Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County

Qapqal County
察布查尔县 • ᠴᠠᠪᠴᠠᠯ
ᠰᡳᠶᠠᠨ
Autonomous county
察布查尔锡伯自治县
ᠴᠠᠪᠴᠠᠯ
ᠰᡞᠪᡝ
ᠪᡝᠶᡝ
ᡩᠠᠰᠠᡢᡤᠠ
ᠰᡞᠶᠠᠨ
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County
"Sibo military colonists", picture drawn during Henry Lansdell visit to today's Qapqal County in 1882

Location of Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County (pink) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Country People's Republic of China
Autonomous region Xinjiang
Autonomous prefecture Ili
Area
 • Total 4,430 km2 (1,710 sq mi)
Population (2000)
 • Total 160,000
 • Density 36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+8 (CST)
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County
Traditional Chinese 察布查爾錫伯自治縣
Simplified Chinese 察布查尔锡伯自治县
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 寧西縣
Simplified Chinese 宁西县

Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County (; Xibe:ᠴᠠᠪᠴᠠᠯ
ᠰᡞᠪᡝ
ᠪᡝᠶᡝ
ᡩᠠᠰᠠᡢᡤᠠ
ᠰᡞᠶᠠᠨ Cabcal Sibe beye dasangga siyan, also transliterated as Chapchal, Uyghur: Чапчал Шибә Аптоном Наһийиси, Kazakh: S'aps'al Si'be ay'tonomyi'alyq ay'dany) in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang is the only Xibe autonomous county of the People's Republic of China, bordering Kazakhstan's Almaty Region to the west. It has an area of 4,430 square kilometers and a population 160,000 (2000). Qapqal means "the granary" in the Xibe language.

Subdivisions

The Xibe, sent to garrison the area by the Qing Dynasty, were divided into eight niru (companies); each niru established a settlement. The settlements are thus simply referred to as "First Niru" through "Eighth Niru", with the exception of the settlement established by the Sixth, which came to be known as Qapqal, thus giving the county its name.[1]

Demographics per niru (2000)
Number[1] Xibe name[1] Chinese name % Xibe[1] % Han[1] % Other[1] Population Number of villages Source
1 Uju Niru 61.8 20.9 17.3
2 Jai Niru 72.2 15.5 12.3
3 Ilaci Niru 73.2 12.3 14.5
4 Duici Niru 32.9 28.4 38.7
5 Sunjaci Niru 孙扎齐乡 38.2 15 46.8 8033 4 [2]
6 Ningguci Niru, or Capcal 29 32 39
7 Nadaci Niru 41.6 32 24.6
8 Jakûci Niru 扎库齐牛录乡 72.2 15.5 12.3 13,000 5 [3]

Media

A ca. 1809 map of the Ili Region (the map is drawn "upside down": the south is on top) showing the Xibo Eight Banners (锡伯八旗) stationed across the Ili River from the Manchu Fort Huiyuan (惠远城), exactly where Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County is nowadays. There is a place - or perhaps a river - named "察布察儿" (Chabucha'er; Chinese: 察布查爾) in that area as well

The county has one Xibe-language newspaper, the Qapqal News. A television station broadcasts a few programmes in Xibe as well each month, with Chinese-language content the rest of the time.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Stary, Giovanni (2003), "Sibe: An endangered language", in Janse, Mark; Tol, Sijmen; Hendriks, Vincent, Language death and language maintenance, John Benjamins, pp. 81&ndash, 89, ISBN 978-90-272-4752-0
  2. ↑ "察布查尔县孙扎齐乡", Qapqal Online, retrieved 2009-04-15
  3. ↑ "察布查尔县扎库齐牛录乡", Qapqal Online, retrieved 2009-04-15
  4. ↑ 张莉 [Zhang Li] (2007), 新疆锡伯族新闻事业发展现状 [Xinjiang Xibo Peoples' News Undertaking Present Situation], 《伊犁师范学院学报》 [Journal of Ili Normal University] (1), ISSN 1009-1076, archived from the original on 2011-07-07, retrieved 2009-04-13

Coordinates: 43°48′07″N 81°05′14″E / 43.80194°N 81.08722°E / 43.80194; 81.08722


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