Qitai County
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| seat = Qitai Town
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|p=Qítái Xiàn
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Qitai County ({{lang-zh|s=奇台县}}) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Guqung County or Gucheng County ({{Langx|ug|گۇچۇڭ ناھىيىسى}}; {{lang-zh|s=古城县}}), is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It covers an area of {{convert|16,641|km2}} and {{As of|2002|alt=as of the 2002 census}} had a population of 230,000.
Qitai County's county seat is in Qitai Town. Gucheng Township is nearby.
Name
There are several theories regarding the origin of the place name "Qitai." One explanation is that in the 24th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1759 AD), seven fortresses were built in what is now Laoqitai Town, Qitai County. This seventh fortress east of Ürümqi was called "Qitai" (Seven Fortresses). Since the Chinese characters for "seven" (七, qī) and "strange/unique" (奇, qí) are homophones, the name later evolved into "Qitai." Another theory is that in the old county seat (now Laoqitai Town), due to water shortages, every household dug wells with uniquely shaped "well platforms" called "qi" (奇), which was later abbreviated as Qitai. A third theory suggests that "Qitai" is a transliteration of "Khitan" (契丹), a historic ethnic group.{{cite web
|author=Yang Lian
|title=Xinjiang Password Series III: Qitai, "The Residence of the Chinese People"
|publisher=Xinjiang Metropolis Daily
|date=2009-02-09
|url=http://culture.ts.cn/content/2009-02/19/content_3850652.htm
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204953/http://culture.ts.cn/content/2009-02/19/content_3850652.htm
|archive-date=2018-01-30
|access-date=2018-01-30
|url-status=dead
History
In 119 BC (4th year of Emperor Wu’s Yuanshou era), Zhang Qian led his second mission to the Western Regions, opening diplomatic relations with states such as Wusun and Dayuan.{{cite journal |last=Hulsewé |first=Anthony F. P. |title=“Zhang Qian and the Origins of the Silk Road” |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society |year=1949 |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=209–213}}
By 68 BC (2nd year of Emperor Xuan’s Dijing era), General Zheng Ji conquered Jushi, and the region came under Han control; the Han government then established agricultural colonies and administrative offices.{{cite book |last=Wiltshire |first=Edward |title=The Making of America |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2010 |pages=45–46}}{{cite journal |last=Watson |first=William |title=“Jushi under Early Han Rule” |journal=Early China |year=1987 |volume=12 |pages=101–117}}
In 629 AD (14th year of Tang Taizong's Zhenguan), General Li Jing led a successful campaign against the Eastern Turks, after which the Tang dynasty solidified its control over the northern silk route.{{cite journal |last=Barfield |first=Thomas |title=“The Expansion of Tang Power in Central Asia” |journal=Asia Major |year=1989 |volume=2 |pages=78–102}}
In 640 AD, under Tang Zhenguan 14, Pulai County (蒲类县) was established northwest of modern Qitai, under Tingzhou prefecture; by 702 AD, it fell under the Northern Protectorate administration, and by 732 AD the post of military governor was permanently stationed there.{{cite book |last=Zhang |first=Xi |title=A History of Xinjiang |publisher=Xinjiang University Press |year=2015 |pages=98–101}}{{cite journal |last=Millward |first=James A. |title=“The Northern Frontier in Tang China” |journal=Journal of Asian History |year=1980 |volume=14 |pages=105–132}}
Located on one of the main routes of the Silk Road, the old Gucheng (often referred in the European writing of the past as "Ku Ch'eng-tze", Kucheng, Kuchengtze, etc., using Wade-Giles or Postal Romanization systems), was the western terminal for one of the caravan routes across the Gobi Desert. Owen Lattimore in The Desert Road to Turkestan leaves an account of his travel along this route in 1926-27.Lattimore (1929), pp. 52, 250.
"Under the special circumstances of the caravan trade, camel traffic usually overshoots Hami ["the most easterly point on the arterial cart roads of Chinese Turkestan"], going on all the way to Ku Ch'eng-tze. This is partly because the pastures near Ku Ch'eng-tze are more adequate to caravan needs, but still more because, transport being cheaper by camel than by cart, it is to the advantage of merchants to have their goods carried as far as possible by caravan."Lattimore (1929), p. 250.
