colonists , picture drawn by Henry Lansdell during his visit to today s Qapqal Xibe County in 1882 group Xibe br resize 75 Sibe, Sibo, Xibo population 172,900 regions flag China nbsp 2 span style font size 90 Xinjiang Liaoning Jilin span languages Xibe language Xibe religions Buddhism , Polytheism and Shamanism ref http english.peopledaily.com.cn data minorities Xibe.html The Xibe ethnic minority ref related Manchu , Xianbei The Xibe or Sibo ref name manchus213 Image sibe.png 20px Sibe zh ... by the People s Republic of China . History The Xibe originally lived on the Nen River Nonni and Songhua ... Mongols even after the Khorchin came under the control of the Manchu Qing Dynasty . The Xibe ... . They provided logistical support to the Qing. In 1692, the Khorchin dedicated the Xibe, the G walca and the Daur people Daur to the Kangxi Emperor in exchange for silver. The Xibe was incorporated ... eastern Turkestan, the Qianlong Emperor garrisoned part of the Xibe there in 1764 to defend the new frontier. They formed a community in the Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County Qapqal region south of the Ili River . Culture The traditional dress of the Xibe was similar to the traditional dress of the Manchu s. Nowadays almost all the Xibe wear Western clothing and the traditional clothing is worn by elders during festivals. Traditionally, the Xibe were divided into hala , clans consisting of people who shared the same surname . Until modern times, the dwellings of the Xibe housed up to three different ..., Xinjiang Fort Huiyuan , exactly where Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County is now a days Main Xibe language The Xibe in northeast China speak Chinese language Chinese as their first language . In Xinjiang ... of the Manchu language Manchu . Unlike the Manchu language , the Xibe language is reported to have ... kind of vowel harmony . The general vocabulary and structure of Xibe has not been affected ... the Xibe alphabet Xibe script , a slightly revised Manchu alphabet Manchu script . Historical Issues ... more details
Infobox Language name Xibe nativename span style writing mode tb rl span sibe IPA xx iv ref harvnb Li 1986 p 1 ref states China region Xinjiang speakers 30,000 familycolor Altaic fam1 Altaic languages Altaic ref harvnb Gordon 2005 loc http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90009 Altaic ref Altaic language Controversy disputed fam2 Tungusic languages Tungusic fam3 Southern Tungusic languages Southern Tungusic fam4 Southwestern Tungusic languages Southwestern Tungusic script Manchu script iso2 sjo iso3 sjo The Xibe language also Sibo, Sibe, Xibo language is the most widely spoken of the Tungusic languages spoken by members of the Xibe ethnic group in Xinjiang , in the northwest of the People s Republic of China . Phonology Xibe is mutual intelligibility mutually intelligible with the closely ... show language.asp?code sjo Xibe ref However, unlike Manchu, Xibe is reported to have eight vowel ... The general vocabulary and structure of Xibe has not been affected as much by Chinese as Manchu has ... influence from Russian language Russian . ref harvnb Guo 2007 ref The language uses the Xibe alphabet Xibe script , a slightly revised version of the Manchu alphabet Manchu script . ref name Ramsey 1989 p 215 Usage Xibe is taught as a second language by the Ili Normal University in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous ... on Paper for the Xibe People periodical Yili Evening News author Tong Zhihong accessdate 2009 04 13 ref In the Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County , there is one newspaper in Xibe, the Qapqal News ... China have visited Qapqal Xibe County in order to experience an environment where Xibe language ... archive sjo Entry for Xibe at Rosetta Project http www.daicing.com manchu Unicode Manchu Sibe Daur ... Chinese http www.sibeculture.com sibe TopicOther.asp?t 5&BoardID 7&id 283 SibeCulture.com Xibe English Chinese phrases Altaic languages Tungusic languages DEFAULTSORT Xibe Language Categories Category ... de Xibenisch fr Xibe langue ko mk ja pms Lenga xibe ru ... more details
