# Yiwu County

Yiwu County (Chinese: 伊吾县) as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Aratürük County (Uyghur: ئارا تۈرۈك ناھىيىسى; Chinese: 阿热吐鲁克县), is a county in the northeast of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Hami City. It contains an area of 19,511 km$^2$ (7,533 sq mi). According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 20,000.
Yiwu was the site of the final battle in mainland China of the Chinese Civil War. There is a monument in Yiwu to a horse who greatly aided the People's Liberation Army during the battle.

## Subdivisions

Yiwu County is divided into 3 towns, 3 townships, 1 ethnic township.
| Name | Simplified Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin | Uyghur (UEY) | Uyghur Latin (ULY) | Other name | Administrative division code |
| Towns |||||||
| Aratürük Town (Yiwu Town) | 伊吾镇 | Yīwú Zhèn | ئاراتۈرۈك بازىرى‎ | Aratürük baziri | | 650522100 |
| Nom Town (Naomaohu Town) | 淖毛湖镇 | Nàomáohú Zhèn | نوم بازىرى‎ | Nom baziri | | 650522101 |
| Tuzköl Town (Yanchi Town) | 盐池镇 | Yánchí Zhèn | تۇزكۆل بازىرى‎ | Tuzköl baziri | | 650522102 |
| Townships |||||||
| Adakh Township (Weizixia Township) | 苇子峡乡 | Wěizǐxiá Xiāng | ئاداق يېزىسى‎ | Adaq yëzisi | | 650522201 |
| Bay Township (Xiamaya Township) | 下马崖乡 | Xiàmǎyá Xiāng | باي يېزىسى‎ | Bay yëzisi | | 650522202 |
| Tuhulu Township | 吐葫芦乡 | Tǔhúlú Xiāng | تۇخۇلۇ يېزىسى‎ | Tuxulu yëzisi | | 650522204 |
| Ethnic township |||||||
| Nerinkir Kazakh Ethnic Township | 前山哈萨克民族乡 | Qiánshān Hǎsàkè Mínzúxiāng | نېرىنكىر قازاق يېزىسى‎ | Nërinkir qazaq yëzisi | (Kazakh) نارىنكىر قازاق اۋىلى‎ Нарынкыр қазақ ауылы | 650522205 |

## Demographics

The proportion of nationalities in Yiwu (Aratürük) County
Nationality
Percentage
Uyghurs
47.3%
Han People
26.6%
Kazakhs
21.9%
Hui People
3.9%
Others
0.3%
Source of the population statistics : :

## Geography

The Yiwu County is located in the northeastern part of the prefecture, between the Qarliq Shan mountain range (along which it borders on Hami City) and the border with Mongolia's Govi-Altai Province. Outside of the mountain range, most of the county is within the Gobi Desert.
Some of the county important populated places are located in the oases irrigated by the intermittent Yiwu River, which flows north from the mountains, eventually disappearing in the desert. These include, from south to north, Yiwu Town (伊吾镇, the county seat), Weizi Xia Township (苇子峡乡) and Laomao Hu Town (淖毛湖镇).
As of the 1920s, the area of today's Yiwu town was referred to as "Tuhulu" (吐葫芦) and that name is still retained by the Tuhulu Township (吐葫芦乡) adjacent to today's Yiwu town. At the time, it was the first place with an actual river and some agriculture that weary travellers from the east would reach after crossing several hundreds of kilometers of desert (since crossing Edsin Gol, a River in Inner Mongolia).
Other places in the county include Qianshan Kazakh Township (前山哈萨克族乡), Yanchi Township (盐池乡) and Xiamaya Township (下马崖乡).