Qitai briefly held city status. In 1953, the Xinjiang Provincial Government—before the region became an autonomous region—promoted the county seat of populous Qitai County to “Qitai City.” However, following the 20 September 1954 Constitution of the People's Republic of China, which required all local governments to establish revolutionary committees, the autonomous region abolished the City People's Government in 1956. Qitai Town People's Committee was created, administering the town's 12 subdistricts reorganized into 10 residents’ committees, under the Qitai County People's Committee. Since then, Qitai City has ceased to exist {{cite news |title=New administrative changes in Qitai |work=Changji Daily |date=1956}}. {{cite book |title=中国行政区划通史·新疆卷 |editor=王庆祥 |publisher=中国社会出版社 |year=2001 |page=274 |isbn=9787508711812 |language=zh}}
Qitai has long been a place of multi-century Han Chinese settlement. The local dialect, often referred to as Xinjiang Mandarin or Xinjiang topolect, is considered a highly representative example of Mandarin in Xinjiang. It has been widely used in the region and even featured in performances by famed local sketch comedian Zhao Guozhu, whose “Xinjiang Sketches” are based on the Qitai dialect—earning the county a reputation as a center of Han cultural development in Xinjiang .
{{cite news |title=赵国柱：用奇台话讲新疆人的故事 |work=新疆日报 |date=2015-08-12 |language=zh}}
In the Cold War era, the United States established a station near Qitai to monitor Soviet nuclear and missile tests, replacing its former station in Iran .{{cite book |last=Hu |first=Weizhen |title=美国对华 “一个中国”政策之演变: 从尼克森到柯林顿 |year=2001}}
Climate
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|location = Qitai, elevation {{convert|794|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
|Jan record high C = 5.1 |Jan record low C = -35.5
|Feb record high C = 7.7 |Feb record low C = -37.6
|Mar record high C = 26.0 |Mar record low C = -31.4
|Apr record high C = 34.5 |Apr record low C = -13.7
|May record high C = 36.0 |May record low C = -3.0
|Jun record high C = 37.6 |Jun record low C = 2.2
|Jul record high C = 39.1 |Jul record low C = 6.8
|Aug record high C = 40.5 |Aug record low C = 0.1
|Sep record high C = 36.1 |Sep record low C = -3.5
|Oct record high C = 30.3 |Oct record low C = -12.9
|Nov record high C = 25.1 |Nov record low C = -31.9
|Dec record high C = 12.4 |Dec record low C = -40.1
|year high C = |year low C =
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|Jan high C = -8.9
|Feb high C = -4.9
|Mar high C = 5.8
|Apr high C = 18.9
|May high C = 24.8
|Jun high C = 29.3
|Jul high C = 31.0
|Aug high C = 30.2
|Sep high C = 24.6
|Oct high C = 15.5
|Nov high C = 3.7
|Dec high C = -6.4
|Jan mean C = -17.3
|Feb mean C = -13.0
|Mar mean C = -1.2
|Apr mean C = 10.8
|May mean C = 16.9
|Jun mean C = 21.6
|Jul mean C = 23.1
|Aug mean C = 21.7
|Sep mean C = 15.7
|Oct mean C = 7.1
|Nov mean C = -3.2
|Dec mean C = -13.7
|Jan low C = -23.5
|Feb low C = -19.9
|Mar low C = -7.3
|Apr low C = 3.6
|May low C = 9.3
|Jun low C = 14.0
|Jul low C = 15.6
|Aug low C = 14.0
|Sep low C = 8.3
|Oct low C = 1.0
|Nov low C = -8.2
|Dec low C = -19.4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 7.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 7.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 11.1
|Apr precipitation mm = 18.7
|May precipitation mm = 23.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 23.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 34.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 27.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 18.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 15.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 14.1
|Dec precipitation mm = 11.7
