Kom-Kanas Mongolian Ethnic Township

Kom-Kanas Mongolian Ethnic Township (Oirat: ᠬᠣᠮ ᠬᠠᠨᠠᠰ
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ
ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ
ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩ ꭓom ꭓanas moŋɣol ündüsüten-ü siyaŋ; Uyghur: قۇمقاناس موڭغۇل يېزىسى; Kazakh: قومقاناس موڭعۇل ۇلتتىق اۋىلى; Chinese: 禾木哈纳斯蒙古族乡; pinyin: Hémùhānàsī Ménggǔzú Xiāng), generally known as Kom-Kanas, is a township of Burqin County, Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China.^[1] The name derives from the two villages where most of the inhabitants live, Kom (township seat), and Kanas.

Kom-Kanas Mongolian Ethnic Township 禾木喀纳斯蒙古族乡
Township
Chinese transcription(s)
• Chinese	禾木喀纳斯蒙古族乡
• Pinyin	Hémù Kānàsī Ménggǔzú Xiāng
Mongolian transcription(s)
• Mongolian Cyrillic	Ком-Канас
Coordinates: 48.5733590°N 87.4369267°E / 48.5733590; 87.4369267
Country	China
Province	Xinjiang
Prefecture	Altay Prefecture
County	Burqin County
Population
• Total	2,099
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard Time)

Kom-Kanas Mongolian Ethnic Township
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	禾木哈纳斯蒙古族乡
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hémùhānàsī Ménggǔzú Xiāng
Mongolian name
Mongolian script	ᠬᠣᠮ ᠬᠠᠨᠠᠰ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦᠲᠡᠨ ᠦ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠩ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC ꭓom ꭓanas moŋɣol ündüsüten-ü siyaŋ Хом ханаас монгол үндэстэний шиян
Uyghur name
Uyghur	قۇمقاناس موڭغۇل يېزىسى‎
Kazakh name
Kazakh	قومقاناس موڭعۇل ۇلتتىق اۋىلى Қомқанас Моңғұл Ұлттық ауылы

It is the northernmost township in Xinjiang and northwest China and the start of China National Highway 219. Kanas Lake is located entirely in the township.

The township is one of the few areas in China where Tuvans live and the Tuvan language is still spoken. However, no official census data about the Tuvan population is available, since they are an unrecognized ethnic group in China.^[2]

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Xinjiang

References

1. "2020年统计用区划代码". www.stats.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
2. Pirkko Suihkonen; Lindsay J. Whaley (15 December 2014). On Diversity and Complexity of Languages Spoken in Europe and North and Central Asia. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 340. ISBN 978-90-272-6936-2.