Ujme
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Ujme Town
|native_name = {{lower|0.1em|{{native name|zh-Hans|玉麦镇}}
{{native name|ug-Arab|ئۈجمە بازىرى}}
{{native name|ky-Arab|ۉجمۉ شاارچاسى}}}}
|other_name = Ojma, Yumai
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|settlement_type = Town
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|subdivision_type1 = Autonomous region
|subdivision_name1 = Xinjiang
|subdivision_type2 = Prefecture
|subdivision_name2 = Kizilsu
|subdivision_type3 =County
|subdivision_name3 =Akto
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|area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.xjakt.gov.cn/P/C/2592.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001163544/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AInDpj06Sr-gJ%3Awww.xjakt.gov.cn%2FP%2FC%2F2592.htm+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|archive-date=1 October 2020|via=Google Cache, Internet Archive|script-title=zh:玉麦乡（概况）|language=zh-hans|publisher=xjakt.gov.cn|date=2018-06-04|access-date=2019-11-11}}
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|demographics_type2 = Ethnic groups
|demographics2_title1 = Major ethnic groups
|demographics2_info1 = Uyghur
|timezone = China Standard Time
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|elevation_m = 1210
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|postal_code = 845550
|area_code = 653022 200
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Ujme{{cite news|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/training-camps-09112017154343.html|title=China Runs Region-wide Re-education Camps in Xinjiang for Uyghurs And Other Muslims|date=11 September 2017|access-date=21 September 2020|website=Radio Free Asia|author=Eset Sulaiman, Paul Eckert|translator=Eset Sulaiman|quote=The officer from Ujme Township in Aktu (Aketao in Chinese) County, Kizilsu (Kezilesu) prefecture, said three education camps had been set up in Aktu County since March, with the largest camp lying between the border of Aktu and the city of Kashgar (Kashi).}}{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/strangers-in-their-own-land-is-china-forcing-uighurs-to-extremes-20140228-hvd0g.html|title=Strangers in their own land: is China forcing Uighurs to extremes?|date=1 March 2014|access-date=30 September 2020|website=Sydney Morning Herald|author1=Philip Wen |author2=Sanghee Liu }} / Ojma{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/17/c_139373591.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920221946/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/17/c_139373591.htm|archive-date=20 September 2020|url-status=live|via=Internet Archive|title=Full Text: Employment and Labor Rights in Xinjiang|date=17 September 2020|access-date=20 September 2020|website=Xinhua News Agency|editor=huaxia|quote=A villager called Reyhangul Imir from a poor household in Ojma Township, Akto County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture}} ({{Langx|ug|ئۈجمە يېزىسى}} or Yumai{{cite journal|title=First report of border disease virus in Melophagus ovinus (sheep ked) collected in Xinjiang, China|date=2019|pmc=6701764|quote=In March 2018, 12 M. ovinus were collected from 2 sheep from a peasant household in the Yumai Township of Aketedu County in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang (1325 m above sea level; 39°13′N, 75°97′E) and were preserved at −80°C.|last1=Liu|first1=Y. H.|last2=He|first2=B.|last3=Li|first3=K. R.|last4=Li|first4=F.|last5=Zhang|first5=L. Y.|last6=Li|first6=X. Q.|last7=Zhao|first7=L.|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=14|issue=8|pages=e0221435|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0221435|pmid=31430353|bibcode=2019PLoSO..1421435L|doi-access=free}} {{lang-zh|s={{linktext|玉麦|乡}}|p=Yùmài Xiāng}}) is a town of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the northeast of the county, the town covers an area of 194 square kilometers with a population of 26,107 (as of 2015). It has 15 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at Hoylaerik Village ({{lang|zh-hans|霍伊拉艾日克村}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.xjkz.gov.cn/P/C/7394.htm|script-title=zh:阿克陶县行政区划和居民地名称|publisher=xjkz.gov.cn|date=2018-05-04|access-date=2019-11-11}}
Name
The name of Ujme ({{lang|ug|ئۈجمە}}) is from Uighur language, meaning "mulberry" ({{lang|zh-hans|桑椹}}). Ujme is so named because are many mulberry trees in the area and the quality of the fruit of the mulberry trees is good.{{cite web|url=https://www.monseng.com/se/xinjiang/kzlskr/26202.html/2|script-title=zh:克孜勒阿克陶县民生地理|publisher=monseng.com|date=2019-03-04 |access-date=2019-11-11}}{{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=191–92}}{{cite book|script-title=zh:西域地名考录|language=zh-hans|date=July 2008|isbn=978-7-5013-3628-9|editor=Zhong Xingqi 钟兴麒|location=Beijing|publisher=国家图书馆出版社|page=1136}}
History
In 1955, Ujme was transferred from Yengisar County to Akto County.
