Ukai

Japanese: 烏海 - うかい
Ukai

A prefecture-level city in the western part of the Ordos Plateau in the south-central part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China. It has jurisdiction over three city districts, including Haibowan and Wuda (as of 2016). It has a population of 555,800 (2016). It borders the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It runs along the Yellow River and is connected to the Baolan Line (Baotou-Lanzhou). Wuhai Airport opened in 2003. Formerly the two cities of Wuda and Haibowan were merged to become Wuhai in 1975. Wuhai has extremely abundant coal reserves, and receives salt and soda from the Jilantai Salt Pond via a branch of the Baolan Line, leading to the development of chemical, metallurgical, cement, and machinery industries. On the opposite bank of the Yellow River is the Ulanbuh Desert. The Yellow River Haibowan Water Conservancy Project began in 2010, and a huge dam was completed on the mainstream of the Yellow River that flows through the city in 2017.

[Editor, Michihiro Kono, December 12, 2017]

[References] | Inner Mongolia (autonomous region) | Jilan Tai Salt Pond

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国北部、内モンゴル自治区中南部のオルドス高原西部にある地級市。海勃湾(かいぼつわん)、烏達(うたつ)など3市轄区を管轄する(2016年時点)。人口55万5800(2016)。寧夏(ねいか)回族自治区に接する。黄河(こうが)に沿い、包蘭線(パオトウ―蘭州(らんしゅう))が通じる。2003年には烏海空港が開港した。もと烏達、海勃湾の2市であったが、1975年に合併し、烏海市となった。きわめて豊富に石炭を埋蔵し、また包蘭線の支線により吉蘭泰(きつらんたい)塩池から塩、ソーダの供給を受け、化学、冶金、セメント、機械の各工業が発達している。黄河の対岸はウランブフ砂漠である。2010年からは「黄河海勃湾水利プロジェクト」が進められ、2017年市内を流れる黄河主流に巨大なダムが完成した。

[河野通博・編集部 2017年12月12日]

[参照項目] | 内モンゴル(自治区) | 吉蘭泰塩池

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