Maralbexi County

In 1913, Maralbexi County was established.

In September 1937, two regiments of Soviet Kirghiz troops and one regiment of Russian troops equipped with forty airplanes and twenty tanks entered Sinkiang from Atushe and attacked Maralbexi, dividing Ma Hushan's 36th Corps into two sections.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/sovietpoliticale00hasi_0/|title=Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949|date=1987|author=Arthur C. Hasiotis Jr. |publisher=Garland Publishing|isbn=0-8240-8055-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sovietpoliticale00hasi_0/page/102 102]-[https://archive.org/details/sovietpoliticale00hasi_0/page/103 103]}}

In February 2002, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake killed 267 people in Maralbexi County and Payzawat County.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/uyghurreader00turs/|title=Uyghur Reader|author=Nabijan Tursun|year=2007|publisher=Dunwoody Press|isbn=978-1-931546-42-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/uyghurreader00turs/page/n167/ 141]}}

On February 24, 2003, the 2003 Bachu earthquake occurred.

In April 2013, twenty-one died in an incident in Seriqbuya.{{cite web|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/maralbeshi-04242013190839.html|title=Xinjiang Violence Leaves 21 Dead|date=24 April 2013|access-date=25 February 2020|website=Radio Free Asia |author=Luisetta Mudie |author2=Parameswaran Ponnudurai}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/wp-content/uploads/April-2013-Maralbeshi-Incident.pdf|title=Overview of the Maralbeshi Incident on 23 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823103257/https://www.uyghurcongress.org/en/wp-content/uploads/April-2013-Maralbeshi-Incident.pdf|archive-date=23 August 2016|website=World Uyghur Congress|date=May 2013}}

In October 2014, twenty-two died in an incident at a farmer's market in the county.{{cite web|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/attack-10182014194433.html|title=22 Killed in Farmers' Market Attack in Xinjiang's Kashgar Prefecture|date=18 October 2014|access-date=25 February 2020|website=Radio Free Asia|translator=Shohret Hoshur |author=Shohret Hoshur |author2=Parameswaran Ponnudurai}}

Maralbexi County includes 4 towns ({{lang|ug|بازىرى}} / 镇), 8 townships ({{lang|ug|يېزىسى}} / 乡):{{cite web|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/21294.html|script-title=zh:巴楚县历史沿革|website=XZQH.org|date=14 November 2014|access-date=25 February 2020|quote={{lang|zh-hans|2000年第五次人口普查，巴楚县常住总人口375883人，{...}2003年，巴楚县总面积18490.59平方千米，{...}2010年第六次人口普查，巴楚县常住总人口336274人，其中：巴楚镇47704人，色力布亚镇44642人，阿瓦提镇22232人，三岔口镇737人，恰尔巴格乡27816人，多来提巴格乡28158人，阿纳库勒乡26408人，夏马勒乡10174人，阿克萨克玛热勒乡30858人，阿拉根乡29412人，琼库恰克乡37197人，英吾斯坦乡24480人，兵团四十八团6456人。}}}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/31/653130.html |script-title=zh:2018年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：巴楚县 |language=zh-hans |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China |date=2018 |access-date=23 February 2020 |quote={{lang|zh-hans|统计用区划代码 名称 653130100000 巴楚镇 653130101000 色力布亚镇 653130102000 阿瓦提镇 653130103000 三岔口镇 653130200000 恰尔巴格乡 653130201000 多来提巴格乡 653130202000 阿纳库勒乡 653130203000 夏马勒乡 653130204000 阿克萨克玛热勒乡 653130205000 阿拉根乡 653130206000 琼库恰克乡 653130207000 英吾斯坦乡 653130508000 兵团四十八团|}}}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bachu.gov.cn/zjbc/bcgk/2014-11-19-472.html|script-title=zh:行政区划|language=zh-hans|date=24 December 2019|access-date=23 February 2020|quote={{lang|zh-hans|巴楚县辖4个镇、8个乡：巴楚镇、色力布亚镇、阿瓦提镇、三岔口镇、恰尔巴格乡、多来提巴格乡、阿纳库勒乡、夏马勒乡、阿克萨克马热勒乡、阿拉格尔乡、琼库尔恰克乡、英吾斯塘乡。}}|script-website=zh:巴楚县人民政府网}}{{cite book|script-title=zh:地名中的新疆|language=zh-hans|date=2003|isbn=7-228-08004-1|author=Xie Yuzhong 解玉忠|location=Ürümqi|publisher=新疆人民出版社|pages=230–233}}

Bachu is served by the Southern Xinjiang Railway and G3012 Turpan–Hotan Expressway.