|Jan humidity = 77
|Feb humidity = 77
|Mar humidity = 70
|Apr humidity = 49
|May humidity = 45
|Jun humidity = 48
|Jul humidity = 52
|Aug humidity = 50
|Sep humidity = 49
|Oct humidity = 59
|Nov humidity = 74
|Dec humidity = 79
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 7.3
|Feb precipitation days = 6.1
|Mar precipitation days = 4.8
|Apr precipitation days = 5.9
|May precipitation days = 6.2
|Jun precipitation days = 6.4
|Jul precipitation days = 7.5
|Aug precipitation days = 6.3
|Sep precipitation days = 4.2
|Oct precipitation days = 4.3
|Nov precipitation days = 6.5
|Dec precipitation days = 8.2
|year precipitation days =
|Jan sun = 144.8
|Feb sun = 171.2
|Mar sun = 238.9
|Apr sun = 265.9
|May sun = 303.4
|Jun sun = 301.4
|Jul sun = 300.5
|Aug sun = 298.0
|Sep sun = 274.0
|Oct sun = 240.6
|Nov sun = 168.2
|Dec sun = 127.4
|year sun =
| Jan percentsun = 50
| Feb percentsun = 57
| Mar percentsun = 64
| Apr percentsun = 65
| May percentsun = 66
| Jun percentsun = 65
| Jul percentsun = 65
| Aug percentsun = 70
| Sep percentsun = 75
| Oct percentsun = 72
| Nov percentsun = 59
| Dec percentsun = 46
| year percentsun =
|Jan snow days = 15.4
|Feb snow days = 12.4
|Mar snow days = 6.3
|Apr snow days = 2.3
|May snow days = 0.2
|Jun snow days = 0
|Jul snow days = 0
|Aug snow days = 0
|Sep snow days = 0.1
|Oct snow days = 1.6
|Nov snow days = 8.1
|Dec snow days = 15.5
|year snow days =
|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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|source 2 = Weather China{{cite web|script-title=zh:奇台城市介绍以及气候背景分析|url=http://www.weather.com.cn/cityintro/101130406.shtml? |website=Weather China|publisher=中国气象局公共气象服务中心|access-date=July 27, 2015|language=zh}}
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|location = Beitashan, Qitai County, elevation {{convert|1654|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals)
|Jan high C = -6.9
|Feb high C = -4.0
|Mar high C = 1.9
|Apr high C = 11.1
|May high C = 17.3
|Jun high C = 22.8
|Jul high C = 24.6
|Aug high C = 23.4
|Sep high C = 17.5
|Oct high C = 9.1
|Nov high C = 0.5
|Dec high C = -5.3
|Jan mean C = -12.4
|Feb mean C = -10.1
|Mar mean C = -4.1
|Apr mean C = 4.9
|May mean C = 11.1
|Jun mean C = 16.9
|Jul mean C = 18.7
|Aug mean C = 17.2
|Sep mean C = 11.2
|Oct mean C = 3.2
|Nov mean C = -5.0
|Dec mean C = -10.5
|Jan low C = -17.5
|Feb low C = -15.3
|Mar low C = -9.1
|Apr low C = -0.1
|May low C = 5.4
|Jun low C = 11.1
|Jul low C = 13.2
|Aug low C = 11.8
|Sep low C = 6.1
|Oct low C = -1.1
|Nov low C = -9.5
|Dec low C = -15.4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 5.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 5.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 8.8
|Apr precipitation mm = 15.8
|May precipitation mm = 18.9
|Jun precipitation mm = 24.0
|Jul precipitation mm = 39.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 25.0
|Sep precipitation mm = 12.8
|Oct precipitation mm = 13.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 15.1
|Dec precipitation mm = 7.3
|Jan humidity = 56
|Feb humidity = 56
|Mar humidity = 54
|Apr humidity = 46
|May humidity = 41
|Jun humidity = 42
|Jul humidity = 46
|Aug humidity = 43
|Sep humidity = 42
|Oct humidity = 50
|Nov humidity = 57
|Dec humidity = 57
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 5.5
|Feb precipitation days = 5.4
|Mar precipitation days = 6.1
|Apr precipitation days = 6.1
|May precipitation days = 5.5
|Jun precipitation days = 6.4
|Jul precipitation days = 9.2
|Aug precipitation days = 6.7
|Sep precipitation days = 5.0
|Oct precipitation days = 5.7
|Nov precipitation days = 7.7
|Dec precipitation days = 6.9
|year precipitation days =
|Jan sun = 194.7
|Feb sun = 208.5