In 1966, Ujme Commune ({{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|玉麦|公社}}}}) was established.
In 1967 during the Cultural Revolution, the commune was renamed Dongfanghong Commune (literally "The East Is Red Commune": {{lang|zh-hans|{{linktext|东方|红|公社}}}}).
In 1984, the commune became Ujme Township.
In 2018, Silu Jiayuan neighborhood ({{lang|zh-hans|丝路佳苑小区}}) in Ujme became the first community to test usage of a centralized heating system in Kizilsu Prefecture.{{cite web|url=http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2020/06-06/9204998.shtml|script-title=zh:“电气化”为服务新疆民生添“绿色动力”|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620060352/http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2020/06-06/9204998.shtml|archive-date=20 June 2020|url-status=live|website=China News Service|language=zh-hans|editor=Fang Jialiang 房家梁|date=6 June 2020|access-date=4 October 2020}}
On December 10, 2021, Ujme township was upgraded to a town.关于阿克陶县玉麦乡撤乡设镇的公告 Announcement on the establishment of a town in Yumai Township, Akto County. Release date: 2021-12-15 [https://xjakt.gov.cn/xjakt/c104847/202112/918072f826e34b79917b209a4b47b4b0.shtml https://xjakt.gov.cn/xjakt/c104847/202112/918072f826e34b79917b209a4b47b4b0.shtml]
Geography and resources
The town of Ujme is located between 75°51-76°08′ east longitude and 39°00′-39°10′ north latitude, in the alluvial plain of Kushan River ({{lang|zh-hans|库山河}}) on the eastern slope of Pamir Plateau and on the western edge of Tarim Basin. The Kashgar–Hotan railway runs through the territory. Its maximum distance is 24 kilometers from west to east and 19 kilometers from north to south, it has an area of 194 square kilometers with the arable land area of 3,115 hectares. The seat of the town is 3 kilometers away from the southwest of Akto Town.
The average altitude of Ujme town is at 1,210 meters above sea level, it has a warm temperate continental arid climate with abundant sunshine, four distinct seasons, drought and little rain. There exists large temperature difference between day and night with the average annual temperature of 10.9 °C, the average temperature of 6.3 °C in January, the frost-free period of 200–240 days and the average annual precipitation of 70 to 120 mm. The main water channels are the Kunisak Channel ({{lang|zh-hans|库尼萨克渠}}), Ujme Channel ({{lang|zh-hans|玉麦渠}}) and Kogunqi Regulating Channel ({{lang|zh-hans|阔滚其调水渠}}). Soil is mainly irrigated warped soil (灌淤土), suitable for farming, fruit and gardening.
Administrative divisions
The town has 15 administration villages{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2018/65/30/22/653022200.html|script-title=zh:2018年玉麦乡行政区划代码|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of China|date=2018-10-31|access-date=2019-11-11}} and 69 unincorporated villages.{{cite web |url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22301.html|script-title=zh:1997年阿克陶县行政区划|trans-title=1997 Akto County Administrative Divisions |publisher=XZQH.org |date=31 December 2010 |language=zh-hans |access-date=30 September 2020 |quote={{lang|zh-hans|玉麦乡 1966年成立玉麦公社，1967年更名东方红公社，1984年改设玉麦乡。位于县城以南，距县城3千米。面积194平方千米，人口2.2万，其中维吾尔族占86.9％。阿（克陶）英（吉沙）公路从乡中心地带穿过，辖加依铁热克、恰格尔、玉麦、英阿依玛克、阿勒知其、阿马希、尤喀克霍伊拉、库尼萨克、喀什艾日克、库尔巴克、兰干、霍伊日艾克12个行政村。古迹有库尼萨克麻扎古墓。}}}}
- Altunchi Village (Aletunqicun){{GEOnet2|6B4D1F6397EE185CE0535FB81CD602B1|Aletunqicun (Approved - N)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ({{lang|zh-hans|阿勒吞其村}}, {{lang|ug|ئالتۇنچى كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|التىنچى قىشتاعى}})
- {{coord|39|05|57|N|076|00|49|E}}
- Amash Village (Amaxicun){{GEOnet2|6B4D1F63986E185CE0535FB81CD602B1|Amaxicun (Approved - N)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ({{lang|zh-hans|阿玛希村}}, {{lang|ug|ئاماش كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|اماش قىشتاعى}})
- {{coord|39|06|51|N|075|59|48|E}}
- Beht Village (Baiheticun) ({{lang|zh-hans|百合提村}}, {{lang|ug|بەخت كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|باقىت قىشتاعى}})
