Qinggil County
| Qinghe County 青河县 چىڭگىل ناھىيىسى | |
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| County | |
.png) Location of Qinggil County (pink) in Altay Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang | |
  Qinggil Location of the county town in Xinjiang | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′N 90°25′E / 46.617°N 90.417°ECoordinates: 46°37′N 90°25′E / 46.617°N 90.417°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Prefecture | Altay |
| County seat | Qinggil (青河镇) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,722 km2 (6,070 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,220 m (4,000 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 60,000 |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 836200 |
| Website |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 青河县 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 青河縣 | ||||||||||
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| Uyghur name | |||||||||||
| Uyghur |
چىڭگىل ناھىيىسى | ||||||||||
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| Kazakh name | |||||||||||
| Kazakh |
شىڭگىل اۋدانى Şiñgil awdanı | ||||||||||
Qinghe County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Chinese to Uyghur as Qinggil County, is a county situated in northeastern Xinjiang, China, bordering Mongolia to the east and under the administration of the Altay Prefecture. It has an area of 15,722 km2 (6,070 sq mi) with a population of 60,000. Qinghe was the site of a meteorite impact in 1898 and a Mongolian–Chinese border clash in the spring of 1944.
External links
- (in Chinese) Official website of Qinggil County government
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