Qumul
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Hami 哈密市 • قۇمۇل شەھىرى |
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| Prefecture-level city | |
Hami Museum
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 Hami prefecture (red) in Xinjiang (orange) |
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 Hami
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| Coordinates: 42°50′19″N 93°30′15″E / 42.83861°N 93.50417°ECoordinates: 42°50′19″N 93°30′15″E / 42.83861°N 93.50417°E | |
| 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.
Cumuḍa (sometimes Cimuda or Cunuda) is the oldest known endonym of Hami, when it was founded by a people known in Han Chinese sources as the Xiao Yuezhi ("Lesser Yuezhi"), during the 1st millennium BCE.
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