Hami
Sign in to saveHami (), or Kumul (), is a prefecture-level city in eastern Xinjiang, China. It is well known for sweet Hami melons. In early 2016, the former Hami county-level city merged with Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city with the county-level city becoming Yizhou District. Since the Han dynasty, Hami has been known for its production of agricultural products and raw resources.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hami
- Settlement.other_name
- Kumul, Qumul
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Prefecture-level city
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- China Xinjiang#China
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the city center in Xinjiang
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.coor_pinpoint
- Hami municipal government
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- Mosque in Hami - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- China Xinjiang Hami.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Hami Prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- People's Republic of China
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Xinjiang
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipal seat
- Settlement.seat
- Yizhou District
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 137222
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins and names
- History since the Later Han dynasty (10th century CE)
- Geography and climate
- Administrative divisions
- Demographics
- Economy
- Transport
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- External links
Hami (), or Kumul (), is a prefecture-level city in eastern Xinjiang, China. It is well known for sweet Hami melons. In early 2016, the former Hami county-level city merged with Hami Prefecture to form the Hami prefecture-level city with the county-level city becoming Yizhou District. Since the Han dynasty, Hami has been known for its production of agricultural products and raw resources.
==History== ===Origins and names=== thumb|"Camul" (Kumul) shown in the middle or Asia, halfway between "Samarkand|Samarchand" and "Cataio", on a 1570 map by [[Abraham Ortelius]]