, exactly where Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County is now a days. There is a place or perhaps a river named Chabucha er in traditional characters in that area as well The county has one Xibe language Xibe language newspaper, the Qapqal News . A television station broadcasts a few programmes in Xibe as well each month, with Chinese language Chinese language content the rest of the time. ref ... Qapqali ibe autonoomne maakond eu Qapqal Xibe Konderri autonomoa fr Xian autonome xibe de Qapqal ko nl Autonome Xibe Arrondissement Qapqal ja ru ... more details
Sibo may refer to Sibo , a town in Sweden Sibo or Xibe , a Manchu ethnic group in Xinjiang, China Sibo or Xibe language , spoken by the Sibo people Sibos conference , an annual banking conference held in various cities around the world Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome Sibos , a bacterial growth disambig ... more details
Infobox Language family name Southwestern Tungusic region People s Republic of China familycolor Altaic fam1 Altaic languages Altaic ref Gordon, 2005 http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90009 Altaic ref Altaic language Controversy controversial fam2 Tungusic languages Tungusic fam3 Southern Tungusic languages Southern Tungusic child1 Manchu language Manchu child2 Xibe language Xibe child3 Jurchen language Jurchen The Southwestern Tungusic languages , also called the Jurchen Manchu group, are one of two branches within the Southern Tungusic languages . It consists of Manchu language Manchu , Xibe language Xibe , and the extinct Jurchen language Jurchen . References Reflist Lang stub Category Tungusic languages ... more details
SIBO can refer to A family of personal digital assistant s produced by Psion , or an alternative name for their EPOC computing EPOC operating system Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth A nickname for England cricketer , Ryan Sidebottom Shop in store, buy online , an emerging phenomenon in which shoppers try out products in the store but ultimately make a purchase online, often in the store on their mobile phones. See also Xibe language referred also as Sibo language disambig ... more details
Xi people may refer to Xianbei Xibe Kumo Xi , steppes people located in current Manchuria X , ancient Manchurian people Ancient relative of Kambojas Kamboja people of Cambodia and India disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
ref foundation July 1946 ref name Zhang political language Xibe language ref name Xinhua1995 citation ... Xibe Autonomous County BR Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture BR Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region BR ... Cabcal Serkin is the world s only newspaper in the Xibe language , a Tungusic languages Tungusic ... Xibe Autonomous County in 1956. ref name Zhang It was forced to stop publication in June 1966 ... , Hubei , Guizhou , Sichuan , and a dozen other provinces, and the remainder are local Xibe people ... page Xibe, Chinese Ch b ch r B o , Uyghur Qapqal Gezit , and Kazakh ... by the paper s own staff. Even the paper s own staff do not always write their articles in Xibe sometimes they write in Chinese, Uyghur, or Kazakh, and then translate it into Xibe later. The paper ... role in Xibe language planning and standardisation. ref name YiliWanbao The editors are highly ... language which few besides Xibe people can read and write anymore Manchu proper is language death nearly ... Struggles to Save Dying Language ref The problem is that the Xibe language exhibits increasing diglossia ..., is a graduate of the Minzu University of China aside from Xibe, he also speaks Chinese language ... Zhang Researcher Tongjia Qingfu spent over ten years starting in 1994 to do research on the Xibe ... citation last Selby first Stephen title Archery among the Xibe of Ili, Xinjiang periodical Newsletter ... Xibe publications citation author Wang Fei title bracket Status Report of Xibo ... more details
