Yeyik

Yeyik means 'spread out' (铺展) in Uyghur.^[4][11] The Uyghur is transcribed into Mandarin Chinese as Yeyike (pinyin) (Yeh-i-k'o^[12] (Wade-Giles)). Yeyik has also been known as Yiyike (乙衣克)^[4] and Ya-li-ka.^[12][13][14]

In 1958, Yeyik Commune (叶亦克公社) was established.^[4][15]

In 1984, Yeyik Commune became Yeyik Township (叶亦克乡).^[15]

At 5:24 p.m. on February 12, 2014, Yeyik was 88 km (55 mi) from the epicenter of a 5.7 magnitude aftershock of the 2014 Yutian earthquake.^[16]

In September 2018, Yeyik was listed as a Strong Town Model Organization in Agricultural Production (农业产业强镇示范建设).^[17]

Yeyik is located 44 km (27 mi) to the southeast of the county seat^[15] on an alluvial fan^[4] on the upper reaches of the Yeyik River (Yeh-i-k'o Ho,^[12] Ya-li-ka Ho;^[12][13] 叶亦克河).^[10]

Yeyik includes six villages:^[1]

Villages (Mandarin Chinese Hanyu Pinyin-derived names except where Uyghur is provided):

• Ayitage^[18] (阿依塔格村) 36°44′12″N 082°59′51″E
• Yeyik (Yeyike; يېيىق كەنت / 叶亦克村)
• Muchang (牧场村)
• Jinquan^[19] (金泉村) 36°39′37″N 083°23′12″E
• Aqtash (Aketashi; ئاقتاش كەنت^[8] / 阿克塔什村)
• Yengiawat (Ying'awati; يېڭىئاۋات كەنت / 英阿瓦提村)

Former villages:^[20]

• Kunwu'ertuzi (昆吾尔吐孜村)
• Segeziwuyi^[21] (色格孜乌依村) 36°44′01″N 083°09′48″E

Agriculture and animal husbandry are the mainstays of the economy. Crops include wheat, highland barley, black-eyed peas, etc.^[4]

A Demoiselle Crane was tracked passing through Yeyik suggesting that Yeyik is a stopover on the autumn migration route of the Demoiselle Crane.^[22]

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  Map of the expeditions of Sven Hedin (1906-8) including Yeyik (labeled as Yayek) (RGS, early 20th century)
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  Map including Yeyik (labeled as Ya-li-ka (Yeh-i-k'o)) and surrounding region in the International Map of the World (ATC, 1971)
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  Map including Yeyik (labeled as Ya-li-ka) (DMA, 1979)
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  Map including Yeyik (Yeh-i-kʻo) and surrounding region (DMA, 1980)^[a]
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  Map including Yeyik (DMA, 1990)

• List of township-level divisions of Xinjiang