Agricultural products include corn, cotton, wheat and others as well as sword-leaf dogbane. The central and eastern parts of the county have old desert poplar forests. Animal herding is prominent and rock salt and phosphate fertilizer are produced in the county. Industries include food processing, plastics, rug making, electricity and construction.{{cite book|editor1=夏征农|editor2=陈至立|script-title=zh:辞海：第六版彩图本 |trans-title=Cihai (Sixth Edition in Color) |date=September 2009|location=Shanghai|publisher=Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House.|isbn=978-7-5326-2859-9| language=zh|page=58}}

{{as of|1885}}, there was about 30,600 acres (202,728 mu) of cultivated land in Maralbexi.{{cite journal|title=Cultivation Development and Expansion in China's Colonial Realm in Central Asia|author=Herold J. Wiens|journal=The Journal of Asian Studies|volume=26|issue=1|date=November 1966|page=75|doi=10.2307/2051832 |jstor=2051832|s2cid=162339064 |doi-access=free}}

{{Historical populations

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|2000|375883

|2010|336274

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As of 2015, 363,488 of the 382,186 residents of the county were Uyghur, 17,816 were Han Chinese and 882 were from other ethnic groups.{{cite web |url= http://www.xjtj.gov.cn/sjcx/tjnj_3415/2016xjtjnj/rkjy/201707/t20170714_539450.html |script-title= zh:3-7 各地、州、市、县(市)分民族人口数 |language=zh-hans|publisher=Statistic Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region |date=15 March 2017|access-date=3 September 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171011101904/http://www.xjtj.gov.cn/sjcx/tjnj_3415/2016xjtjnj/rkjy/201707/t20170714_539450.html |archive-date= 11 October 2017 |url-status=live }}

{{as of|2019}}, the population of Maralbexi County was 95.13% Uyghur.

As of 1999, 83.12% of the population of Maralbexi (Bachu) County was Uyghur and 16.41% of the population was Han Chinese.{{cite book|url=https://digital.lib.washington.edu/researchworks/bitstream/handle/1773/44961/9780295804057.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y|title=Governing China's Multiethnic Frontiers|date=2004|isbn=0-295-98390-6|editor=Morris Rossabi|publisher=University of Washington Press|page=179}}

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|Jan record high C = 17.7 |Jan record low C = -21.5

