Huocheng County

Within Huocheng County, lies the significant ruined site of ancient Almaliq. Additionally, the mausoleum of the first khan of Moghulistan, Tughlugh Timur, is also located within the county.

During the 1760s, nine fortresses were constructed in the Ili River Basin, and four of them were situated within the modern Huocheng County. Huiyuan served as the headquarters of the General of Ili, making it the military and administrative center of Xinjiang until the 1860s.

Suiding County ({{lang-zh|绥定县|labels=no}}) was established in 1888, with Suiding as the county seat. In 1914, the western area of Shuiding County was organized into Khorgas County, later abbreviated to Huocheng County, with Gongchen (Khorgas) as county seat. In 1965 Suiding was renamed Shuiding. In 1966, Shuiding County merged into Huocheng County with Shuiding as the county seat of the new Huocheng County. In 2014, Khorgas became a county-level city separate from Huocheng County.

File:Tughlugh Timur Mausoleum - exterior.jpg Mausoleum (zh), some 30 km northwest of the county seat]]

The county includes 6 towns, 2 townships, and 1 ethnic township.

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|Jan high C = -1.9

|Feb high C = 1.8

|Mar high C = 12.2

|Apr high C = 21.5

|May high C = 26.4

|Jun high C = 30.3

|Jul high C = 32.3

|Aug high C = 31.4

|Sep high C = 26.8

|Oct high C = 18.8

|Nov high C = 8.9

|Dec high C = 0.6

|Jan mean C = -7.7

|Feb mean C = -3.7

|Mar mean C = 5.7

|Apr mean C = 13.9

|May mean C = 18.7

|Jun mean C = 22.7

|Jul mean C = 24.4

|Aug mean C = 23.1

|Sep mean C = 18.0

|Oct mean C = 10.4

|Nov mean C = 2.7

|Dec mean C = -4.7

|Jan low C = -12.4

|Feb low C = -8.4

|Mar low C = 0.4

|Apr low C = 7.5

|May low C = 12.0

|Jun low C = 16.0

|Jul low C = 17.4

|Aug low C = 15.7

|Sep low C = 10.5

|Oct low C = 4.2

|Nov low C = -1.6

|Dec low C = -8.8

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|Jan precipitation mm = 18.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 20.1

|Mar precipitation mm = 17.6

|Apr precipitation mm = 26.3

|May precipitation mm = 23.5

|Jun precipitation mm = 27.7

|Jul precipitation mm = 22.5

|Aug precipitation mm = 17.8

|Sep precipitation mm = 12.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 21.3

|Nov precipitation mm = 30.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 22.8

|Jan humidity = 76

|Feb humidity = 74

|Mar humidity = 63

|Apr humidity = 53

|May humidity = 52

|Jun humidity = 53

|Jul humidity = 53

|Aug humidity = 53

|Sep humidity = 54

|Oct humidity = 64

|Nov humidity = 73

|Dec humidity = 77

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|Jan precipitation days = 8.6

|Feb precipitation days = 7.7

|Mar precipitation days = 6.5

|Apr precipitation days = 7.6

|May precipitation days = 7.7

|Jun precipitation days = 7.8

|Jul precipitation days = 7.8

|Aug precipitation days = 6.0

|Sep precipitation days = 5.0

|Oct precipitation days = 5.7

|Nov precipitation days = 7.7

|Dec precipitation days = 8.8

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|Jan sun = 151.8

|Feb sun = 166.8

|Mar sun = 233.5

|Apr sun = 268.8

|May sun = 318.2

|Jun sun = 318.7

|Jul sun = 338.0

|Aug sun = 325.3

|Sep sun = 278.5

|Oct sun = 226.1

|Nov sun = 154.5

|Dec sun = 135.4

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| Feb percentsun = 55

| Mar percentsun = 62

| Apr percentsun = 66

| May percentsun = 69

| Jun percentsun = 69

| Jul percentsun = 73

| Aug percentsun = 77

| Sep percentsun = 76

| Oct percentsun = 68

| Nov percentsun = 55

| Dec percentsun = 49

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|Jan snow days = 10.4

|Feb snow days = 8.7

|Mar snow days = 3.5

|Apr snow days = 0.8

|May snow days = 0.1

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0.5

|Nov snow days = 4.2

|Dec snow days = 10.3

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In agriculture, the local population cultivate wheat, corn and other crops including sugar beet, cotton, tobacco, apples, animal husbandry with cattle and sheep.

The main minerals extracted in the area include coal, phosphorus, iron, gold, silver, copper, limestone, Iceland spar and marble, etc.

Huocheng is served by China National Highway 312 and the Jinghe-Yining-Khorgas Railway.

There is a border crossing into Kazakhstan at Khorgas, where the road continues to Zharkent in Panfilov District.

The Jinghe–Yining–Khorgas Railway through Huocheng county was completed in 2010, reaching practically to the Kazakhstan border. There are plans to construct a connecting railway line on the Kazakh side, creating China's second railway link to Central Asia besides Alashankou.{{cite web |url=http://www.stnn.cc/china/200805/t20080510_776541.html |script-title=zh:中国2010年将建成第二条通往中亚铁路_星岛环球网 |access-date=2008-05-10 |archive-date=2008-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513170749/http://www.stnn.cc/china/200805/t20080510_776541.html }}

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{{Reflist}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070215233823/http://www.xzqh.org/quhua/65xj/4023hc.htm Huocheng County information], at the site of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture {{in lang|zh}}
• [http://www.9654.com/m/huocheng.htm County Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514022903/http://www.9654.com/m/huocheng.htm |date=2007-05-14 }} {{in lang|zh}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213726/http://www.huyangshu.com/admin/news_view.asp?newsid=1618 Thoughts about the history of Yining City and Huocheng County] (the writer's point of view on how the places should be called) {{in lang|zh}}
• Henry Lansdell, "Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv", vol. I. [https://books.google.com/books?id=oIVlRw3fSOAC Full text] available at Google Books; there is also a 2001 facsimile reprint of the 1885 edition, {{ISBN|1-4021-7762-3}}. (Chapters XIV-XVI in Volume I describe Lansdell's visit to the area in the early 1880s, soon after the Russian withdrawal). {{in lang|en}}

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Category:County-level divisions of Xinjiang

Category:Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture