Xunke County

Xunke County got its name from a portmanteau of two previously-existing counties in the area: Xunhe County ({{Lang-zh|c=逊河县}}) and Qike County ({{Lang-zh|c=奇克县}}). Xunhe County derived its name from the nearby {{Interlanguage link|Xunbiela River|zh|逊别拉河}}, which means "milk river" in Manchu. Qike derived its name from a nearby mountain called Qikele ({{Lang-zh|c=奇克勒}}). The pronunciation of Qikele shifted to Qikete ({{Lang-zh|c=奇克特}}) over time, and would commonly be shorted to Qike.

There have been human activities in Xunke County as early as the late Neolithic period.{{Cite web |title= |script-title=zh:2022年统计用区划代码（逊克县） |trans-title=2022 Statistical Division Codes (Xunke County) |url=https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2022/23/11/231123.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321162836/https://www.stats.gov.cn/sj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2022/23/11/231123.html |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2024-01-16 |publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of China |language=zh}}

During the time of the Jin dynasty, the area of present-day Xunke County was inhabited by the Jurchen people.

A number of refugees from the Sixty-Four Villages East of the River fleeing the 1900 Amur anti-Chinese pogroms resettled in present-day Xunke County.

After the 1911 Revolution, in 1913, the {{Interlanguage link|Aihui Zhili Ting|zh|瑷珲直隶厅}}, which governed the area, was restructured as Aihui County. Qikete, corresponding to present-day Xunke County, was reclassified as the Fourth District of Aihui County. In 1915, Qikete was reclassified from a {{Interlanguage link|karun (place)|lt=karun|zh|卡伦}} to a {{Interlanguage link|county assistant|zh|县佐}}. In 1929, Qikete County Assistant was renamed and reorganized as Qike County.

In 1933, Imperial Japan invaded and occupied the area, and established their own county governments in the area. In 1943, Japan merged the two counties it established in the area, Xunhe County and Qike County, into Xunke County.

In June 1946, the {{Interlanguage link|Northeastern People's Liberation Army|zh|东北人民解放军}} established county offices. By 1947, the People's Liberation Army established full control of the area.

Xunke County is divided into three towns, six townships, and seven other township-level divisions.

The county's three towns are {{Interlanguage link|Qike, Heilongjiang|lt=Qike|zh|奇克镇}}, {{Interlanguage link|Xunhe|zh|逊河镇}}, and {{Interlanguage link|Kelin, Heilongjiang|lt=Kelin|zh|克林镇}}.

The county's six townships are {{Interlanguage link|Ganchazi Township|zh|干岔子乡}}, {{Interlanguage link|Songshugou Township|zh|松树沟乡}}, {{Interlanguage link|Chelu Township|zh|车陆乡}}, {{Interlanguage link|Xin'e Township|zh|新鄂鄂伦春族乡}}, {{Interlanguage link|Xinxing Township, Xunke County|lt=Xinxing Township|zh|新兴鄂伦春族乡}}, and {{Interlanguage link|Baoshan Township, Xunke County|lt=Baoshan Township|zh|宝山乡 (逊克县)}}.

Xunke County also administers seven other township-level divisions: Daogan Tree Farm ({{Lang-zh|c=道干林场}}), Ganchazi Tree Farm ({{Lang-zh|c=干岔子林场}}), Xinli Tree Farm ({{Lang-zh|c=新立林场}}), Sanjianfang Tree Farm ({{Lang-zh|c=三间房林场}}), Xunke County Seed Farm ({{Lang-zh|c=逊克县良种场}}), Xunke County Breeding Farm ({{Lang-zh|c=逊克县种畜场}}), and {{Interlanguage link|Xunke Farm|zh|逊克农场}}.

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Xunke County has a population of about 82,000, per a 2023 government publication. The population of the county was {{formatnum:99740}} in 1999.{{in lang|en}} National Population Statistics Materials by County and City - 1999 Period, in [http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~chgis/work/downloads/faqs/1999_pop_faq.html China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS]

Xunke County is predominantly Han Chinese, who comprise about 90% of the county population. The county has 22 ethnic minorities, including the Oroqen, Russians, and the Daur.

Per a 2023 government population, 1,257 Oroqen people live in Xunke County, accounting for approximately one-seventh of China's total Oroqen population. Within Xunke County, the Oroqen primarily live in {{Interlanguage link|Xin'e Township|zh|新鄂鄂伦春族乡}} and {{Interlanguage link|Xinxing Township, Xunke County|lt=Xinxing Township|zh|新兴鄂伦春族乡}}.

