Qinggil County

Not to be confused with Qinghe County, Hebei.

Qinghe County 青河县 چىڭگىل ناھىيىسى
County
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
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	xjqh.gov.cn

Qinggil County
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	青河县
Traditional Chinese	青河縣
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Qīnghé Xiàn
Uyghur name
Uyghur	چىڭگىل ناھىيىسى‎
Transcriptions Latin Yëziqi Chinggil nahiyisi Yengi Yeziⱪ Qinggil naⱨiyisi SASM/GNC Qinggil Nahiyisi Siril Yëziqi Чиңгил наһийиси
Kazakh name
Kazakh	شىڭگىل اۋدانى Shińgil aýdany

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.

Map of Qinggil (labeled as CH'ING-HO) and surrounding region from the International Map of the World (1957)

Administrative divisions

Town (镇)

• Qinggil Town (青河镇) | Takskhin Town (塔克什肯镇)

Township (乡)

• Aral Township (阿热勒乡) | Araltobe Township (阿热勒托别乡) | Sartogay Township (萨尔托海乡) | Qagan Hol Township (查干郭勒乡) | Agax Obo Township (阿尕什敖包乡)

Military Base (兵团单位)

• Qinghe Farm (青河农场)

External links

• (in Chinese) Official website of Qinggil County government