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Qinggil County

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Region
  
Xinjiang

Elevation
  
1,220 m (4,000 ft)

Postal code
  
836200

Prefecture
  
Altay Prefecture

County seat
  
Qinggil (青河镇)

Time zone
  
China Standard (UTC+8)

Area
  
15,722 km²

Qinggil County

Country
  
People's Republic of China

Qinghe (Qinggil) County (Uyghur: چىڭگىل ناھىيىسى, Чиңгил Наһийиси‎; Chinese: 青河县; Kazakh: شىڭگىل اۋدانى, Шыңгыл Ауданы) is a county situated in northeastern Xinjiang, China, bordering Mongolia to the east and under the administration of the Altay Prefecture. It has an area of 15,722 km2 (6,070 sq mi) with a population of 60,000. Qinghe was the site of a meteorite impact in 1898 and a Mongolian–Chinese border clash in the spring of 1944.

Map of Qinggil, Altay, Xinjiang, China

References

Qinggil County Wikipedia