Location
Located to the southwest of Xinjiang
Uyghur
Autonomous Region, being 1,523 kilometers away from
Urumqi city, on the outfall fan
plain area of the Tiznap rivr,
Ulughustang
river and Kekyaus River,
longitude 76°08′—78°31′E，latitude 35°28′—38°34′N.
It has Poskarn county, Yarkent county, and
Tashkurgan county to the west, vast plain, Mekit
county to the north, Taklamakan desert, Guma county of
Hotan to the east, Karakurum
Mt. and Kunlun Mt. to the south, and borders
Pakistan, India and Kashmir.
The land looks like a crescent moon which is high in
the south and low in the north, the longest point is
326 kilometers from south to north and
120 kilometers from east to west.
Origin
Kagilik County has a history of about 2,181 years.
Since the beginning of the West Han Period (around
1,777 A.D.), the south of the county was "Xiye"
state and "Zihe" state.
In North Wei Dynasty, it belonged to Sdhule State,
In Sui Dynasty, it was called Zhujubo state, in ang
dynasty was Nan-chou.
In the 11th year of Guangxu emperor (1885 A.D.),
Kagilik County was established and it was under the
charge of After the People's Republic of China was
founded, Kagilik County was under the charge of
Yarkent prefecture. Since Yarkent prefecture was abolished in June 1956,
it has been under the charge of Kashgar prefecture.
Administrative Division
It has jurisdiction over 3 village, 817 townships, 5
farms, 313 administrative villages, 1,252
agricultural production teams.
Population and Territory
In its total area of 30,000 square kilometers, the
total population is 373,492, among
them, rural population is 307,312, ethnic minorities
349,530, the non-agriculture population is 66,180,
taking 17.72% of the total
population.
Natural characteristics
Located to the north Kalakunlun Mt, on the southwest
rim of Tarim Basin, on the outfall fan of Tiznap
rivr, Uulughustang
river and Kekyaus
River, hilly area is 76.39％, arable land is 47,300
hectres.Its climate belongs to dry continental temperate
zone, the annual mean temperature of the air is
11.3℃s, the annual precipitation
is 54mm, and the frost-free period is 228
days.
Natural Resources
Agricultural products, mineral resources and water
resources are abundant. Fruits are walnut, apricot.
It is the home of fruits and melons and
is granted "County
of Walnut". The south mountainous area have a large
amount of gold, silver, coal, gas, petroleum, jade,
iron, copper and marble. The annual surface runoff is
900,000,000 cubic meters, the underground water
reserve is 140,000,000 cubic meters.
Woods amounts to 45,500 hectares, percentage
of forest cover is 0.74%. Rare animals are bear,
snow cock, swan, dzeren, yak. There are more than 237 kinds of exploitable
medical ingredients such as herbal ephedrine,
licorice, and honeysuckle,
People's Living Standards
The total output value was 833,640,000 Yuan RMB,
total agriculture and industrial production value
was 1,189,375,000
Yuan RMB in 2003, among them the industry total
production value was 97,161,000 Yuan RMB,
agriculture total production value was 1,092,214,000
Yuan RMB. The
average urban resident's disposable income was 1520
Yuan RMB, income in cash was 12,858 Yuan RMB, the
net
income of farmers was 1,427 Yuan RMB.
Industry
There are 35 industry enterprises with fixed assets
of 27,700,000 Yuan RMB, among which 6 have an annual
production value of
5,000,000 Yuan RMB.
Agriculture
By the end of 2003, there were arable land of
710,700 mou, 1.9 mou
per capita, the grain yield amounted to 217,193
tons, facilities agriculture 16,300 mou,
14,821 green houses of all sorts. Vegetable
production base, apricot of
150,000 mou,
pomegranate of 80,000 mou
and walnut of 40,000 mou
have been established.
Finance and Tax Income
In 2003, the county completed the public finance
income 42,820,000 Yuan RMB, tax revenue 29,460,000
Yuan RMB. The financing
institution is ready and complete to deal with
come-and-go business from home and abroad.
By the end of 2003, extra deposit amounted to
more than 880,420,000 Yuan RMB.
Business and Investment
There are 2,282 business networks with a staff of
3,169 and completed the total volume of retail sales
of social consumer goods 18,910 Yuan RMB and the
total volume of 30654 Yuan RMB of the tertiary
industry 21,183 Yuan RMB.
In 2003, the overall investment drew in was
143,000,000 Yuan RMB.
Nonstate-owned enterprises
There were 4,757 registered nonstate-owned
enterprises with
registered capital of 59,050,000 Yuan RMB and
created a tax revenue of 10,80,000 Yuan RMB.
Transportation and Communication
Traffic is easy and quick, national highway 315, 219
run through the county,
the overall mileage of public road is 2243
kilometers, every hundred square kilometers has
public road 7.96 kilometers.
There are 14,021 SPC telephone customers, all of
which can enjoy optical fibre communication;
the mobile telephone customer attained 15,500, every
hundred persons has 7.9 telephones.
Urban and Rural Construction
City construction is ever increasing.
The rebuilding area of old city is 4.2 square
meters, and the newly built city area is 5.4 square
meters.
Water Conservancy and Electric Power
Water resources is abundant. There are 10
reservoirs. River Tiznap, Ulughusitang
and Kekyaustang run through the county.
There are 2 small reservoirs with a annual
generated electricity of 51,000,000 kwh.
Power lines spread densely and can live up to the
basic demand of production and living.
Culture and Education
There is one public library, one house of
culture, one archivess and one television station.
There is one secondary technical school with 233
students; 27 middle schools with 30,450
students(26,857 are ethnic minorities)
147 primary schools with 72,078
students(67,990 ethnic minorities), 2 kindergartens
with 440 students. There are 3986 teachers
in all. In 2003, 46,40,000 Yuan RMB was
invested in infrastructure construction, 188
students entered college in 2003, the admission rate
amounted to 48.8%.
Hygiene
There are 32 medical treatment organizations with
598 medical workers (474 ethnic minorities), and 476
hospital beds, every 10
thousand people have 16.16 hospital beds, 16.16
doctors.
Popularity of Science and Technology
By the end of 2003, there are 5,266 technicians
of all levels, 856 have got middle-level or above
certificate respectively.
Environmental Protection and Green Belt
Drainage has live up to the national standards
and there is no air and water pollution.The green belt is 810,000 square meters, taking 20%
of the city proper. Since the implementing of
returning farmland for forestry
the farmland returned is 81,000 mou.
Social Welfare and Social Security
There are 17 welfare hospitals, with 63 senior
citizens in them, one orphanage with 65 orphans, one
welfare factory with 42
workers, a fixed assets of 978,000 Yuan RMB and
annual production value of 49,000 Yuan RMB.
The insurance business have had 62 kinds of
life and property insurance items, made reparation
payment of 822,000,000 Yuan
RMB, the compensation rate is 73.01%.
Featured Industry
The county is rich in fruits, natural gas and
mineral resources. Featured Industry are as follows:
walnut, honeysuckle, yak meat
processing, Mierdai jade exploiting, "Yetuo"
series vinegar.
Natural Landscape and Human Landscape
There are Tanjianli Maosoleum, Zonglang Mazaar,
Puolong Forest Park, Buterwenkul, Guosasi scenic
spot, etc. |
