Yizhou (municipality)

Location of the Yizhou district (pink) and the Kumul or Hami district (yellow)

Yizhou ( Chinese  伊州 区 , Pinyin Yīzhōu Qū ; Uighur ئىۋىرغول رايونى/ Iwirƣol Rayoni ), until 2016 as the city of Kumul ( Chinese  哈密 ​​市 , Pinyin Hāmì Shì ; Uighur قۇمۇل شەھىرى/ Ⱪumul Xəⱨiri , also known as Hami ), is a municipality in the Kumul (Hami) administrative district in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China . The municipality is an oasis. Its area is 85,035 km². The city of Xingxingxia (Singsingsia) (星星 峡 镇) is on the border with Gansu .

Several archaeological sites in the Kumul City area were added to the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China in 2001 and 2006 :

• Buddhist monastery ruins of Baiyanggou ( Baiyanggou Fosi yizhi )
• Yanbulaq Tombs ( Bronze Age , Early Iron Age ) ( Yanbulake gumuqun )
• Wubao Tombs ( Bronze Age ) ( Wubao muqun )
• Tombs of the Muslim kings of Hami ( Hami Hui wangmu )

history

The Tibetans invaded the areas abandoned by China under the Tang Dynasty from 756 and conquered the city and the oasis in 781, and the Chinese returned from 842.

Web links

• Official website - Chinese
• Hami city map - Chinese

literature

• Jürgen Paul : Central Asia. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2012 ( New Fischer World History , Volume 10).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ J. Paul: Zentralasien, pp. 139f

Coordinates: 42 ° 50 '  N , 93 ° 31'  E