|Mar sun = 254.8
|Apr sun = 262.9
|May sun = 303.2
|Jun sun = 296.2
|Jul sun = 295.5
|Aug sun = 294.7
|Sep sun = 270.6
|Oct sun = 231.5
|Nov sun = 180.4
|Dec sun = 176.2
|year sun =
| Jan percentsun = 68
| Feb percentsun = 70
| Mar percentsun = 68
| Apr percentsun = 64
| May percentsun = 65
| Jun percentsun = 63
| Jul percentsun = 63
| Aug percentsun = 69
| Sep percentsun = 74
| Oct percentsun = 70
| Nov percentsun = 65
| Dec percentsun = 65
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|Jan snow days = 8.3
|Feb snow days = 8.0
|Mar snow days = 9.1
|Apr snow days = 5.6
|May snow days = 2.4
|Jun snow days = 0.1
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.1
|Sep snow days = 1.2
|Oct snow days = 6.6
|Nov snow days = 10.0
|Dec snow days = 9.8
|year snow days =
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Economy
Qitai County is the leading grain producer in Xinjiang, ranks second in cultivated land area, and leads in flour and meat production. The county has approximately 2.5 million mu (≈166,700 ha) of arable land, with 1.89 million mu (≈126,000 ha) sown in 2012—the second-highest in Xinjiang after Shache County in Kashgar Prefecture. Its cultivated area exceeds that of Urumqi, Bayingolin, Kizilsu, Turpan, and Hami combined.{{cite news |title=“Major wheat production area in China's Xinjiang greets harvest” |work=Xinhua |date=2024-07-10 |url=https://www.xinhuanet.com/photo/2024-07/10/c_1129748955.htm |access-date=2025-06-24}} Annually, Qitai produces over 800 million kilograms of grain—accounting for one-third of Changji Prefecture's output and one-sixth of Xinjiang's total—and is designated as a national-level major grain-producing county.{{cite web |last=China Agricultural Statistics |title=Qitai County’s Grain Output in National Context |work=China Agri Data |date=2023-12-20 |url=https://www.chinaagri.cn/qitai-grain-stats |access-date=2025-06-24}}
Qitai is also known as the "Hometown of Chinese Snacks"—its guoyourou (fried pork) noodles are popular across Xinjiang, and Qitai yellow noodles are sold in every major city in the region. The county is likewise renowned as a "Liquor Hometown": Gucheng Liquor, produced locally, has earned national recognition as a "China Time-honored Brand" and a "Historical and Cultural Famous Liquor," winning gold at the 2nd International Wine Culture Festival. It also serves as the "master" distillery for Xinjiang Ilite Liquor Co.{{cite web |last=Qitai Distillery |title=Qitai Gucheng Liquor wins national and international awards |work=Changji Daily |date=2015-09-01 |url=https://www.changjidaily.com.cn/2015/0901/8765.html |access-date=2025-06-24}}{{cite news |last=Xinjiang Daily |title=“Gucheng Liquor takes gold at International Wine Culture Festival” |work=Xinjiang Daily |date=2016-08-12}}{{cite web |last=Economy Journal Xinjiang |title=Qitai distillery partners with Ilite |work=Economy Journal Xinjiang |date=2018-05-20 |url=https://www.econjournalxinjiang.com/2018/05/qitai-ilite-coop |access-date=2025-06-24}}
The county is also nationally famous for its dinosaur fossils and petrified wood. In 2019, the largest-known Asian specimen of Mamenchisaurus—the "Qitai Yellow River Giant"—was excavated there.{{cite news |last=Paleontology News China |title=“Asia’s largest Mamenchisaurus skeleton discovered in Qitai” |work=Paleontology News China |date=2019-06-15 |url=https://www.paleonec.com/qitai-mamenchisaurus |access-date=2025-06-24}} In 2020, the "Qitai Dino Park" opened to the public.{{cite web |last=Xinjiang Science Daily |title=Qitai Dino Park opens to public |work=Xinjiang Science Daily |date=2020-09-10 |url=https://www.xjstdaily.com/2020/09/qitai-dinopark |access-date=2025-06-24}} Tourist attractions like scenic Jiangbulak, the Tianshan Strange Slope (a Guinness World Record site), and the Han-era Shule Ancient City draw large seasonal crowds—during peak season, traffic jams occur on the Urumqi–Qitai Expressway.