## Climate

Climate data for Yiwu, elevation 1,729 m (5,673 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 14.3 (57.7) | 19.8 (67.6) | 27.9 (82.2) | 29.0 (84.2) | 33.0 (91.4) | 33.2 (91.8) | 32.5 (90.5) | 29.2 (84.6) | 23.7 (74.7) | 18.9 (66.0) | 14.2 (57.6) | 33.2 (91.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) | −1.6 (29.1) | 5.0 (41.0) | 13.4 (56.1) | 19.4 (66.9) | 23.9 (75.0) | 25.8 (78.4) | 24.5 (76.1) | 19.0 (66.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 2.8 (37.0) | −3.2 (26.2) | 11.2 (52.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −12.3 (9.9) | −8.6 (16.5) | −1.8 (28.8) | 6.8 (44.2) | 12.9 (55.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 19.6 (67.3) | 17.8 (64.0) | 11.9 (53.4) | 3.9 (39.0) | −4.0 (24.8) | −10.3 (13.5) | 4.5 (40.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −17.7 (0.1) | −14.4 (6.1) | −7.9 (17.8) | 0.7 (33.3) | 6.2 (43.2) | 11.3 (52.3) | 13.2 (55.8) | 11.2 (52.2) | 5.5 (41.9) | −1.6 (29.1) | −9.1 (15.6) | −15.5 (4.1) | −1.5 (29.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −29.8 (−21.6) | −28.1 (−18.6) | −25.6 (−14.1) | −15.0 (5.0) | −6.4 (20.5) | 1.2 (34.2) | 1.9 (35.4) | 0.4 (32.7) | −8.4 (16.9) | −15.0 (5.0) | −28.0 (−18.4) | −30.7 (−23.3) | −30.7 (−23.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.1 (0.04) | 1.0 (0.04) | 5.0 (0.20) | 5.8 (0.23) | 10.3 (0.41) | 23.5 (0.93) | 28.3 (1.11) | 16.3 (0.64) | 8.2 (0.32) | 6.1 (0.24) | 2.7 (0.11) | 1.1 (0.04) | 109.4 (4.31) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.1 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 44.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 27.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 53 | 47 | 39 | 35 | 33 | 40 | 45 | 44 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 53 | 44 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 228.1 | 232.5 | 278.5 | 285.5 | 319.6 | 294.9 | 300.1 | 310.3 | 294.3 | 274.7 | 224.4 | 212.0 | 3,254.9 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 78 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 64 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 82 | 79 | 76 | 74 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||
Climate data for Naomaohu Town, Yiwu County, elevation 479 m (1,572 ft), (1991–2020 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −4.9 (23.2) | 2.8 (37.0) | 13.1 (55.6) | 23.1 (73.6) | 29.6 (85.3) | 35.1 (95.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 35.1 (95.2) | 28.4 (83.1) | 18.5 (65.3) | 6.8 (44.2) | −3.7 (25.3) | 18.4 (65.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −11.3 (11.7) | −4.5 (23.9) | 5.5 (41.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 28.3 (82.9) | 30.2 (86.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 20.8 (69.4) | 11.1 (52.0) | 0.4 (32.7) | −9.5 (14.9) | 11.4 (52.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −16.4 (2.5) | −10.5 (13.1) | −1.3 (29.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 14.7 (58.5) | 21.1 (70.0) | 23.5 (74.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 14.2 (57.6) | 5.0 (41.0) | −4.6 (23.7) | −14.1 (6.6) | 5.1 (41.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 0.6 (0.02) | 0.6 (0.02) | 2.2 (0.09) | 0.4 (0.02) | 1.3 (0.05) | 5.4 (0.21) | 5.0 (0.20) | 4.2 (0.17) | 1.4 (0.06) | 1.5 (0.06) | 1.4 (0.06) | 1.2 (0.05) | 25.2 (1.01) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 15 |
| Average snowy days | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 6.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 54 | 41 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 33 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 214.5 | 225.4 | 288.0 | 306.4 | 348.3 | 334.7 | 333.4 | 326.2 | 301.9 | 277.5 | 218.8 | 194.4 | 3,369.5 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 74 | 75 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 73 | 72 | 77 | 82 | 83 | 77 | 70 | 76 |
| Source: China Meteorological Administration ||||||||||||||