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Qinggil

Qinggil proper noun: a county of Altay prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

qinggil: a county of Altay prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China
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Proper noun

Qinggil

  1. A county of Altay prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • Sheep ked were collected in the spring of 2014 from the Qinggil County (89°47’–91°04’ E, 45°00’–47°20’N), Xinjiang UAR, China.2017, Zhi-Qiang Liu, Nuer Kuermanali, Zhao Li, Shi-Jun Chen, Yuan-Zhi Wang, Han Tao, Chuang-Fu Chen, “The complete mitochondrial genome of the parasitic sheep ked Melophagus ovinus (Diptera...
    • Meanwhile, in the Altay region of Xinjiang, which borders Kazakhstan, authorities recently detained three ethnic Kazakhs in Qinggil (in Chinese, Qinghe) county, a former township official told RFA.
    • "Three people in Qinggil county have been detained, and we are trying to find out where they are," the former official said. "We found out [on Saturday] that they have been detained, but we don't know where they're being held."2017 December 18, Qiao Long, “China Detains Kazakhs During 'Unity Week' in Troubled Xinjiang Region”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., edited by Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original...
    Synonyms:
    Qinghe, Ch'ing-ho

Synonyms of Qinggil

Questions about Qinggil

What does Qinggil mean?
Qinggil means a county of Altay prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
What part of speech is Qinggil?
Qinggil is a proper noun.

Words near Qinggil in the dictionary

  1. Qing Ming Festival
  2. Qingcheng
  3. Qingchuan
  4. Qingdao
  5. Qingfeng
  6. Qinggil
  7. Qinghai
  8. Qinghai Lake
  9. qinghaosu
  10. Qinghe
  11. qingheiite

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