Qiemo

See also: qièmò

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 且末.

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Qiemo

  1. A county of Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
    • [1974 March 8 [1974 March 4], “Sinkiang Meeting on Tachai Criticizes Theories of Lin, Confucius”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 47, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page H 1:
      To-hu-ti-jou-tzu (Uighur), chief of Kaochao production brigade in the Hunghsing Commune, Chiehmo County, said: Lin Piao hoisted Confucius' tattered banner and clamored about "restoring the rites" in order to reinstate the overthrown landlords, rich peasants, reactionaries, bad elements, and rightists and to make us suffer again.]
    • 2012, Simon Foster, Candice Lee, Jen Lin-Liu, Beth Reiber, Tini Tran, Lee Wing-sze, Christopher D. Winnan, Frommer's China‎[1], 5th edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 329:
      These buses stop at the oasis towns of Keriya (Yutian; 177km/110 miles; 3 hr.; ¥25), Niya (Minfeng; 294km/182 miles; 5 hr.; ¥55), and Charchan (Qiemo; 603km/374 miles; 8-10 hr.; ¥105-¥147).
    • 2019 October 20, “Jujube harvest festival held in Qiemo County, China's Xinjiang”, in Li Xia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎[2], archived from the original on 07 December 2019‎[3]:
      Actors perform during a jujube harvest festival in Qiemo County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 19, 2019. Qiemo County, situated in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin and on the edge of the Tarim Basin, is known for high-quality jujube production.
  2. A town in Qiemo, Bayingolin prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

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