逊县库米什佳尔思绿色建材化工厂已被查封，
  10. "Officials punished over abuse of mentally ill workers in northwest China's Xinjiang".
  11. Kuruktag (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  12. 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：库米什镇 [2019 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Kümüx Town] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020. 统计用区划代码 城乡分类代码 名称 650422101001 121 库米什社区 650422101200 220 柯尔克孜铁米村委会 650422101201 220 英博斯坦村委会
  13. Mehrigul Nasir مىھرىگۈل ناسىر (22 October 2019). ئالتۇن رەڭ كەچ كۈز، گۈزەل توغراق. Tianshannet (in Uyghur). Retrieved 30 June 2020. 10- ئاينىڭ 16- كۈنى، توقسۇن ناھىيەسىنىڭ كۈمۈش بازىرى قىرغىز تام كەنتىنىڭ بەش كىلومېتىر جەنۇبىدىكى تاغ ئېتىكىگە جايلاشقان ئالتۇن رەڭ توغراقلىق خۇددى بىر پارچە ماي بوياق رەسىمگە ئوخشايدۇ.
  14. Yingbositan (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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