{{cite web |last=Changji Traffic Bureau |title=Tourism boom clogs U-Q Expressway |work=Changji Traffic Bureau |date=2022-08-05 |url=https://www.changji.gov.cn/traffic/2022/08/0501 |access-date=2025-06-24}}{{cite web |last=Xinjiang Tourism Bureau |title=Visitor surge at Jiangbulak Scenic Area |work=Xinjiang Tourism Bureau |date=2023-07-22 |url=https://www.xjtour.gov.cn/news/2023/07/22/jiangbulak-visitors |access-date=2025-06-24}}
Qitai is also rich in mineral resources, including coal, granite, iron, gold, silver, copper, mirabilite, graphite, limestone, bentonite, and perlite among more than 20 types. In particular, the coal reserves in Qitai—part of the Jundong coalfield—are estimated at 280.8 billion tonnes, making it the county with the largest coal reserves in China, surpassing Shenmu (50 bill.), Fugu (20 bill.) in Shaanxi and Ordos (169.6 bill.) in Inner Mongolia. The county’s granite reserves are also substantial, estimated at 3 billion m³{{cite web |last=China Daily |title=Xinjiang coalfield reserves second-largest in China |work=China Daily |date=2023-01-28 |url=https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202301/28/WS63d7a7d7a31057c47ebb1f23.html |access-date=2025-06-24}}{{cite news |last=Xinhua |title=“Asia’s largest coal reserve discovered in China's Xinjiang” |work=Xinhua |date=2011-12-23 |url=https://www.xinhuanet.com/2011-12/23/c_122534412.htm |access-date=2025-06-24}}
Subdivisions
Qitai County is made up of 9 towns, 3 townships, and 3 ethnic townships.
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| {{lang|zh-hans|奇台镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Qítái Zhèn}} | {{lang|ug|گۇچۇڭ بازىرى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|guchung baziri}} | 652325100 | |
| Laoqitai Town
| {{lang|zh-hans|老奇台镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Lǎoqítái Zhèn}} | {{lang|ug|لوچىتەي بازىرى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|lochitey baziri}} | 652325101 | |
| Banjiegou Town
| {{lang|zh-hans|半截沟镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Bànjiégōu Zhèn}} | {{lang|ug|بەنجەگۇ بازىرى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|benjegu baziri}} | 652325102 | |
| Jebki Town
| {{lang|zh-hans|吉布库镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Jíbùkù Zhèn}} | {{lang|ug|جېبكى بازىرى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|jëbki baziri}} | 652325103 | |
| Dongwan Town
| {{lang|zh-hans|东湾镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Dōngwān Zhèn}} | {{lang|ug|دۇڭۋەن بازىرى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|dungwen baziri}} | 652325104 | |
| Xidi Town
| {{lang|zh-hans|西地镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Xīdì Zhèn}} | {{lang|ug|شىدى بازىرى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|shidi baziri}} | 652325105 | |
| Biliuhe Town
| {{lang|zh-hans|碧流河镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Bìliúhé Zhèn}} | {{lang|ug|بىلۇخې بازىرى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|biluxë baziri}} | 652325106 | |
| Sangezhuangzi Town
| {{lang|zh-hans|三个庄子镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Sāngèzhuāngzǐ Zhèn}} | {{lang|ug|سەنگىجاڭزا بازىرى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|sengijangza baziri}} | 652325107 | |
| Xibeiwan Town
| {{lang|zh-hans|西北湾镇}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Xīběiwān Zhèn}} | {{lang|ug|شىبېيۋەن بازىرى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|shibëywen baziri}} | 652325108 | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Townships |