Image Tungus man at vorogovo.jpg 300px right thumb Tungus man in 1914 in Vorogovo, Siberia. Tungusic peoples are the peoples who speak Tungusic languages . The word originated in Tunguska , an ill defined region of Siberia . Peoples Tungusic peoples are Evenks Evens Jurchens name of the Manchu before the 16th century Manchu Negidals Nani people Oroch people Orok people Oroqen people Udege people Ulchs Xibe Location The largest of the Tungusic peoples are the Manchu who number around 10,000,000. They are originally from Manchuria , which is now Northeast China but following their conquest of China in the 17th century, they have been almost totally Cultural assimilation assimilated into the main Han Chinese population of China . This process accelerated especially during the 20th century. The non assimilated culture and language is still present in parts of northern China. Evenks live in the Evenk Autonomous Okrug of Russia . Udege in Russian language Russian ethnonym and , or udee and udehe correspondingly are a people who live in the Primorsky Krai and Khabarovsk Krai regions, also in Russia . 2 3 of them are of Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroup Y mtDNA haplogroup Y origin. Gallery of Tungusic people and history gallery Image Manchuguard.jpg A Manchu people Manchu guard Image Evenkshome.jpg An Evenk home Image Nanai Children.jpg Nani people Nani children dancing Image Udege Family.jpg An Udege family Image Lansdell 1885 p211 Sibo military colonists.jpg Xibe military colonists Image Manchus dressed as royal family.jpg Manchu people Manchu royal costumes gallery References sr Mile Nedeljkovi , Leksikon naroda sveta, Beograd, 2001. External links http www.drben.net ChinaReport Sources Art Arts Culture Ethnic Minorities in China Manchu Tungusic Peoples Ethnic Minorities in China Manchu Tungusic Peoples Main.html Manchu Tungusic people of China DEFAULTSORT Tungusic Peoples Category Ethnic groups in Asia Category Tungusic peoples Category E ... more details
Earthquake title 2009 Xinjiang earthquake date Start date 2009 01 25 df yes map magnitude 5.0 Moment magnitude scale M sub w sub depth convert 10 km mi location coord 43.3 N 80.9 E display inline,title countries affected CHN tsunami casualties none damage US 3.1 million The 2009 Xinjiang earthquake is an earthquake that occurred in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People s Republic of China . It occurred at 9 47 a.m in Qapqal on January 25, 2009. ref name Xinhuanet Xinhuanet.com. http news.xinhuanet.com english 2009 01 26 content 10723385.htm Xinhuanet.com . More than 4,500 people affected in NW China earthquake. Retrieved on 2009 01 26. ref Location The epicenter was at 43.3 degrees north latitude and 80.9 degrees east longitude at a depth of 10  km according to the China Earthquake Administration. The quake occurred 700  km from the regional capital Urumqi . ref name Xinhuanet Damages The quake measured 5.0 on the Richter scale on Sunday. It has affected more than 4,500 people and caused house collapses and damages. In total, 4,549 people in the Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County Xibe Autonomous County of Qapqal and Zhaosu County were affected. They have been relocated to schools, government buildings and tents, said a regional civil affairs department official. No casualties have been reported so far. ref name Xinhuanet A total of 198 houses collapsed and 2,928 were damaged. The direct economic loss was estimated at 21 million Chinese yuan yuan US 3.1 million . ref name Xinhuanet Zodiac According to the Chinese Zodiac the Xinjiang earthquake occurred on the last day of the Rat zodiac year of the rat . Previously the year of the rat was known as a negative year for China including the 2008 Sichuan earthquake , 2008 Tibetan unrest , 2008 Chinese milk scandal 2008 milk scandal and many more events. ref NYtimes. http www.nytimes.com reuters 2009 01 26 world news us china newyear.html? r 1 NYtimes.com . Chinese Hope for Bullish Year of the Ox. Retrieved ... more details