- Beliqchi Village (Bilikeqicun) ({{lang|zh-hans|比力克其村}}, {{lang|ug|بېلىقچى كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|بالىقچى قىشتاعى}})
- Hoyla'eriq Village (Huoyila'airikecun) ({{lang|zh-hans|霍伊拉艾日克村}}, {{lang|ug|ھويلا ئېرىق كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|حويلو ارىق قىشتاعى}})
- Janggal'awat Village (Jianggeli'awaticun) ({{lang|zh-hans|江格里阿瓦提村}}, {{lang|ug|جاڭگال ئاۋات كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|جەڭگەل اۋات قىشتاعى}})
- Jayterek Village (Jiayitierekecun){{GEOnet2|6B4D1F6399B6185CE0535FB81CD602B1|Jiayitie Reke (Approved - N)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ({{lang|zh-hans|加依铁热克村}}, {{lang|ug|جايتېرەك كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|جايتەرەك قىشتاعى}})
- {{coord|39|08|45|N|076|00|11|E}}
- Qash'eriq Village (Kashi'airikecun) ({{lang|zh-hans|喀什艾日克村}}, {{lang|ug|قاشئېرىق كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|قاش ارىق قىشتاعى}})
- Qurbagh Village (Ku'erbagecun) ({{lang|zh-hans|库尔巴格村}}, {{lang|ug|قۇرباغ كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|قۇرباق قىشتاعى}})
- Qonsaq Village (Kunisakecun){{GEOnet2|6B4D1F6398C6185CE0535FB81CD602B1|Kunisakecun (Approved - N)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ({{lang|zh-hans|库尼萨克村}}, {{lang|ug|قونساق كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|قونساق قىشتاعى}})
- {{coord|39|07|20|N|075|59|10|E}}
- Langar Village (Langancun) ({{lang|zh-hans|兰干村}}, {{lang|ug|لەڭگەر كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|لەڭگەر قىشتاعى}})
- Chaghra Village (Qiage'ercun) ({{lang|zh-hans|恰格尔村}}, {{lang|ug|چاغرا كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|چاقىرىق قىشتاعى}})
- Ujme Village (Yumaicun){{GEOnet2|6B4D1F6396EE185CE0535FB81CD602B1|Yumaicun (Approved - N)}}, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ({{lang|zh-hans|玉麦村}}, {{lang|ug|ئۈجمە كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|ۉجمۉ قىشتاعى}})
- {{coord|39|04|31|N|076|02|26|E}}
- Yengi'aymaq Village (Ying'ayimakecun){{cite news|url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/demolition-11062013163042.html|title=Tiananmen Crash Linked to Xinjiang Mosque Raid
|date=6 November 2013|access-date=15 September 2020|website=Radio Free Asia|author=Shohret Hoshur, Joshua Lipes|translator=Mamatjan Juma|quote=The Yengi Aymaq village is situated in Ujme town under the jurisdiction of the Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim Uyghurs who say they have long suffered ethnic discrimination and oppressive religious controls under Beijing’s policies.}} ({{lang|zh-hans|英阿依玛克村}}, {{lang|ug|يېڭىئايماق كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|جاڭى ايماق قىشتاعى}})
- Yuqarqi Hoyla Village (Youkakehuoyilacun) ({{lang|zh-hans|尤喀克霍伊拉村}}, {{lang|ug|يۇقارقى ھويلا كەنتى}}, {{lang|ky-Arab|جوعورقۇ حويلو قىشتاعى}})
- Kadirkorukmahalla ({{lang|zh-hans|喀迪尔阔如克买里}})
- Baymahalla ({{lang|zh-hans|巴依买里}})
Demographics
{{Historical populations
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|2000|22062
|2010|25832
|2015|26107
|footnote = {{cite web|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22303.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122093320/http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/xj/22303.html|archive-date=22 January 2020|url-status=live|script-title=zh:阿克陶县历史沿革|language=zh-hans|date=29 January 2019|access-date=1 October 2020|website=XZQH.org|quote=2000年第五次人口普查，阿克陶县常住总人口163024人，其中：{...}玉麦乡22062人、{...}2010年第六次人口普查，阿克陶县常住总人口199065人，其中：{...}玉麦乡25832人，{...} }}
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{{as of|1997}}, the population of Ujme Township was 86.9% Uyghur. As of 2015, the township has 6,679 households with a population of 26,107.
Economy
See also
References
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{{Administrative divisions of Akto County}}
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