Shaya county is an important passage of the ancient Silk Road and an important part of the ancient Qiuci country. Located in the southeast of Aksu region, Xinjiang, in the north of Tarim Basin, at the southern end of Weiganhe Oasis Plain, bordering Tianshan Mountain in the north and desert in the south. The administrative area is 3 1848 square kilometers. As of 20265,438+0,65,438+00, Shaya County has 7 towns and 4 townships under its jurisdiction. At the end of 20 19, Shaya County had a registered population of 263,280, including 22 ethnic groups, including Uygur, Han and Russian, among which Uighurs accounted for 86%, which was a multi-ethnic county.
Shaya, the transliteration of Uighur "Shaya". Sand, known as the "tribal leader"; Yale, meaning "sympathy", means "leaders caress their subordinates". It is one of the gathering places of the four major civilizations in the world. Chinese culture in the Central Plains, Buddhist culture in South Asia, Persian Arabic culture and Greek and Roman culture blend here.
The climate of Shaya County
Shaya county belongs to the marginal climate zone of warm temperate desert, which is greatly influenced by the desert wind and sand in the surrounding counties such as Baicheng and Kuqa in the north, and the Taklimakan desert in the south. The county has abundant sunshine, sufficient heat, scarce precipitation, dry climate and large temperature difference between day and night, and the main wind direction is north wind or northeast wind all the year round. The average annual sunshine is 303 1.2 hours, the longest in July is 308.3 hours with an average of 9.9 hours, and the shortest in June is only 202.5 hours with an average of 6.58 hours.
The average temperature in Shaya County is 10.7℃, the highest temperature in July is 24.9℃, the extreme highest temperature is 4 1.6℃, and the lowest temperature is -28.7℃. The average annual precipitation is 47.3MM, and the average annual evaporation is 2000.7MM, which is 42.3 times of the precipitation, with more precipitation in summer. The first snow sunrise is now at the end of 65438+February, and the last snow day is on February 2 1 day at the latest. The maximum snow depth is 10 cm, the first frost is generally around March 30th, and the last frost is 65438+.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Shaya County.