speakers of Manchu out of a total of nearly 10 million ethnic Manchus. Although the Xibe language , with 40,000 speakers, is in almost every respect identical to Manchu, Xibe speakers, who live in far ... District of Heihe Prefecture. In fact, the modern custodians of the language are actually the Xibe or Sibe who live Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County near the Ili River Ili valley in Xinjiang and were moved there by the Qianlong Emperor of China Qianlong Emperor in 1764. Modern Xibe is very close to Manchu, although there are a few slight differences in writing and pronunciation however, the Xibe consider themselves to be separate from the Manchus Citation needed date December 2008 . Xibe language Xibe is taught as a second language by the Ili Teachers College Yili Normal College in the Ili Kazakh ... programs.asp YLTC 2006 ref Occasional television broadcasts in Xibe language are made in Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County , and about 1,300 copies of the world s only newspaper in Xibe language, Qapqal ... Xibe language is spoken natively. ref name wsj Grammar Syntax Manchu phrases are all head last ... by the particle de . In the modern spoken Manchu dialect of the Sibe Xibe , this particle ... spoken Manchu dialect of the Sibe Xibe , this particle is used to mark the dative. prolative case ... is used infrequently in Classical Manchu. In the modern spoken Manchu dialect of the Sibe Xibe , this particle ... as a front rounded vowel initially, but a back unrounded vowel medially. The modern Sibe Xibe pronounce ... more details
Evenk Autonomous Banner Evenki language Evenki Lang evn Ewengki Aimanni Mvvngkeng Isih r Gosa simplified Chinese pinyin w nk z Z zh q is an autonomous banner that lies directly south of the urban district of Hailar, China Hailar in the prefecture level city of Hulunbuir . It has an area of 19,111 km . According to the 2000 census, there are 146,808 inhabitants with a population density of 7.68 inhabitants per km . Its capital is the town of Bayan Tohoi . Ethnic groups in Evenk Autonomous Banner, 2000 census border 1 style border collapse collapse bgcolor cccccc Nationalities of China Nationality Population Percentage Han Chinese Han 89,780 61.15 Mongols Mongol 27,517 18.74 Daur people Daur 13,943 9.5 Evenks 9,733 6.63 Manchu 3,775 2.57 Hui people Hui 1,400 0.95 Korean people Korean 235 0.16 Russians 159 0.11 Xibe 85 0.06 Oroqen people Oroqen 78 0.05 Others 103 0.08 External links http www.eki.ee books redbook evenks.shtml More about Evenks InnerMongolia geo stub coord 49.4291666667 N 118.1525 E source dewiki region CN 15 type adm2nd format dms display title Category Autonomous counties of the People s Republic of China County level divisions of Inner Mongolia de Autonomes Banner der Ewenken fr Banni re autonome d Evenk hak Ngo k v n khiet tshu k Tsh tsh kh ko ja ru zh ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Oroqin Autonomous Banner simplified Chinese pinyin l nch n Z zh q is an autonomous banner that lies directly south of the urban district of Hailar in the prefecture level city of Hulunbuir . It has an area of 60,378  km . According to the 2000 census, there are 292,097 inhabitants with a population density of 4.84 inhabitants per km . Its capital is the town of Alihe . Ethnic groups in Oroqin Autonomous Banner, 2000 census border 1 style border collapse collapse bgcolor cccccc Nationalities of China Nationality Population Percentage Han Chinese Han 257,861 88.28 Mongols 12,045 4.12 Manchu 8,743 2.99 Daur people Daur 6,379 2.18 Evenks 3,155 1.08 Oroqen people Oroqen 2,050 0.7 Hui people Hui 1,038 0.36 Korean people Korean 633 0.22 Xibe 54 0.02 Russians 37 0.01 Others 102 0.04 County level divisions of Inner Mongolia coord 50 35 13 N 123 43 12 E region CN 15 type adm2nd source kolossus dewiki display title Category Autonomous counties of the People s Republic of China Category Inner Mongolia InnerMongolia geo stub de Oroqenisches Autonomes Banner fr Banni re autonome d Oroqin ko ja ru zh ... more details
closer to the international border, Qapqal Xibe Autonomous County is located, which is home to many of the China s Xibe people, who were resettled to this borderland in the 18th century as part of the Manchu ... more details
