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"Sibo military colonists", picture drawn during
Henry Lansdell visit to today's Qapqal County in 1882
Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County (simplified Chinese: 察布查尔锡伯自治县; pinyin: Chábùchá'ěr Xíbó Zìzhìxiàn; Xibe: Cabcal Sibe Zijysiyan, also transliterated as Chapchal) in Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang is the only Xibe autonomous county of the People's Republic of China. It has an area of 4,430 square kilometers and a population 160,000 (2000). Qapqal means "the granary" in the Xibe language.
[edit] Subdivisions
The Xibe, sent to garrison the area by the Qing Dynasty, were divided into eight niru (companies); each niru established a settlement. The settlements are thus simply referred to as "First Niru" through "Eighth Niru", with the exception of the settlement established by the Sixth, which came to be known as Qapqal, thus giving the county its name.[1]
Demographics per niru (2000)
| Number[1] |
Xibe name[1] |
Chinese name |
% Xibe[1] |
% Han[1] |
% Other[1] |
Population |
Number of villages |
Source |
| 1 |
Uju Niru |
|
61.8 |
20.9 |
17.3 |
| 2 |
Jai Niru |
|
72.2 |
15.5 |
12.3 |
| 3 |
Ilaci Niru |
|
73.2 |
12.3 |
14.5 |
| 4 |
Duici Niru |
|
32.9 |
28.4 |
38.7 |
| 5 |
Sunjaci Niru |
孙扎齐乡 |
38.2 |
15 |
46.8 |
8033 |
4 |
[2] |
| 6 |
Ningguci Niru, or Capcal |
|
29 |
32 |
39 |
| 7 |
Nadaci Niru |
|
41.6 |
32 |
24.6 |
| 8 |
Jakûci Niru |
扎库齐牛录乡 |
72.2 |
15.5 |
12.3 |
13,000 |
5 |
[3] |
The county has one Xibe-language newspaper, the Qapqal News. A television station broadcasts a few programmes in Xibe as well each month, with Chinese-language content the rest of the time.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Stary, Giovanni (2003), "Sibe: An endangered language", in Janse, Mark; Tol, Sijmen; Hendriks, Vincent, Language death and language maintenance, John Benjamins, pp. 81–89, ISBN 9789027247520
- ^ "察布查尔县孙扎齐乡", Qapqal Online, http://www.cbcr.ccoo.cn/gaik/xiangzhenShow.asp?id=30714, retrieved on 2009-04-15
- ^ "察布查尔县扎库齐牛录乡", Qapqal Online, http://www.cbcr.ccoo.cn/gaik/xiangzhenShow.asp?id=36297, retrieved on 2009-04-15
- ^ 张莉/Zhang Li (2007), "新疆锡伯族新闻事业发展现状/Xinjiang Xibo Peoples' News Undertaking Present Situation", 伊犁师范学院学报/Journal of Ili Normal University (1), ISSN 1009-1076, http://scholar.ilib.cn/A-QCode~yilsfxyxb200701012.html, retrieved on 2009-04-13
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Coordinates: 43°48′07″N 81°05′14″E / 43.80194°N 81.08722°E / 43.80194; 81.08722
