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Hami Prefecture

Hami
哈密市قۇمۇل شەھىرى
Prefecture-level city
Hami Museum
Hami Museum
Hami prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Hami prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange)
Hami is located in Xinjiang
Hami
Hami
Location in Xinjiang
Coordinates: 42°50′19″N 93°30′15″E / 42.83861°N 93.50417°E / 42.83861; 93.50417Coordinates: 42°50′19″N 93°30′15″E / 42.83861°N 93.50417°E / 42.83861; 93.50417
Country People's Republic of China
Region Xinjiang
Area
 • Total 140,749 km2 (54,343 sq mi)
Elevation 759 m (2,490 ft)
Population
 • Total 541,836
 • Density 3.8/km2 (10.0/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 839000

Hami (Chinese: 哈密; pinyin: Hāmì), also known as Kumul (Uyghur: قۇمۇل, Қумул‎, ULY: Qumul, UYY: K̡umul?), is a prefecture-level city in eastern Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. It is well known as the home of sweet Hami melons. In early 2016, the former Hami county-level city was merged with Hami Prefecture to form Hami prefecture-level city now known as Yizhou District.

The city is known in Uyghur as Qumul or Qomul (Yengi Yezik̡: K̡umul, K̡omul). "Camul" appeared on European maps in the 16th century, and Matteo Ricci in his account of the Portuguese Jesuit Benedict Goës visit to the city in 1605 used the same spelling as well.


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