There are several systems for transliteration of the Manchu alphabet which is used for the Manchu language Manchu and Xibe language Sibe languages. These include the M llendorff transliteration system invented by Paul Georg von M llendorff , Andrew West BabelPad BabelPad transliteration, the transliteration of the New Manchu Chinese Dictionary , and Daicing transliteration DAO . class wikitable Paul Georg von M llendorff M llendorff Andrew West BabelPad BabelPad New Manchu Chinese Dictionary Daicing Manchu language Manchu & Unicode Xibe language Sibe & Unicode a a a a lang mnc 1820 lang sjo 1820 e e e e lang mnc 185D lang sjo 185D i ref name y Excluding lang mnc Sibe lang sjo and lang mnc Sibe lang sjo ref i i ref name y i lang mnc 1873 lang sjo 185E y ref name yy Excluding lang mnc ref y y i lang mnc 185F lang sjo 185F o o o o lang mnc 1823 lang sjo 1823 u u u u lang mnc 1860 lang sjo 1860 uu uu v lang mnc 1861 lang sjo 1861 n n n n lang mnc 1828 lang sjo 1828 ng ng ng ng lang mnc 1829 lang sjo 1862 k k k k lang mnc 1874 lang sjo 1863 g g g g lang mnc 1864 lang sjo 1864 h h h h lang mnc 1865 lang sjo 1865 b b b b lang mnc 182A lang sjo 182A p p p p lang mnc 1866 lang sjo 1866 s s s s lang mnc 1830 lang sjo 1830 x sh x lang mnc 1867 lang sjo 1867 t t t t lang mnc 1868 lang sjo 1868 d d d d lang mnc 1869 lang sjo 1869 l l l l lang mnc 182F lang sjo 182F m m m m lang mnc 182E lang sjo 182E c c ch c lang mnc 1834 lang sjo 1834 j j zh j lang mnc 1835 lang sjo 186A y y y y lang mnc 1836 lang sjo 1836 r r r r lang mnc 1875 lang sjo 1837 f f f f lang mnc 1876 lang sjo 186B w w w w lang mnc 1838 lang sjo 1838 k kh kk k lang mnc 183A lang sjo 183A g gh gg g lang mnc 186C lang sjo 186C h hh hh h lang mnc 186D lang sjo 186D ts ref name yy Excluding lang mnc ref ts c q lang mnc 186E lang sjo 186E ts tsy cy qi lang mnc 186E 185F lang sj ... more details
Ili National Army consisted originally of six regiments Suidun Infantry Regiment, Ghulja Regiment, Kensai Regiment, Ghulja Reserve Regiment, Kazakhstan Kazakh Cavalry Regiment, Dungan Regiment, Artillery Subdivision, Xibe Sibo Subdivision, Mongol Subdivision. Last two Subdivisions were later reformed to Regiments. Motorized part of Army consisted of one Artillery Subdivision with 12 cannons, 2 armoured vehicles and 2 tanks. All regiments were armed by mostly Germany German weapons, provided by the Soviet Union by order of Stalin , command personnel was trained in the Soviet Union. Rebel aviation included 42 airplanes, captured in Ghulja Kuomintang air base and repaired by Soviet military personnel. ref National Liberation Movement 1944 1949 in Sinkiang as part of People s Revolution in China . M. Kutlukov, Tashkent, 1958, Academy of Sciences of USSR ref On December 20, 1949 the Ili National Army joined the People s Liberation Army of China as Sinkiang 5th Army Corps of PLA, but then was reformed, its division military Division s were transferred to the newly created Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps of PLA with all weapons of Divisions having been seized. Later these National Divisions were disbanded, most of its personnel had been imprisoned, executed or fled to the USSR. According to M.Kutlukov, during September, 1945, the Ili National Army had gained decisive victories over Kuomintang troops in Jungaria , where two just new formed full sized Kuomintang Divisions of National Revolutionary Army Nationalist Second Army around 25,000 troops , armed with American weapons, were trapped and fully annihilated except of surrendered 6,000 soldiers and officers, including 7 generals , in battles in the highly fortified Wusu Shihezi district, thanks to the mass heroism of soldiers and officers of National Army, experience of numerous Soviet military personnel and advisers, participated directly in the military operations, employment of heavy artillery fire and aeria ... more details