|Feb record high C = 20.6 |Feb record low C = -18.9

|Mar record high C = 27.4 |Mar record low C = -9.1

|Apr record high C = 35.4 |Apr record low C = -2.5

|May record high C = 37.7 |May record low C = 3.0

|Jun record high C = 40.0 |Jun record low C = 6.6

|Jul record high C = 41.5 |Jul record low C = 11.7

|Aug record high C = 42.6 |Aug record low C = 10.3

|Sep record high C = 36.3 |Sep record low C = 4.3

|Oct record high C = 30.0 |Oct record low C = -3.7

|Nov record high C = 23.7 |Nov record low C = -13.2

|Dec record high C = 16.3 |Dec record low C = -22.5

|year high C = |year low C =

|year high F = |year low F =

|Jan high C = 0.4

|Feb high C = 6.9

|Mar high C = 16.2

|Apr high C = 24.4

|May high C = 29.0

|Jun high C = 32.5

|Jul high C = 33.9

|Aug high C = 32.4

|Sep high C = 28.1

|Oct high C = 21.3

|Nov high C = 11.6

|Dec high C = 2.4

|Jan mean C = -6.2

|Feb mean C = 0.1

|Mar mean C = 9.3

|Apr mean C = 17.2

|May mean C = 21.6

|Jun mean C = 24.9

|Jul mean C = 26.3

|Aug mean C = 25.1

|Sep mean C = 20.5

|Oct mean C = 12.7

|Nov mean C = 3.6

|Dec mean C = -4.0

|Jan low C = -11.5

|Feb low C = -6.0

|Mar low C = 2.9

|Apr low C = 10.1

|May low C = 14.7

|Jun low C = 18.1

|Jul low C = 19.7

|Aug low C = 18.8

|Sep low C = 13.8

|Oct low C = 5.7

|Nov low C = -2.6

|Dec low C = -8.9

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 0.8

|Feb precipitation mm = 1.2

|Mar precipitation mm = 2.4

|Apr precipitation mm = 3.4

|May precipitation mm = 9.7

|Jun precipitation mm = 12.9

|Jul precipitation mm = 19.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 12.6

|Sep precipitation mm = 8.0

|Oct precipitation mm = 2.4

|Nov precipitation mm = 0.8

|Dec precipitation mm = 1.1

|Jan humidity = 64

|Feb humidity = 53

|Mar humidity = 38

|Apr humidity = 31

|May humidity = 35

|Jun humidity = 39

|Jul humidity = 44

|Aug humidity = 48

|Sep humidity = 49

|Oct humidity = 50

|Nov humidity = 55

|Dec humidity = 67

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 1.5

|Feb precipitation days = 1.2

|Mar precipitation days = 0.8

|Apr precipitation days = 1.3

|May precipitation days = 3.2

|Jun precipitation days = 5.0

|Jul precipitation days = 6.6

|Aug precipitation days = 5.0

|Sep precipitation days = 2.7

|Oct precipitation days = 1.0

|Nov precipitation days = 0.4

|Dec precipitation days = 1.4

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|Jan sun = 161.3

|Feb sun = 169.6

|Mar sun = 183.3

|Apr sun = 214.9

|May sun = 265.6

|Jun sun = 293.7

|Jul sun = 300.1

|Aug sun = 277.8

|Sep sun = 253.0

|Oct sun = 249.7

|Nov sun = 200.0

|Dec sun = 155.6

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| Jan percentsun = 53

| Feb percentsun = 55

| Mar percentsun = 49

| Apr percentsun = 53

| May percentsun = 59

| Jun percentsun = 66

| Jul percentsun = 67

| Aug percentsun = 67

| Sep percentsun = 69

| Oct percentsun = 74

| Nov percentsun = 68

| Dec percentsun = 54

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|Jan snow days = 5.0

|Feb snow days = 2.2

|Mar snow days = 0.3

|Apr snow days = 0

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 0

|Nov snow days = 0.7

|Dec snow days = 4.5

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|source 1 = China Meteorological Administration{{cite web |url=http://data.cma.cn/data/weatherBk.html |script-title=zh:中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data |publisher=China Meteorological Administration |language = zh-hans |access-date=10 October 2023}}

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• He Jing (TV presenter)

Historical English-language maps including Maralbexi:

File:Txu-oclc-6654394-nj-44-3rd-ed.jpg|Map including Maralbexi (labeled as PA-CH'U (MARAL BASHI)) (USATC, 1971){{efn|From map: "DELINEATION OF INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARIES MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED AUTHORITATIVE".}}

File:NJ-44-1 Maral Bashi, China.jpg|Map including Maralbexi (labeled as PA-CH'U (MARAL BASHI)) (ATC, 1971)

File:Operational Navigation Chart G-7, 6th edition.jpg|From the Operational Navigation Chart; map including Maralbexi (labeled as BACHU (PA-CH'U)) (DMA, 1980){{efn|From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative."}}

File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 g-7a.jpg|Map including Maralbexi (labeled as BACHU (PA-CH'U)) (DMA, 1984){{efn|From map: "The representation of international boundaries is not necessarily authoritative"}}

• Yarkand River

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{{Wiktionary|Maralbexi|Bachu|Pa-ch'u}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017081040/http://www.kashi.gov.cn/English/Citycounty/maralbishi.htm Introduction to Maralbishi County], official website of Kashgar Prefecture government.

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Category:County-level divisions of Xinjiang

Category:Kashgar Prefecture

Category:Populated places along the Silk Road