Hutubi County as the official romanized name, also transliterated from Uyghur as Kutubi County, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and is under the administration of the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture. It contains an area of 9,476 km2. According to the 2002 census, it has a population of 210,000.

Hutubi is 61.7 km (38.3 mi) by road north-west of Urumchi, the capital of Xinjiang.

Subdivisions

Hutubi County is made up of 6 towns and 1 ethnic township.

NameSimplified ChineseHanyu PinyinUyghur (UEY)Uyghur Latin (ULY)Administrative division codeNotes
Towns
Hutubi Town (Kutubi Town)呼图壁镇Hūtúbì Zhènقۇتۇبى بازىرىqutubi baziri652323100
Dafeng Town大丰镇Dàfēng Zhènدافېڭ بازىرىdafëng baziri652323101
Que'ergou Town雀尔沟镇Què'ěrgōu Zhènچۇرگۇل بازىرىchurgul baziri652323102
Ershilidian Town二十里店镇Èrshílǐdiàn Zhènئەرشىلىدەن بازىرىErshiliden baziri652323103
Yuanhucun Town园户村镇Yuánhùcūn Zhènيۈەنخۇسۇن بازىرىyüenxusun baziri652323104
Wugongtai Town五工台镇Wǔgōngtái Zhènۋۇگۇڭتەي بازىرىwugungtey baziri652323105
Ethnic Township
Shitizi Kazakh Ethnic Township石梯子哈萨克民族乡Shítīzǐ Hāsàkè Mínzúxiāngتاشپەلەمپەي قازاق يېزىسىtashpelempey qazaq yëzisi652323201(Kazakh) شىتيزى قازاق اۋىلى

Climate

Climate data for Hutubi, elevation 575 m (1,886 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °C (°F)10.1 (50.2)4.9 (40.8)24.0 (75.2)35.4 (95.7)37.5 (99.5)40.2 (104.4)40.7 (105.3)40.2 (104.4)37.7 (99.9)32.0 (89.6)18.6 (65.5)9.0 (48.2)40.7 (105.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)−10.5 (13.1)−5.9 (21.4)5.9 (42.6)20.1 (68.2)26.5 (79.7)31.3 (88.3)32.6 (90.7)31.3 (88.3)25.5 (77.9)16.0 (60.8)3.5 (38.3)−7.4 (18.7)14.1 (57.3)
Daily mean °C (°F)−16.3 (2.7)−11.4 (11.5)0.6 (33.1)13.0 (55.4)19.5 (67.1)24.7 (76.5)25.9 (78.6)24.1 (75.4)18.0 (64.4)9.1 (48.4)−1.3 (29.7)−12.2 (10.0)7.8 (46.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)−21.3 (−6.3)−16.6 (2.1)−4.2 (24.4)6.6 (43.9)12.9 (55.2)18.1 (64.6)19.6 (67.3)17.6 (63.7)11.3 (52.3)3.5 (38.3)−5.4 (22.3)−16.4 (2.5)2.1 (35.9)
Record low °C (°F)−35.2 (−31.4)−35.8 (−32.4)−31.7 (−25.1)−9.2 (15.4)−1.7 (28.9)7.0 (44.6)10.0 (50.0)5.0 (41.0)−2.8 (27.0)−9.1 (15.6)−30.9 (−23.6)−36.7 (−34.1)−36.7 (−34.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches)7.6 (0.30)8.4 (0.33)11.9 (0.47)23.3 (0.92)25.4 (1.00)19.5 (0.77)23.1 (0.91)19.3 (0.76)12.5 (0.49)14.1 (0.56)15.7 (0.62)12.7 (0.50)193.5 (7.63)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)7.05.44.55.87.16.76.76.13.94.85.97.171
Average snowy days13.811.95.41.6000001.16.914.254.9
Average relative humidity (%)82817248414045464759778460
Mean monthly sunshine hours134.5153.7227.9272.8315.7314.3320.9312.9280.1239.6150.8110.72,833.9
Percentage possible sunshine46516167696869747672534062
Source: China Meteorological Administration

Transport

Hutubi is served by China National Highway 312, the Northern Xinjiang and the Second Ürümqi–Jinghe Railways.

Petroglyphs

Petroglyphs were recorded in Qutubi County at Kangjiashimenzi (Chinese: 康家石门子; pinyin: Kāngjiāshíménzi) and are interpreted as representing male fertility worship. This is because in the two depictions of copulation, the males have faces on their chests, suggesting that the petroglyph's creators believed that males were the source of children. The alleged superiority of the petroglyph's male subjects was the basis for the researcher's conclusion that they were created after 1500 BCE, when it is believed that matriarchal societies were replaced by patriarchies.

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