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Kumul or Hami (Uyghur: Ù‚Û‡Ù…Û‡Ù„; Chinese: 哈密; Pinyin: HÄ?mì) is an oasis in Xinjiang (China); it is also the name of a modern city and the sourrounding district. It is well known in China for its melons.
Like Turpan, Kumul is in a fault depression about 200 metres below sea level, and temperatures are extreme, from a high of 43°C in summer to a low of -32°C in winter.
The city is known in Uyghur as KÌ¢umul or KÌ¢omul. The Portuguese Jesuit Benedict Goës and Matteo Ricci in 1615 recorded its name as "Camul". One of the oldest attested Chinese names is KÅ«nmò 昆莫; in Han-dynasty documents it was referred to as YÄ«wú 伊å?¾ or YÄ«wúlú 伊å?¾å?¢, in the Tang dynasty as YÄ«zhÅ?u 伊州; in the Yuan dynasty the Mongolian name for the place, Qamil, was transcribed into Chinese as HÄ?mìlì 哈密力 and from the Ming dynasty Kumul was known as HÄ?mì 哈密.
In 2002, Kumul had a population of about 519700, 68.4% Han and 31.6% ethnic minorities, mostly Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Hui.
Like Turpan, Kumul is in a fault depression about 200 metres below sea level, and temperatures are extreme, from a high of 43°C in summer to a low of -32°C in winter.
The city is known in Uyghur as KÌ¢umul or KÌ¢omul. The Portuguese Jesuit Benedict Goës and Matteo Ricci in 1615 recorded its name as "Camul". One of the oldest attested Chinese names is KÅ«nmò 昆莫; in Han-dynasty documents it was referred to as YÄ«wú 伊å?¾ or YÄ«wúlú 伊å?¾å?¢, in the Tang dynasty as YÄ«zhÅ?u 伊州; in the Yuan dynasty the Mongolian name for the place, Qamil, was transcribed into Chinese as HÄ?mìlì 哈密力 and from the Ming dynasty Kumul was known as HÄ?mì 哈密.
In 2002, Kumul had a population of about 519700, 68.4% Han and 31.6% ethnic minorities, mostly Uyghurs, Kazakhs and Hui.
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