Tujia , Uyghur language Uyghur , Wutun language Wutun , Xibe language Xibe , Yi languages Yi , Eastern ... Tungusic Southern Manchu language Manchu , M n, Jurchen language Jurchen , N zh n, extinct Xibe language Xibe , X b , Nanai language Nanai Hezhen, H zh , Nothern Evenki language Evenki , w nk ... Arabic alphabet The XibeXibe language Manchu alphabet The Yi people Yi Yi language Yi script Yi syllabary ... more details
other uses Unreferenced date January 2009 Guan may refer to either of two Chinese family name s both rendered in Standard Cantonese Cantonese as Kwoan, or also in English language English as Kuan, Kwan, Quan, or Quon . The two names are as follows Guan Guan zh c p gu n w kuan3 l pipe tube duct a woodwind instrument to manage control , The corresponding Vietnamese language Vietnamese version is Qu n , and the anglicized variation is Quan . Zhou Dynasty , Xibe People s surname. Wiktionarypar Prominent people named Gu n include Guan Shu , brother of King Wu of Zhou , the first Ruler of the Guan state and the progneitor of the Guan surname. Guan Zhong , ? 645 BCE , Legalism Chinese philosophy Legalist philosopher and politician Qi state Guan Pinghu , , 1897 1967 , Chinese guqin musician Guan Guan is chinese familly name source Jin State clan from Zhou Dynasty at Zhou Dynasty public office Guan People has surname guan in Zhou Dynasty age surname Guan , change to surname Guan china ethnic groups, Jin Man , Mongol , Zang , cang , Mu Lao people has surname guan Chu state s some Shang Guan clan change to surname Guan etc, some Guan clan change to surname Tian Guan Wiktionarypar Guan zh c p gu n w kuan1 l shut close barrier is pronounced and transliterated in a variety of ways. In Standard Mandarin Mandarin Chinese it is Hanyu Pinyin Guan , Wade Giles Kuan . In Yue Chinese Cantonese it is Kwan . The corresponding Vietnamese language Vietnamese version is Quan . See also Quan Kwan Prominent people named Gu n include Guan Yu , d. 219 CE , general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era Guan Ping , Guan Yu s son, also a general of Shu Han Guan Xing , son of Guan Yu and younger brother of Guan Ping, also a general of Shu Han. Guan Hanqing , c. 1241 1320 , playwright Nancy Kwan , b. 1939 , Chinese American actress Jade Kwan , b. 1979 , Cantopop singer Michelle Kwan , b. 1980 , Chinese American competiti ... more details
Image Lansdell 1885 p231 The Chief Taranchi Mosque in Kuldja.jpg thumb right The chief Taranchi mosque in Kuldja now Ghulja Yining , from Henry Lansdell s 1885 book describing his visit there in 1882 The term Taranchi denotes the Muslim sedentary population living in oases around the Tarim Basin in today s Xinjiang , whose native language is Turkic languages Turkic Karluk , and whose ancestral heritages include Iranian peoples Iranic and Tocharian populations of Tarim and the later Turco Mongol immigrants of the Qarluq , Uyghur people Uyghur , Yaghmur and Mongol tribes. The same name which simply means a farmer in Chagatai language Chagatai can be extended to agrarian populations of the Ferghana Valley and oases of the entire Central Asian Turkestan . Although the Tarim Basin with such oases as Kashgar , Kumul city Kumul , Khotan and Turpan is the agrarian Taranchi s traditional homeland, they have throughout the Ming Dynasty Ming and Qing periods of China , populated regions that are now Urumqi and Ili . Many Taranchis were encouraged to settle in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Ili valley alongside sedentary Xibe garrisons and the nomadic Kyrgyz people Kyrgyz by the Qing military governors after the conquest of the Dzungar Kalmyk people Kalmyk s by the Manchu Empire . In the multiethnic Muslim culture of Xinjiang , the term Taranchi is considered contradistinctive to Sart , which denotes towns dwelling traders and craftsmen. It of course excluded the ruling classes of the oases Muslim states, often called Moghol Mughal Empire Mughal or Dolan because of the Uysyn Doglat Mongol origin of the Chagatai khans Chagatay Timurid dynasty Timurid dynasties. However, from a modern perspective, Taranchi, Sart and Moghol Dolan s cannot be considered three distinctive ethnic groups, but rather three different social class classes or castes in the same cultural Natural language linguistic zone that was Chagatai language Chagatay Timurid dynasty Timurid . In the early 20th c ... more details