Approximately 1,200 ethnic Russians live in Xunke County. The county has five Russian ethnic villages. Approximately one-third of the county's ethnic Russians live in Bianjiang Village ({{Lang-zh|c=边疆村}}) within the town of {{Interlanguage link|Qike, Heilongjiang|lt=Qike|zh|奇克镇}}.

{{Weather box|width=auto

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|location = Xunke, elevation {{convert|116|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)

|Jan high C = -17.1

|Feb high C = -11.1

|Mar high C = -1.2

|Apr high C = 10.9

|May high C = 19.9

|Jun high C = 25.2

|Jul high C = 27.4

|Aug high C = 25.2

|Sep high C = 19.5

|Oct high C = 9.3

|Nov high C = -4.9

|Dec high C = -16.0

|Jan mean C = -22.7

|Feb mean C = -17.8

|Mar mean C = -7.5

|Apr mean C = 4.8

|May mean C = 13.3

|Jun mean C = 19.3

|Jul mean C = 22.0

|Aug mean C = 19.7

|Sep mean C = 13.1

|Oct mean C = 3.5

|Nov mean C = -10

|Dec mean C = -20.9

|Jan low C = -27.9

|Feb low C = -24.1

|Mar low C = -13.9

|Apr low C = -1.2

|May low C = 6.6

|Jun low C = 13.4

|Jul low C = 17.0

|Aug low C = 14.9

|Sep low C = 7.4

|Oct low C = -1.6

|Nov low C = -14.7

|Dec low C = -25.6

|Jan record high C = -4.2 |Jan record low C = -40.6

|Feb record high C = 2.9 |Feb record low C = -40.5

|Mar record high C = 14.4 |Mar record low C = -30.0

|Apr record high C = 28.6 |Apr record low C = -14.4

|May record high C = 34.3 |May record low C = -4.6

|Jun record high C = 39.0 |Jun record low C = 2.6

|Jul record high C = 36.6 |Jul record low C = 8.3

|Aug record high C = 33.2 |Aug record low C = 3.5

|Sep record high C = 32.2 |Sep record low C = -5.3

|Oct record high C = 28.0 |Oct record low C = -17.8

|Nov record high C = 12.2 |Nov record low C = -35.3

|Dec record high C = 0.2 |Dec record low C = -41.4

|year high C = |year low C =

|year high F = |year low F =

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 6.4

|Feb precipitation mm = 5.5

|Mar precipitation mm = 11.0

|Apr precipitation mm = 21.3

|May precipitation mm = 48.9

|Jun precipitation mm = 76.6

|Jul precipitation mm = 136.4

|Aug precipitation mm = 100.4

|Sep precipitation mm = 55.4

|Oct precipitation mm = 30.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 13.0

|Dec precipitation mm = 10.7

|Jan humidity = 72

|Feb humidity = 68

|Mar humidity = 63

|Apr humidity = 54

|May humidity = 55

|Jun humidity = 68

|Jul humidity = 77

|Aug humidity = 79

|Sep humidity = 71

|Oct humidity = 63

|Nov humidity = 69

|Dec humidity = 72

|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 8.1

|Feb precipitation days = 4.8

|Mar precipitation days = 5.2

|Apr precipitation days = 7.5

|May precipitation days = 11.1

|Jun precipitation days = 12.9

|Jul precipitation days = 14.6

|Aug precipitation days = 14.1

|Sep precipitation days = 10.8

|Oct precipitation days = 8.3

|Nov precipitation days = 8.0

|Dec precipitation days = 9.2

|year precipitation days =

|Jan sun = 173.5

|Feb sun = 206.8

|Mar sun = 250.2

|Apr sun = 233.8

|May sun = 241.9

|Jun sun = 241.4

|Jul sun = 226.3

|Aug sun = 211.8

|Sep sun = 203.7

|Oct sun = 178.7

|Nov sun = 160.5

|Dec sun = 149.5

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| Jan percentsun = 64

| Feb percentsun = 72

| Mar percentsun = 67

| Apr percentsun = 56

| May percentsun = 51

| Jun percentsun = 50

| Jul percentsun = 47

| Aug percentsun = 48

| Sep percentsun = 55

| Oct percentsun = 54

| Nov percentsun = 60

| Dec percentsun = 59

| year percentsun =

|Jan snow days = 10.5

|Feb snow days = 7.4

|Mar snow days = 7.0

|Apr snow days = 4.2

|May snow days = 0.3

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0.1

|Oct snow days = 4.7

|Nov snow days = 9.9

|Dec snow days = 12.0

|year snow days =

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• {{in lang|zh}} [http://www.xunke.gov.cn/ Government site]

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