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| {{lang|zh-hans|坎尔孜乡}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Kǎn'ěrzī Xiāng}} | {{lang|ug|كارىز يېزىسى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|kariz yëzisi}} | 652325202 | |
| Gucheng Township
| {{lang|zh-hans|古城乡}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Gǔchéng Xiāng}} | {{lang|ug|گۇچۇڭ يېزىسى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|guchung yëzisi}} | 652325204 | |
| Qihu Township
| {{lang|zh-hans|七户乡}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Qīhù Xiāng}} | {{lang|ug|چىخۇ يېزىسى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|chixu yëzisi}} | 652325204 | |
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#d3d3d3;"|Ethnic townships |
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| Wumachang Kazakh Ethnic Township | {{lang|zh-hans|五马场乡}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Wǔmǎchǎng Xiāng}} | {{lang|ug|ۋۇماچاڭ قازاق يېزىسى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|wumachang qazaq yëzisi}} | 652325203 | (Kazakh) |
| Qorin Kazakh Ethnic Township
| {{lang|zh-hans|乔仁乡}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Qiáorén Xiāng}} | {{lang|ug|چورىن قازاق يېزىسى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|chorin qazaq yëzisi}} | 652325205 | (Kazakh) |
| Daquan Tatar Ethnic Township
| {{lang|zh-hans|塔塔尔乡}} | {{Transliteration|zh|Tǎtǎ'ěr Xiāng}} | {{lang|ug|داچۈەن تاتار يېزىسى}} | {{Transliteration|ug|dachüen tatar yëzisi}} | 652325208 | (Tatar) |
Transportation
In 2009, the Ürümqi–Dzungaria Railway was constructed through the Jiangjun Gobi desert in the northern part of the county. It terminates at a coal mine in Jiangjunmiao.(Chinese) [http://news.163.com/09/1106/11/5NECVBGI000120GR.html "新疆精伊霍、乌精二线、奎北、乌准4条铁路新线开通运营"] (Four new railways enter into service in Xinjiang: the Jinghe-Yining Line, the Ürümqi-Jinghe second track, the Kuitun-Beitun Line, and the Ürümqi–Dzungaria Line) 2009-11-06 In 2024, the Qitai Jiangbulake Airport opened.
The radio telescope project
{{Main|Qitai Radio Telescope}}
In 2012, the officials of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Xinjiang government presided over the groundbreaking at the site of the Xinjiang Qitai Astronomical and Science Education Base.[http://english.xao.cas.cn/ne/ev/201210/t20121001_91650.html Groundbreaking Ceremony of Qitai Base]
The facility, in Qitai County's Banjiegou Town (半截沟镇), will be the home of the proposed Qitai Radio Telescope.{{cite journal | title=QTT Project Proposal | journal=Proceeds of the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory
|url=http://qttconf.csp.escience.cn/dct/attach/Y2xiOmNsYjpwZGY6MzMxNDk=
|year=2012
}} Once completed it will be the largest fully steerable single-dish radio telescope in the world.{{cite web | url=http://qttconf.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/70002 | title=QTT Specification | publisher=QTT International Advisory Workshop | access-date=2013-04-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115820/http://qttconf.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/70002 | archive-date=2013-12-24 }}{{cite conference | url=http://qttconf.csp.escience.cn/dct/attach/Y2xiOmNsYjpwZGY6MzMxNDk= | title=QiTai Radio Telescope | publisher=The Second China-U.S. Workshop on Radio Astronomy Science and Technology | access-date=11 July 2013 | author=Na, Wang |date=May 2013}}
Footnotes
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References
- Lattimore, Owen (1929). The Desert Road to Turkestan. Owen Lattimore. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company. Reprinted with new introduction, 1972, AMS Press, New York, N.Y.
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