Image Location of Huocheng within Xinjiang China .png thumb Location of Huocheng County of Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture within Xinjiang China The Huocheng Qorghas County zh c is situated within the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and under the administration of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture . It s located between Ghulja Yining and the border to Kazakhstan , occupies an area of 5,466  km and has a population of 360,000 2004 estimate . Including the Han and Uyghur nationalities, there are twenty nine ethnic groups living in the county. North of Huocheng City is the Tianshan District facing to the south lies the Ili River . Its Western side is China s border to Kazakhstan Ghulja Yining lies about 45  km to the east. Within Huocheng County lies the important ruined site of ancient Almaliq . There is a border crossing into Kazakhstan at Khorgas , where the road continues to Zharkent in Panfilov District . A China Kazakhstan railway link through Huocheng is currently under construction and scheduled to finish at the end of 2009, becoming China s second railway link to Central Asia besides Alashankou . ref http www.stnn.cc china 200805 t20080510 776541.html 2010 Bot generated title ref Towns and villages The county includes 5 towns , 3 villages , and 2 ethnic minority villages . The towns Shuiding the county seat Qingsuihe , Lucaogou , Huiyuan, Xinjiang Huiyuan , Harbulak , Harbulake Villages Langan , Sandaohe , Yichegashan Xibe village , Sangong Hui people Hui village , Daxigou . is in Shuiding which was a garrison town and the seat of the Ili River Ili region administration in the 19th century. Economy In agriculture, the local population cultivate wheat , maize corn and other crops including sugar beet , cotton , tobacco , apples , animal husbandry with cattle and sheep . The main mineral s extracted in the area include coal , phosphorus , iron , gold , silver , copper , l ... more details
Distinguish Menksoft IMEs Distinguish Menksoft Mongolian IMEs Wikify date April 2009 File Menksoft Mongolian IME 2008.PNG thumb 324px Menksoft Mongolian IME 2008 Menksoft Mongolian IME is an Input method editor IME made by Menksoft for typing Mongolian writing systems such as Mongolian script Uyghur style Mongolian script Proto Mongolian script , Mongolian written in Old Uyghur alphabet by Tatar Tonga Clear script Manchu script Xibe script Phags pa script Soyombo script Galik script Function The Menksoft IMEs make use of Mapping of Unicode characters Private use characters Private Use Areas PUA of Unicode and the Chinese GB 18030 code. That form the so called Menksoft Code Menksoft Mongolian code Chinese language Chinese Lang zh . With the influence of Chinese input methods for computers Chinese input methods built in whole sentence input pattern, the focus of Menksoft Mongolian IME is not placed on a Mongolian keyboard layout , but on phoneme pattern input method s, as they are more commonly used for Chinese language text. For the Unicode standard Unicode keyboard layout of Menksoft, see Menksoft Menksoft Mongolian Phoneme Input Methods Menksoft Mongolian Phoneme Input Methods . For the word pattern IME of Menksoft, see Menksoft Menk Mongolian Whole Word Input method Menk Mongolian Whole Word Input method Use Unicode was late to provide adequate support for the Mongolian script, where the fist and as of 2009 only functional implementation is shipped with Windows Vista. This resulted in some popularity for the Menksoft IMEs in Inner Mongolia , where even the local government web sites uses them. Ref group Ref Cite web url http www.omjms.gov.cn title Inner Mongolia, China accessdate 2009 03 07 publisher Inner Mongolia government language Mongolian language Ref Ref group Ref Cite web url http mng.ordos.gov.cn title Ordos accessdate 2009 03 07 publisher Ordos government language Mongolian language Ref Ref group Ref Cite web url http mon.xjbz.gov.cn title Bayin ... more details