Jamaterek


Jamaterek is a township of Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Located in the northeastern part of the county, the township covers an area of 44 square kilometers with a population of 11,398. It has 7 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. Its seat is at Bagla Village .

Name

The name of Jamal terek is from Uyghur language, Jamal is a personal name, and terek means "poplar tree". It is said that 250 years ago, there was a tall poplar tree in Tairegeilikehuoyila, near which lived a capable woman named Jamal Han, so the land was named after it.

Geography

Jamaterek Township is located between the east longitude 76°36′- 76°41′ and the north latitude 39°04′- 39°29′, to the northeast of the county seat. It is bordered by Shufu County to the east and south, by Pilal Township and Tortayi Farm to the west, by the 41st Regiment of the XPCC across Yuepuhu River to the north. Its maximum distance is 10 kilometers from west to east and 6 kilometers from north to south, with a total area of 44 square kilometers, arable land area of 2,240 hectares. The seat of the township is 15 kilometers away from the county seat, with a road mileage of 20 kilometers.
The average elevation of Jamaterek Township is 1,302 meters. The terrain is flat, the groundwater level is high, the climate is mild, the precipitation is scarce, the annual average temperature is 17.5℃, and the frost-free period is 180 – 220 days. It is a agriculture-oriented, animal husbandry, forest fruit industry coordinated development of agricultural township, mainly planting wheat, corn, cotton and other crops.

Administrative divisions

The township has 7 villages under its jurisdiction.
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